Hey Everyone,
Sort of a random question I have here... But figured that Tom's Hardware has one of the more helpful & dedicated communities, and this would be a great place to gather some information. I'm a 25 year old, graduated from a decent private school with a degree in Business Administration. I currently work in a real estate office in San Francisco as a property manager (puke!). I make enough to pay my rent, have some fun with friends, and put a little bit away with every pay check, but it's NOT something I want to do for the rest of my life. It's insanely stressful, I have no product that I get to see develop (I think seeing a product develop over time is very therapeutic and healthy!), and the ceiling for my pay is not very high. I am, and always have been very competitive. I find competition motivating, and extremely fun. I was a competitive athlete, but repetitive knee surgeries have sort of made any career in sports unfeasible. I've always been a big computer/console gamer. I have a passion for computer games, and as I've matured, I've found a growing passion for the technology behind computer games. I also thoroughly enjoy finding different technology advancements that can really help our business. I used to consider myself pretty good with technology, but the more I've read about programming, the differences between certain computer components, and general computing... The less confident I feel. Sorry for all the fluff, but I figure in order for someone to give me good advice, they have to have a general idea of who I am, and what my interests are.
I've been considering going back to school to get a second bachelor's degree in computer science... I know there are a lot of computer science majors who are members on this site. Do you guys think this would be a good degree to couple with my business degree? Our world is run by computers, it only seems natural to have a very broad knowledge of how they work. Will this open doors for possible video game designing? Obviously, knowing different programming languages would be a huge help here. I'm far from artistically talented (If I draw a dog, it usually ends up looking like a hairy table.) It would be a dream job for me to come up with concepts for games, and have a team of people execute the programming. I could see a product develop from the figments of my imagination into reality! Woot! My two strongest skills in business are definitely interacting with people & ability to think creatively. I think I'd even enjoy consulting with businesses on the topic of technology, in order to find which technologies can help their business with the budget they have available.
I'd love to hear suggestions from those of you who are a little more experienced than I am! Hell, I'd love to hear what kind of jobs you guys have with your computer science majors!
As always, thanks in advance!
-Zach
Sort of a random question I have here... But figured that Tom's Hardware has one of the more helpful & dedicated communities, and this would be a great place to gather some information. I'm a 25 year old, graduated from a decent private school with a degree in Business Administration. I currently work in a real estate office in San Francisco as a property manager (puke!). I make enough to pay my rent, have some fun with friends, and put a little bit away with every pay check, but it's NOT something I want to do for the rest of my life. It's insanely stressful, I have no product that I get to see develop (I think seeing a product develop over time is very therapeutic and healthy!), and the ceiling for my pay is not very high. I am, and always have been very competitive. I find competition motivating, and extremely fun. I was a competitive athlete, but repetitive knee surgeries have sort of made any career in sports unfeasible. I've always been a big computer/console gamer. I have a passion for computer games, and as I've matured, I've found a growing passion for the technology behind computer games. I also thoroughly enjoy finding different technology advancements that can really help our business. I used to consider myself pretty good with technology, but the more I've read about programming, the differences between certain computer components, and general computing... The less confident I feel. Sorry for all the fluff, but I figure in order for someone to give me good advice, they have to have a general idea of who I am, and what my interests are.
I've been considering going back to school to get a second bachelor's degree in computer science... I know there are a lot of computer science majors who are members on this site. Do you guys think this would be a good degree to couple with my business degree? Our world is run by computers, it only seems natural to have a very broad knowledge of how they work. Will this open doors for possible video game designing? Obviously, knowing different programming languages would be a huge help here. I'm far from artistically talented (If I draw a dog, it usually ends up looking like a hairy table.) It would be a dream job for me to come up with concepts for games, and have a team of people execute the programming. I could see a product develop from the figments of my imagination into reality! Woot! My two strongest skills in business are definitely interacting with people & ability to think creatively. I think I'd even enjoy consulting with businesses on the topic of technology, in order to find which technologies can help their business with the budget they have available.
I'd love to hear suggestions from those of you who are a little more experienced than I am! Hell, I'd love to hear what kind of jobs you guys have with your computer science majors!
As always, thanks in advance!
-Zach