> I've been coding for half my life, out of pure interest for the building things and never got into it for the money. Since you are passionate about programmi

> I've been coding for half my life, out of pure interest for the building things and never got into it for the money. Since you are passionate about programming you'll probably be miserable in many other fields, say, medicine. So you have to include CS in your future. But maybe you could minor in something else? When I was in school we had an actual doctor come to our class since he needed IT knowledge to manage an IT grant their hospital was taking. In many ways IT / CS knowledge is worth more if you do it on top of the actual job. Very few people like this. I think a good career is one where people come to you. You have to be very skilled or popular for companies to come rushing to you when a system crashed or something. Otoh, people will rush to a doctor or mechanic or attorney, etc. Accounting is also very logical and companies need good accountants.