Hello everyone, just joined up and so far from the few topics I read...people seem to be getting good and helpful advice. I hope to be the next one to get some. So a little bit about me. I'm fresh out of highschool and I'm trying to figure out where the flip I want to go. The last 6 months or so of back and forth debate with my self and/or family members about what I'm going to do college wise has been very stressful. I'm the kind of person who likes to know what and where I'll be in e 2, 5, 20 years from now. I know its a bad habit and more than likely unhealthy, but like I said, its just a bad habit is all. I been interested in technology my whole life. I remember being on the PC and playing games since I was about eight years old, and to this day I still am. So far I have some up with, I really want to be involved in this industry, but where I'm not exactly sure yet. Like I said I'm interested in technology. I think I'm more the hardware guy than anything. I was never really good or even liked math, so from the start I already canned any type of programming or engineering. (With the few colleges I did talk to. They were like oh everyone says that. You would be fine at math) The reality is, I'm not. The highest I got in high school was geo. I did get good grades in school overall 3.9 gpa, but my test scores suffer. I had to take the exit exam math part 3 times to pass it. It was most likely me and my lack of studying because I didn't, but like I said I'm not very good in math. Edit: I think I could be decent in math I just need to apply myself. If I could go back in time I would have taken high school much more seriously. Is it to late get be learn or be good at math? Here is where I'm at a loss. If I'm no good at math do I even belong in this industry? I've heard a few people mention Net Security,Admin, and what not but I don't know to much about what they involve. Should I go to a community college and take some computer science classes and see if its for me or what? I'm really open to any suggestions/comments that you guys may have. Any info I get out of this is much appreciated. Thanks Mark. :-)

I have no programming skills what so ever.

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Quote:I'm the kind of person who likes to know what and where I'll be in e 2, 5, 20 years from now.

Have you considered business? You might go far with that midset.

Quote:If I'm no good at math do I even belong in this industry? I've heard a few people mention Net Security,Admin, and what not but I don't know to much about what they involve.

Some colleges offer an Information Technologies or similar degree that would be great for a computer administration job, which there certainly are plenty of.

You could try taking some computer science classes, but better yet you might just want to try teaching yourself a little to see if it's something you enjoy. If you don't love programming, do you want to spend the rest of your life doing it?

You mentioned hardware. Maybe a computer engineering degree would be better, but it's also a heavy math degree. You could look at technical schools though because I expect the math would be less intensive.

No, I haven't really considered business. Do you know how long it would take to get a degree in business?