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Ben1220 · 26 Oct 2009, 12:32 AM

I wouldn't worry about finding a job too bad, theres a shortage of "IT" graduates apparantly. I don't remember where I keep hearing this from... Also, theres more to computer science then just programming anyway. You should just do what you enjoy.

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
- Albert Schweitzer"

Granted you might not quite know what you would enjoy the most yet, but theres generally plenty of space to move when you figure out what you like the most if you pick something fairly general for your first degree. Why not take a science degree and take both biology and computer science in the first year? Theres actually an area called bioinformatics that is half computer science half biology. If you're still interested in biological limbs in a few years then it won't really matter if you came through the computer science path or the biology path. Research in such a specific area is so specialised that there's no real "pathway" for it.

26 Oct 2009, 12:32 AM	#6 (permalink)
Ben1220 Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Male Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 131 Last Activity: 9 Mar 2010, 10:43 PM	Re: Biomedical Engineering or Computer Science I wouldn't worry about finding a job too bad, theres a shortage of "IT" graduates apparantly. I don't remember where I keep hearing this from... Also, theres more to computer science then just programming anyway. You should just do what you enjoy. "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer" Granted you might not quite know what you would enjoy the most yet, but theres generally plenty of space to move when you figure out what you like the most if you pick something fairly general for your first degree. Why not take a science degree and take both biology and computer science in the first year? Theres actually an area called bioinformatics that is half computer science half biology. If you're still interested in biological limbs in a few years then it won't really matter if you came through the computer science path or the biology path. Research in such a specific area is so specialised that there's no real "pathway" for it. Last edited by Ben1220; 26 Oct 2009 at 12:35 AM.