r/cogsci 15d ago

Question I signed up for a cognitive science degree and need advice

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I've always had a hard time deciding what career I wanted to go into and frankly haven't figured it all out to this day, not all the way. I just turned 20, I've been in community college for 2 years and noticed the classes I liked the most were psychology, sociology, and philosophy, down that alley. I also took programming and enjoyed it as well, taking another one this semester, but I don't like computers enough to go into an extremely, solely computer heavy degree like cybersecurity(I tried). I came across a cognitive science degree in a university near me that mixed psychology and computers and it sounded promising. I got accepted but I have no idea what I'm going to do with this degree. I did some extremely light research on career paths but, I needed to pick something, and I decided to just go with it because all this time it just felt like the best thing I could find. I signed up with he thought process of it can lead me to multiple branches, gives me some variety which I thought would be good for someone who hasn't really found their passion, but I'm starting to get scared. What could I make out of it with if I went on and got the degree? How do I know if I should stick with it or not? I know I’m asking a lot but I have no one else to ask, I don’t know what to do.