Seeking advice on changing major

rref634
Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:24:55 +0000

1)Location. I want to live in NJ,PA,DE,NY area. I know there are many plants in these mid Atlantic region but CS probably has more opening and opportunities in this region. My first internship location was in Louisiana(3 months) and South Carolina(3 months) and the second offers assignment location is in Texas. I really dont wanna go to those areas again.
2) I think I liked writing small programs like bank account creation or creating small games or building snowman using java MORE than solving heat flow, thermodynamics problem. I didnt say i hate those heat transfer problems but i like programming more.
3)I can graduate 6 months earlier if I do CS because I took many math courses and I will have a math minor without taking any extra math courses.
4) I have been doing research in this whole week and i have found that generally CS grads are happier. I saw some posts here in CC that people aren’t satisfied with their ChemE degree.
5)I dont like hands on work. I like to work in a office setting with a lot of coffee and exercising my brain. I saw process engineers often have to go to plant and monitor the processes and production. Sometimes they ahve to draw P&ID(very boring thing) and pipe sizing and calculation. When I remember these things, i feel like its not my field.
On the other hand, i liked process controls as they sit in front of the giant pc , develop and maintain programs to control the process. They dont really have to deal with operators or anything.
6)Last one might sound illogical and dumb. But, I have come from a country which is often blamed to take many CS jobs from this country. In fact, I saw many of my native people working as a software developer, SE, DBA etc. So I think i will be successful like them also.