Advice on University.

blister333 · 2018-06-03T21:50:39+00:00

Imo psychology is a field to enjoy on the side if you will. If you’re going to a top university and plan on getting a masters or maybe PhD, then psychology can be an okay option. Id still be apprehensive about majoring in it though. I would highly stress picking something stem related or At least business.

no_condoments · 2018-06-03T21:29:47+00:00

I honestly find coding boring but I still find the mathematics behind it fun.

What about math or statistics? A career in Data Science, an actuary, etc.

Governor_Humphries · 2018-06-03T23:18:09+00:00

You asked for advice on this forum probably hoping somebody will call you out about something you hadn't thought of. So I'll do that. Others on here have given good advice, but it's advice you can get anywhere.

Here's the truth: You are in the decade of your life (15-ish to 25-ish) where the following thought pattern is super common:

[Learn about Topic X that you had heretofore been unexposed to].
Holy shit, this is how the world works!
Wow, this is interesting and meaningful!
My life is not interesting or meaningful.
I want to dedicate my life to Topic X.

This is why so many teenagers get obnoxious about environmentalism or atheism or communism. (To a lesser degree, it's why teenagers get really into new bands and stuff, too.) There's nothing wrong with this way of thinking, and during that period of my life I had the most interesting conversations with my friends that I've ever had, because we were all trying to figure out the Universal Answers or the One Inarguable Truth.

There aren't any. Everything is situational, or way more situational than you'd like to think. Differences between people are rarely around knowledge and almost always around personality.

All this is to say, you're probably doing to psychology what a lot of people do to their first girl they fuck. Put it on a pedestal. Think it's the answer to every question in your life, rather than something interesting and cool that's worth spending some time on as long as it doesn't get in the way of your life goals.

My spare time isn't filled with making websites and fucking around with code like it used to be back in my early teenage years

"That girl I used to have a crush on and held hands with isn't as interesting as my new girl who lets me fuck her in the ass." Yeah, because you were 14. The girl from back then would probably let you fuck her in the ass now, too. You are conflating the interests you used to have with the person you used to be.

I honestly find coding boring but I still find the mathematics behind it fun.

This makes me think you should stick with CS. It'll be really easy to fall into the trap of working at a shitty job, but there's no reason you shouldn't be able to find something that's reasonably enjoyable and interesting. Maybe you wouldn't be doing it if they didn't pay you, but they will be paying you.

You shouldn't do something you hate and you shouldn't do something just for the money. But man, psychology...to do anything meaningful in the field itself you'll need to spend a significant amount of time in grad school, and for most people who subscribe to this sub, staying within the cocoon of academia is not something they should want.

VasiliyZaitzev · 2018-06-04T05:12:40+00:00

Should I continue with Computer Science, or attempt change to Psychology?

That first one, assuming that you don't hate it. You want something that you can monetize and ideally work for yourself doing.

The red pill was so appealing to me because it is literally the psychology of sexual attraction! So why not do this at university!

Yeah, except it's going to be "university psychology" and full of SJWs and thundercunts and the classes will be: "Male Psychology: They're Basically NAZIs" and not "TRP: Sexual Strategy for Maximizing Your Notch Count at Uni."

Take some classes as electives and see if you care enough about it to add it as a minor or a double major.

boy_named_su · 2018-06-04T00:23:55+00:00

Psychology is full of chicks, and shit job prospects

How about computational psychiatry, or a double major?

I was a prof at a top school btw

EneeTtt · 2018-06-03T22:39:17+00:00

What about cognitive science ? Research the subject, I think that you could manage to work in this field with your programming background. Look up Steven Pinker on youtube, his books are very interesting and Peterson recently put out a video with him.

Otherwise I think that you shouldn't drop out to pursue this. My formation included lots of philosophy, and while it was interesting and that I was very good at it, the whole "essay" things doesn't allow you to become a free thinker, it's very restrictive it may disappoint you. Frankly I prefer studying it on the side.

Title	Advice on University.
Author	rad_dynamic
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Date	June 3, 2018 9:27 PM UTC (8 years ago)
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