Bah, i haven’t been here for a while… loads of school work…
Anyway, I’m supposed to go into university in a year (and i’m only 14) and i’m supposed to pick a career just about now. I like web designing/programming… but is there a career in that? I mean… there are about 50 designers in each highschool, the competitions must be feirce… filming school? (first of all, kind of expensive) but then, i really like the matrix :+) and want to learn how you make the effects stuff…
I am interested in the visual effects/computer programming stuff/art… but just can’t find a good… path for myself…
Can anybody sugguest a career path for me? One that has a future?
Well if you’re starting University at 15 I am assuming that you are pretty bright.
Since you said you like film and design I am assuming that you’re creative.
Problem being that in 5 years from now you may be a completely different person, and your interests may have changed.
There is no reason to limit yourself career wise if you are so bright and have a rapid learning ability.
If you are not sure exactly what you want to do now, then do something that will give you a broad range of skills.
You say you like the Matrix effects, would you prefer to just do the modeling, design, or programming. They may use programs like 3D Max to do these effects, but at that level they are coding there own effects for it and not using standard renders so you need to be good to program at that level.
Computer games also need creative programmers and designers.
If you like programming then you can do a degree in that, get a well paid job and then pay to go to any of the design or film schools you like if you decide that that is what you want to do.
ur goin to a university in a year wow man!
anywayz take watever u want, don’t take so long thinkin about it
i personally wouldn’t major in webdesign, its something u can learn on ur own!
I’m not sure how Canada is running their education system, so you are either pretty book smart, or that’s just how they do things up North.
Either way, I’m not sure anyone at 15 really has a clear idea of who they are, so it would be hard to then decide on who you want to be. Why not take a year off and spend it figuring things all out?
i know this is kinda of topic but how are u going to a colledge after 1 year?> I mean did u skip some grades or have killer SAT scores (are u living in America?) I mean I just don’t see how you can be going to colledge so young… are you a genious or something :!:
Yeah i guess i won’t go into designing… i can self learn…
Probably something related to programming (filming’s expensive :()
I can’t take a year off, because (this will answer yoru question, mlkedave) i’m supposed to finish highschool in 2 years (i’m in canada) and can’t quit either. I’m supposed to go straight in to university, not getting a highschool degree. I’m not that smart… getting like a B average in class… I need a 90 average to get into university… need to work hard
In my opinion it would be better to take something such as Programming that is more marketable to various companies beyond simply Web Design. You can always learn/improve your Web Design skills in your spare time and work as a designer later. If that doesn’t work out, you can always fall back on your programming degree :beam:
*Originally posted by MTsoul *
**1 and a half. Yeah, i’m still trying to find something, but i’ve specified it into programming and such. **
Shouldn’t you be graduating in 2 and half years, like me? I’m 15, in grade 10, but I still have half this year, grade 11, and grade 12 left, making it 2 and a half. Anyway, you shouldn’t have to make up your mind yet, in fact, some people go into their first year of university not knowing what to go into.
*BTW: its the same here in Canada, roughly. We go JK-8 (elementary school) 9-12 (high school) and then off to university and college (university for academics, college for more hands-on training) Some places theres middle school.
Yeah, I’m in Canada too. This school year (last september), i joined this 2 year highschool program thing, when i’m supposed to be in grade 8. Half a year past, so i have one and a half left now. whines i’m not ready for university yet, i want to stay in highschool and screw around =)
And Kirupa, that was what i was thinking too… programming is a wee-bit more high-leveled than designing… so figures.
One more thing, does anyone know how to get high marks? Can’t get high marks on biology and social studies…
I need about 10 percent more on average… er… yeah.
Lol, i didn’t want to say this, but it’s so true:
This girl (suppose to be in grade 10 right now, but in this 2 year program) is really… you know. And she’s smart too. All of our teachers (only 3) are guys. You get the idea, she “bends down” whenever asking for homework answers and stuff… All of the guys in the class get jealous of her use of her… impressions. I haven’t seen this anywhere, is this common?
Go to University and get educated. Like is said before web design can be learned on your own. If you want to get into computers great but go to University and get a Computer Science degree.
I was kinda in the same boat as you when I was making my decision on a major.
I wanted (and still do) want to do all these different things, and to learn all these different subjects. I wish I was half as good as some of the people on these forums at Photoshop - or at Flash - or at server side scripting. It’s not practical to think that way, though.
I certainly couldn’t be an expert in Flash, and Photoshop, and everything that I want to. I looked at myself, my strengths, and my likes, and I finally settled on Penn State’s IST major.
Information Sciences and Technology is such a broad area that you can get into the programing aspect of computers and information systems, or you can deal with the communication aspect and how to use information systems to help companies be more efficient, or you can look globally and focus on the ethics of technological world we live in.
If you can, find a university like mine, and pick the major that’s best for what you CAN do. It’s not always positive to look at it in this way, but you have to focus on what you can do most times rather than on what you want to do. I can slove problems, and I can troubleshoot, and I’m great with personal communication so I looked at which part of my major was best for the skills that I have.
I suggest you do the same. Make a self assesment - find out what you’re good at, and build on it. All those ‘wants’ you have you can work on in your spare time - OR - when you finally find a job after university, your employer might pay for you to go back to school and learn those things you want to now.
