Which direction to choose if you don’t want to cut molds and drive json for the rest of your life?

Question

IT education

Now I'm taking exams, I feel good scores. I'm going to go to university. The choice is between Mathematics and Applied Computer Science. Judging by the curricula, it is programmers who are trained at Applied Informatics. And after mathematics, as I understand it, you can work in many areas.

Father insists on math. He himself unlearned in this specialty and is now developing software for government needs.

Actually a question. Where is it better to go if you don’t want to cut molds and drive json for the rest of your life?

Answer 1

In my life I have worked in web development, gas pipeline automation, accounting, business automation, and even as an advertising designer and journalist. And I’m not going to stop trying new things yet) At the same time, my education is radio engineering.
Education does not limit the range of possible professions, and life sometimes develops in such a way that you have to do completely unexpected things. Choose the specialty that is closer to you at the moment, the Internet here is unlikely to tell you the best choice, especially since everyone here has their own path and their own truth - someone graduates from a university and works in their specialty all their lives, and someone is looking for themselves in the most unexpected areas.

Answer 2

Do you prefer to cut state statistics for the rest of your life so that it shows the right numbers?
In order not to engage in boring work, you need to look for an interesting one and be interesting to the employer yourself. University courses can help a little along the way, but choosing a specific course does not solve anything at all. Believe the civil engineer who put his diploma on the shelf a quarter of a century ago.

Answer 3

Mathematics is not used by 99% of programmers. Yes, it is useful for the formation of appropriate thinking, but mathematics is enough for this in IT specialties, if, of course, it is taught.

Answer 4

Not in IT, it’s better to let it remain a hobby than to do useless projects / sites / stores and so on all your life. Look, at least go to mobile games, there is more money there.