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Comment on Ask HN: CS major who doesn't want to code. Am I in the wrong major?

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No I don't think you are in the wrong major. I was in your same boat, for the majority of college I wanted to switch to being a political science major. But now I started my own company and I code everyday. The worst part, I love it, coding and all.

So I think you have two options coming out of your major in your position. (1) you don't code, but that's ok because at least you'll have a technical background which will enable you to do a lot of cool things (tech consulting, tech ibanking, project management, etc.). or (2) you find out you really do like to code, at which point you're happy anyways.

Last, but not least, most things in college you can learn by simply picking up a book and reading about it. The only critical classes I took in college were several of my upper-division CS classes that I would not be motivated to learn about (ie. how to build a CPU) and accounting 101. As such, whatever your choice, at least you gave CS a shot, and that has defined another set of paths for you given your current disposition.

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