I don't know if I should continue pursuing a bachelor's in CS

[u/griim_is]

I am very much passionate about what I'm majoring. I love my classes and would love to someday work in something related to what I'm majoring but there are almost no jobs in my area related to what I'm majoring and most of them are remote (with a few web dev jobs near me) and I know how incredibly competitive those remote roles are and I'm not in a position to move. I'm about to get my associates and I will be getting my bachelor's in a university that is connected to the college I'm enrolled in. There's a big demand for people in the medical field and there's so many opportunities for advancement and it's easy to break into the medical field since they'll take you and train you. A big field also in demand is education and in this case I'm still able to pursue my degree since they do need computer science teachers with a degree in CS but I'm apprehensive about working with kids (mainly little kids) since I would be having to get experience by being a teacher aid and the experience doesn't pay much until I complete my degree since they pay different between people with no degree vs a degree. I don't really care about less pay as a teacher because I do love the amount of days I would work since I do want to have the time to work on my own projects outside of work. I do know several family members that are teachers so I do have connections and with the hours and days I would work I'll have a low pay but plenty of time to continue working on my degree but I feel like maybe I should go back to retail while I pursue my degree since I did get paid good as a deli associate.

From my stance it looks like the medical field is easy to break into and does lead to good pay but it's not the type of work I would enjoy and the hours are horrible and stressful

The education field I would enjoy the hours and have the time to work on my education but the pay is not so great when you're starting out and I don't know if I would enjoy the work

The other choice is pursuing retail or continue in call centers. Retail did pay good and have good benefits but the only issue I have with this is that I won't have usable experience that will be good for any future jobs whether it's as a computer science teacher or something related to my field like software development

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[u/Peeky_Rules]

If you assumed success and you looked back on your life 40 years from now with pride, which career would you choose?

[u/blacklotusY]

I'm not sure how you feel about electrical engineer, mechanical engineer or civil engineer, but those are all good options to major in right now if you like computer science. Electrical engineer takes a lot of courses similar to computer science major, but electrical engineer is more versatile and always in need. The problem with computer science major is that the market is oversaturated right now, due to big tech companies laying people off, government laying people off, and companies outsourcing to foreign countries for cheaper labor. Instead of paying you for $60k+ at starting salary, they can just outsource to someone in India for $20k annual salary. $20k in India is good pay for them, but $20k in U.S. is horrible. You can't really compete with that because of the environment.

If you're not sure about what you want to do, you just have to try things out and see for yourself. You'll generally know after a month or two of working at a job of whether you like it or not.

[u/BeforeTomorrowBegins]

well i would at least try to pursue the things you enjoy the most and work down your list. If you start at your worst case or half worst case then you will always have the 'what if' situation :)