Is it worth changing your specialty at the university?

Question

IT education

I am studying applied computer science in economics, initially I wanted to enter software engineering, but in my year there was no recruitment for it, now there is an opportunity to transfer to the specialty of computer systems. Should I transfer if in the future I want to enter the master's program in programming or bioinformatics?

Answer 1

Applied specialties are not initially "fundamental" (or "main"). Computing systems are already more specialized and closer to a deep study of computer science, etc., when economics (to which computer science is now attached) does not enter there at all.
If I were you, I would transfer, because. in any case, it will be much closer to programming than the applied status of computer science.

Answer 2

It’s worth it, at one time he also made a similar choice and did not regret that he transferred, although he had to take a rather large academic difference.

Answer 3

I don't see the point.
At one time he entered the institute for programming (“computers, systems and networks”), but ended up in the specialty “radio-electronic systems”. From the fourth year I worked in my specialty for 7.5 years. Another parallel practice / laboratory led at the institute. After school/institute, I had basic programming skills (school - Pascal, college - C++, at work C++ for controllers). After graduation, I mastered C# on my own and now I earn money with it, understanding more and more how to do it professionally (continuous integration, test driven development, dependency injection, etc.).
Of course, my radio engineering education gave me a lot in understanding how computers work at a low level. Plus, this gives me the opportunity to specialize at the intersection of high-level software and some "non-computer" peripherals (industrial automation, etc.). That is, its own rather voluminous niche where you can apply your competencies.
Why am I all this: "The boy wanted to program - the boy programs."
If I could plan my educational trajectory now, perhaps I would do the following:
After three or five years of working in a good place, the answers to what to do next would have appeared by themselves ....

Answer 4

I completely changed my specialty, studied at a university for 5 years, and after graduating in 2 months I retrained, and radically...
But as an example, I can say that a familiar coder who is studying in some specialty similar to his main activity, says that I completely drew all my knowledge myself, from Google)
, so in our time, education at universities can only provide a weak foundation, an understanding of the basics and a way of thinking, but not actual knowledge that will be useful to you in practice.