So it's starting to look like pharmacy isn't the career path for me
>be Me
>20 y/o college sophomore
>in the ARMY National Guard as a 35F (Intelligence Analyst) might be relevant sense this job requires you to have a TS security clearance
>clearance might help in job placement in the future, especially with government jobs
>Currently a biochemistry major but I'm like 90% sure I'm not going to enjoy this path if I keep it up.
>Taking the biology class for the third time since I dropped it the two previous times, which should be a sign that I should consider something else or that not going to enjoy trying to go down the pharmacy route
>Overall nowhere near as interested in pharmacy as I once was. If I'm not going to be passionate about this field I probably won't survive in pharmacy school.
>College has an information technology degree program
>Link: https://www.coastal.edu/computing/programs/it/
>This might be a better option since I could see myself actually excelling in the it field (ex. Sysadmin, web developer, Network admin, etc. Still deciding which one I would want to focus on)
>I'm aware that both certs, experience, and networking is very important but that shouldn't be a problem since I'm in a college setting. Networking won't be a problem and I know either my town or nearby towns have companies that will offer internships.
>Only immediate downside I can see from me going this route is that I'll be even further behind than I already am. However since the Army has paid for and is paying for most of my college tuition, graduating late isn't that big of an issue aside from my folks being annoyed by that.
Is it a good career path to go down? What's some advice you can give to a complete novice? I know very little about programming or home labs and stuff like that but I'm very willing to learn. Especially over the summer when I have more free time.
Also how much would my clearance help me in job hunting? Do employers care about that at all?
>be Me
>20 y/o college sophomore
>in the ARMY National Guard as a 35F (Intelligence Analyst) might be relevant sense this job requires you to have a TS security clearance
>clearance might help in job placement in the future, especially with government jobs
>Currently a biochemistry major but I'm like 90% sure I'm not going to enjoy this path if I keep it up.
>Taking the biology class for the third time since I dropped it the two previous times, which should be a sign that I should consider something else or that not going to enjoy trying to go down the pharmacy route
>Overall nowhere near as interested in pharmacy as I once was. If I'm not going to be passionate about this field I probably won't survive in pharmacy school.
>College has an information technology degree program
>Link: https://www.coastal.edu/computing/programs/it/
>This might be a better option since I could see myself actually excelling in the it field (ex. Sysadmin, web developer, Network admin, etc. Still deciding which one I would want to focus on)
>I'm aware that both certs, experience, and networking is very important but that shouldn't be a problem since I'm in a college setting. Networking won't be a problem and I know either my town or nearby towns have companies that will offer internships.
>Only immediate downside I can see from me going this route is that I'll be even further behind than I already am. However since the Army has paid for and is paying for most of my college tuition, graduating late isn't that big of an issue aside from my folks being annoyed by that.
Is it a good career path to go down? What's some advice you can give to a complete novice? I know very little about programming or home labs and stuff like that but I'm very willing to learn. Especially over the summer when I have more free time.
Also how much would my clearance help me in job hunting? Do employers care about that at all?
