<p>At least, never at a normal job. The prospect of working on salary for someone else irritates me.</p>
<p>I’m 25, a junior, 86 credits, and need to choose a freakin major already. I haven’t really LOVED ANY class so far. I just know what I dislike and what I don’t mind. But I have this nagging feeling that I shouldn’t settle for that.</p>
<p>On my own time I:
maintenance a small network of 10 comps.
Read a lot, especially about technology, business, and finance.
Write a lot.
Invest in stocks.
Fix simple well documented issues in electronics.
*Often to sell on ebay.
Repair cars and bikes.
Hunt for deals in general to resell on ebay.
Play piano.
Photography.
Mess with 3d animation and other digital media software.</p>
<p>I’m about to say screw it. Go ace the A+ and Net+ (maybe study for ccna) and major in philosophy. At least if I had to get a job pay wouldn’t be terrible. But I’d rather just continue to invest, step up my selling, and try to move on a few website ideas I’ve had.</p>
<p>I considered getting an MBA and moving to silicon valley to help with new tech ventures, but the 3-5 years work exp is hurting me. So then it’s back to, “Ok, well what the heck could I do for 3-5 years and enjoy enough to achieve accomplishments for a b-school app.”</p>
<p>I’m currently at UTK but looking at digital media communication at MTSU. page 4 - <a href=“http://www.mtsu.edu/ucat/0709/2007-09_EMC.pdf[/url]”>http://www.mtsu.edu/ucat/0709/2007-09_EMC.pdf</a> But what am I going to do with that? Go get a job doing tv animations or web design? Combined with some certs maybe I could do server maintenance. Meh. I guess I could always go be a tech reviewer for a magazine or something. Go to shows, play with toys, and write about it. Again, meh. </p>
<p>I’d be soooo nice to find something I love.</p>
<p>The reason I said that I was about to switch to philosophy is because I’ve tried Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Arts, and Humanities, etc. and I haven’t really found ANYTHING I want to study in depth! Much less do as a job, day in and day out. Yes I like, business, but only on my own terms. School seems to only be preparing me for a typical corporate job. The arts are fun, but really, what would I do with that, and then what about my love for technology? Yet, EE/CS classes are both way more depth than I care to go into, although I thoroughly enjoy the enthusiast level. (eg. simple web programming/electronics)</p>
<p>well, you need alot of intellectual vigor to study philosophy. </p>
<p>one option for you is is to study ‘computer information systems’ I believe its less theoretical and more applied version of computer science. It has more immediate relevancy so I think you’ll enjoy. It also goes by names such as “management information systems” and “information science”</p>
<p>Then work in systems, technology, IT, etc whatever before going back for an MBA if you’re still interested in the VC/silicon valley stuff.</p>
<p>Hey…I know this is going to sound kind of creepy but I’m telling you now that based on your description of your problem I’m you - minus 7 years.</p>
<p>I’m 18. Just admitted to FSU and denied from UF. I’m deciding whether or not I should even bother to appeal. I don’t really see any difference between the two schools and academically, I don’t really care. </p>
<p>I find that I know what I dont want to do with my life, but I struggle getting a hold on what I really would love to do. I know I’m more than capable of anything I really put my mind to, but its driving me nuts that I cant really find any motivation for a calling I’d really like to do.</p>
<p>On my own time I:
Manage small networks, minor web programming as a hobby
Read a lot - particularly instructional material, computing, business, design, technology
Write a lot for my own personal satisfaction
Build and repair small electronics
Buy and Sell stuff on ebay
Go biking or fishing
Surf the web for random things to build
Draw Anime.
Photography. (I own a D80)
Mess with 3D animation (Maya 8.5, 3DS MAX)and other digital media software (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Avid, Quark, etc.)</p>
<p>I’m looking forward to college, but it’d be nice to finally find my calling and head in some direction. I know this really doesn’t help or answer either of our questions. But I just found the similarity kinda freaky.</p>
<p>LOL. That’s pretty cool. Just stick with it. Although I’m clueless, I still wish kinda wished I’d gone straight through college instead of this off an on thing. At least I could toy around in different work fields to decide what I want to do. Although a common problem that can arise from that is ending up financially dependent on full time work, eg. buying past your means based on your promised salary. It’s a mechanism that locks people into the work force just like student loans. So be careful.</p>
<p>My theory (if I haven’t already mentioned this before, I know I’ve been thinking of it a lot recently) is that if I had not taken a year off before going to college, then I would have been younger when the decision pressed to choose a major. I think is also part of the success of the system because I know all to many people who naively chose a major that sounded interesting, but by the time they knew they didn’t enjoy it, it was too late to switch without nearly starting over. Now here I am, with much more self awareness than I had back then, and I find myself not wanting to settle unless the job or major is a perfect fit. Would it have been easier to naively plow through a major and into a career? You bet. Would I have been stuck in a job that I only mediocrily enjoy? Who knows. So I can’t really say if this has been a good thing or a bad thing, but I can see the benefits and pitfalls of both paths. Hindsight is often 20/20 eh? </p>
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I think this may be why I’m so bored with everything I try. </p>
<p>As I just said in a different but similar post, I think I’ve temporarily decided a course of action. I’m going to continue college and worry less about what I’m majoring in, take the A+, net+, sec+, this summer and begin studying for the ccna, and try to start a career in freelance writing. Yes, I’ve slid down the slippery slope of affiliate marketing and heard the siren’s voice whispering “adsense, adsense”, but I know that I could do this for hours on end. At least it’s something I haven’t tried before and I’m actually enthusiastic about it. We’ll see how things go.</p>
<p>Just a comment on your thought of getting an MBA and moving to Silicon Valley, a startup that’s going to give sweat equity (which I’m assuming you would want seeing as to how not working is a primary goal for you) is not going to care if you have an MBA or not, nor are they going to care what you majored in college. Actually, an MBA would indeed be seen as a disadvantage.</p>