Is this a good career

[sxyTuXeDoZ]

can a computer scientist please say what life is like as a computer scientist and if its the right choice
of course statistics show its growing and the money is good, but just want to know if its hell to spend the rest of my life in a cubicle

[brad211987]

That is quite a loaded question. Computer Science encompasses a large list of different jobs. I do software development in Java, mostly focused on web applications and from my experience, I think it is completely worthwhile. There are too many factors to address a generic "is it worth it?" question. Some questions I would have for you.....

1. What type of Computer-related jobs are you interested in? IT, Embedded systems, mobile applications, web applications etc...
2. Any thought in company types/sizes? The environment can vary depending on the company you work for.
3. Do you have a lot of patience? You need to be willing to fail all day long at some tasks and accept it. The way I describe programming is a sequence of failures moving towards a working system. No one writes perfectly out of the box.
4. It's self driven work in many situations, are you OK with that?

[sxyTuXeDoZ]

That is quite a loaded question. Computer Science encompasses a large list of different jobs. I do software development in Java, mostly focused on web applications and from my experience, I think it is completely worthwhile. There are too many factors to address a generic "is it worth it?" question. Some questions I would have for you.....

1. What type of Computer-related jobs are you interested in? IT, Embedded systems, mobile applications, web applications etc...
2. Any thought in company types/sizes? The environment can vary depending on the company you work for.
3. Do you have a lot of patience? You need to be willing to fail all day long at some tasks and accept it. The way I describe programming is a sequence of failures moving towards a working system. No one writes perfectly out of the box.
4. It's self driven work in many situations, are you OK with that?

1. I am interested, at least for now, of learning a language and progressing from that absolutely no thoughts on what i would do later
2. Just a company that pays good
3. I like to think i do

Thanks a bunch