but tbh, I don't really see a lot of people liking math and doing computer-related stuff on the internet. Probably some sites only
I see. Even though i liked playing videogames since i have memory, i never thought it could be something that i could devote my whole life. I know im wrong here but i always thought that videogames and computers are a hobby. And it feels odd to me that people are learning a full and incredibly difficult discipline like engineering with full maths and logical thinking just because they liked videogames. It's not reason enough for me. I could understand it if they wanted a job that gets you a lot of money, or if they really want to use that complex theoretical knowledge for other stuff besides IT or videogames.Westonini wrote:
Yea there's definitely a lot of people in OT and FG who are interested in the engineering department. I'm currently going for a Comp. Sci degree myself. And yes, I like computers and video games, but I'm also not stupid enough to get into it quickly without first thinking deeply about my future and my goals. I'm just aiming for a job that'll ultimately make me happy, and doing something computer-related is just something that I feel can satisfy that. At the moment there are not a lot of things that I can enjoy, but I can spend hours upon hours (generally the entire day) playing or creating video games and still have a desire for more. It just seems obvious where to go from here for me.
I think you're right. There are people that like studying math/science oriented careers because they think that they won't have to maintain social relationships with other people. But that's just wrong imo. In a workplace there will be a lot of people with different studies and different knowledges about a lot of disciplines. Most of the time there will be problems that with your sole knowledge won't be enough for reaching that solution, and that's when multidisciplinary teams are created, where each person of the team will contribute with their grain of salt and knowledge for the sake of reaching that solution. If you don't have those communication skills it will be impossible to reach that solution.samX500 wrote:
I feel as though most person who likes mathematic/science are also people who ahve difficulties with social relationship, and the opposite is also true, people who can easily maintain social relationship tend to not be as good at mathematic/science.
People who can easily maintain social relationship are far less likey to commit a lot of time to the internet community because they already have other people to talk to so they don't need to use forums to express themselves. Those who do commit a lot of time into the internet community are those who don't really have people to talk to, so they go on the internet and meet people on forums to be able to express themselves.
Of course what I am saying is only based on my perception of the world and is jsut a rule of thumbs of mine. I would think of logic (aka math/science) and communication (communication isn't the actual concept I want to refer to, I just don't know what that concept actually is) as two opposite side of a spectrum, no one can master both at the same time, depending on how close you are to the center of the spectrum, you are better at doing both logic and communication and you will always tend to be more at ease on one of those activity.