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Graduating highschool and wanting to work as a programmer, advice? (sh.itjust.works)
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I'm a junior in highschool and will be graduating next year, and the degree that makes the most sense to me is computer science. I've always loved using and tinkering with technology, and learning about it when I can.

I've taken the CS50p course as an introduction to coding, and have really enjoyed the problem solving nature of programming. I just don't know what the industry is like, and people keep saying the job market for CS majors is terrible. so I'm not 100% sure that a computer science degree would be right for me. any advice?

update: I've gotten a lot of good advice from comments and have decided to start a personal project of some sort, to test the waters and see if this is something I can do and enjoy as a hobby outside the CS50p course. thanks to everyone who responded!

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[–] AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Just a heads-up that Computer Science is a branch of mathematics, and some schools lean into that more than others. There's a lot of theory in addition to the practicalities of writing programs. I'd assess how comfortable you are with math and abstraction, then try to figure out where the schools you're looking at place their emphasis. Since you want work as a programmer, make sure the school offers some software engineering classes in addition to the theory.