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[hypnotique]

Ive been trashing my head over what I should go to school for since culinary and nursing didn't work out too well for me and I'm considering doing something in computers since ive had a fascination with learning how computer viruses work and how they are created and basically computer security in general.

so uh...
what courses should I take and any tips on schools and other general things i should know about before becoming a computer major?

[Uronacid]

Honestly, if you like security I would go into Information Technology. Security is your job as a network admin.

[hypnotique]

Honestly, if you like security I would go into Information Technology. Security is your job as a network admin.

Thats what my one friend who does IT told me. Im considering it, hows the math in that if any? LOL

[Uronacid]

Thats what my one friend who does IT told me. Im considering it, hows the math in that if any? LOL

I'm not going to lie to you. There's pleanty of math in any computer field. The entire foundation of computers is built around math. Don't think you're going to avoid math by jumping into one field over another, however you need to know less math in IT than you do in other feilds.

It is mandatory that you have a clear understanding of IP addressing, binary, and some programming/scripting language to excel in IT. Unless you're going to become an IT manager. IT managers just make everyone else do the math.

[mipadi]

IT managers just make everyone else do the math.

Only if they someone else to manager. Hypothetically speaking, if you were to take a systems programmer, change his title to Manager of Information Technology, and fire his only underling, he'd be an IT manager but still have to do all the math.

Not that that happens in real life.