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lil  ·  3859 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Teenage Hubskiers?

I think kleinbl00 is better at advice than I am. But if I had to give advice:

1. Read Program or be Programmed or at least the summary. It's better to program than be programmed. Jaron Lanier (You Are Not a Gadget) has a few things to say on this topic as well.

How to Choose a Major

If you are good at everything and curious about everything, go into science and keep a toe in the humanities. The humanities discuss how to be human and how to live an examined life. But science is the frontier of endless fascination.

If you have an area of passion and fascination, follow it. Follow it part-time if not full-time. If you don't, it will come back and bite you disguised as ennui, indifference, and apathy.