A good major or not??

[Alex K]

Very soon, software and robots are going to be doing most of the jobs humans do now.  In your lifetime you will see this come to pass.  When that happens humans will be freed up to do the things they love and machines will do the work necessary for our lavish existence.  My advice, you might as well study the things you love because that is what you will very likely spend your life doing.

Lol. Well, you turned it around in the last sentence

[Heywood]

Very soon, software and robots are going to be doing most of the jobs humans do now.  In your lifetime you will see this come to pass.  When that happens humans will be freed up to do the things they love and machines will do the work necessary for our lavish existence.  My advice, you might as well study the things you love because that is what you will very likely spend your life doing.

Lol. Well, you turned it around in the last sentence

This guy has come to the same conclusion I have come too.  He made a very good video explaining our common position.






The Baxter robot cost $27000.  It won't be long before it cost $9000 and is 3xs more productive.

[Alex K]

I just thought it was hilarious that you would use these kind of utopian/dystopian prophecies as concrete career advice for a high school senior.

[Heywood]

I just thought it was hilarious that you would use these kind of utopian/dystopian prophecies as concrete career advice for a high school senior.

She's going to have an awesome life regardless of her major.  Its going to be pretty hard to fuck this up.

[Alex K]

She's

Oh cool, you also have a gen-dar

going to have an awesome life regardless of her major.

Kudos for the positive attitude. That's the spirit!

[Aoi Magi]

Nishravi98,

can you tell us a bit more about your preferences, why you would want to do this major, what subjects you are good at in school etc?

When you love something, making it a career sometimes can be quite frustrating because in most cases you won't get the creative freedom that you'd expect from a hobby. Besides, real life is pretty unforgiving, so don't focus on a single carrier path.

What do you mean by that? I mean, if you decide to go to college, you kinda have to choose a major and then do the work... being noncommittal doesn't really cut it.

I am not suggesting being "non-committal", rather I am suggesting he seek advice from an actual counsellor who would have much more info about him than we do. Pursuing something as career just because it feels good as a hobby might not be a good idea if the only decisive factor is the hobby part.