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Hello, I am a noob seeking advice. - deweyblank - 12-30-2012
I am trying to narrow my field of my IT degree, I am currently a sophomore in college, and I am still not set on what I want to do with my degree. A little back-story on me: I am a gamer first, and a pc nerd second. I enjoy playing video games, and attempting to hack, exploit etc.
My skills as of today: I can build pc's inside and out all day everyday, that is not a problem and I enjoy doing that. I do not know what kind of degree I would want if I focused on this.
I have minor experience in web design and game programming (Python I believe) but this was all through a tutorial/walk-through and did not have very much explanation on how to venture out on my own.
I live in a rural city in the middle of the US, so most gaming industries are out of my reach, growing up my dream was to be a video game tester (not the easy play video games all day job, the serious testing and finding exploits) and then move on to game programming.
The problem with this is, I can not move to a state that has these companies for personal reasons.
My goal for this post: Trying to get suggestions on a degree, field of work, or any other help with trying to find a job in the IT field that is widely accepted, but does not take a absolute amazing nerd to do.
I have lately been doing a lot of research on web based game development, but I have not found a lot of resources from colleges on what classes I would need for this.
More or less, and help and input from you all would be greatly appreciated. I am open to most anything in the IT field, and am willing to learn. If you have a suggestion, please provide a brief description of what the job would intale, along with the daily work it would involve.
Thanks very much,
Dewey
RE: Hello, I am a noob seeking advice. - Dr.Cooper - 01-02-2013
Computer Forensics can be a good degree. [As you have mentioned Nerd]
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