[baedalores]

hello
i've never really enjoyed ict and/or computing, i have a natural talent for it but i dont really like them as subjects. i really want to persue a career in law.
is a computing ict career lucrative? do most of the jobs pay you well if you have a degree in computing. Also, how can one cope with sitting at the computer all day. is a computing course/degree better than an ICT one.
is there a way how you can somehow convert a computing course for a law course.
Many thanks.

[DeadLine]

Check job advertisements and you will learn what's usual pay over there. But I think if you don't like it don't go for it - you could hate your job afterwards and I think that's very bad for worker...

[MGT_90]

There's always conversion courses to Law, however these tend to be from arts and humanities subjects like Philosophy, History, English, and the social studies like Economics rather than more science-oriented subjects (Comp Sci is more a science than a humanities or social science).

A Comp Sci degree obviously helps if you want to be a programmer or the like, but in terms of IT, the degree choice doesn't matter as much. There's plenty of professional qualifications you can follow that leads to very lucrative positions (RHCE and the Cisco qualifications, for example).

Comp Sci is very different from ICT though. You don't do much programming at all in ICT but at Comp Sci, there's quite a bit of it. You can try and pick up a language (Python, for example) to see whether or not you'd be interested in pursuing it for a few more years and maybe ultimately as a profession.

Take a look at some of the prospectuses and get a sense of what you're getting yourself into. You really don't want to go into a subject you don't enjoy. It won't be fun, of course, but you probably won't be all that good at it then either (given that most of the work at university is self-motivated). No point ending up with a lot of debt for a degree you didn't enjoy doing and which isn't very useful (if you mess up and get a third or the like).

[-Em-]

If you don't enjoy Computer Science, don't do it.

Get down to your local college, take the Cisco certs and get writing your own paycheck.

Ok, so it's not that lucrative, but unless you're academically inclined towards CS, it's the best option in terms of cost/benefit.

[Bazlehman]

Depends.some people get lucky,but many people even with a good degree in computing start off doing an(often extremely low paid) Helpdesk job for a few years.

[-Em-]

Originally Posted by Bazlehman

Depends.some people get lucky,but many people even with a good degree in computing start off doing an(often extremely low paid) Helpdesk job for a few years.

Care to cite your sources?

[Floofy]

Originally Posted by Bazlehman

Depends.some people get lucky,but many people even with a good degree in computing start off doing an(often extremely low paid) Helpdesk job for a few years.

Exactly, it totally depends. And anyway, there is no occupation that can get you straight into the money from the get go.
But on the other hand, freelance computer science/ICT graduates can earn alot of money.

And computer science is such a vast subject, and you can apply your skills in many seemingly non-computing related jobs. Its's not necessarily the content but more the skills that you graduate with that determine your chances of success.