abraker wrote:
Achromalia wrote:
like i could apply for some academic track that i think would cover what i love but i would fear something like bieng easily mistaken about the implications and consequences and logistics of that study in practice. it sort of starts to feel like you need absolute ful context before pursuing something that already costs you so much to the extent that the institution itself is known/recognized more for being a source of years or decades of debt rather than what information it supplied you with
Funny you say that because my first semester in college I did not have a major and was undecided. What? Abraker, but given all you told us surely you would go computer science major, right? Well that's what I thought I wanted to do, that's what I liked, but it's also what I have known best. And that was an issue to me because I would spend first 2 years being taught what I already learned myself. The other option was computer engineering technology, and that too deals with stuff I like but also stuff I knew much less about at the time. Working with actual circuit board hardware coding instead of just computers unlocked a new path for me.
So if it comes to choosing major related to something you already know, try going for a close alternative that will help supplement what you already do know.
not that you can't be performatively shocked in order to express or illustrate your points more, but it seems to be kind of presumptive and dismissive
...at the same time, you could be right, i wouldn't know because i haven't been in a position where i could feasibly apply it and understand what it looks like
hmmn, this is difficult to find words for, words that can better illustrate what exactly is happening in my mind with it... i'm not sure if i'm able to read how what you're saying actually addresses what i mean by those statements. to prod and maybe clarify further for myself, what would you do if you find that the time you've invested in that close alternative is itself also subverted by finding out you may not be able to apply it as you originally sought to from your own interests? what if instead it's abstracted or localized to a particular range of expertise that focuses away from the software and hardware and sciences you love/know and instead directs it to something more businesslike or administrative, or otherwise if it points the likely careers you're trained for in a different realm entirely to what your interests were settled on?
but like, note that i dont mean to imply you're misunderstanding something bc i dont really know that, i probably am just not reading correctly from what you're suggesting or trying to convey
in my case, i don't know what i realistically am able to imagine myself doing with college/university, though i seem to believe i'd love to work/explore with art (and maybe animation) and music (production-oriented) and game development and web development
but i have other interests as well, often more sociological or behavioral-science related, but i would fear things around how they may be centered around applications that are restricted to a few kinds of professions i'm not interested in that i may not even be able to access anyway, and where everything i learn is skewed to that instead of my scope of possible interdisciplinary interests in how sociological phenomena connect with other ecosystems of psychology or infrastructure or philosophy or policy
other interests like a subtle inspiration from architecture and interior design is involved too
for me it's just not really clear what that all looks like in practice, and i am very very risk-averse about active decisions toward something that i don't understand the implications of