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How far are you looking into the future? Are you worried about what kind of jobs your degree would get you, and if people are even hiring for that in your area?
If so, remember there is a difference between doing something as a hobby and doing it as a job. Even if you like "programming" the sort of job you might get hired for is sludging through other peoples code to optimize it or fix bugs, or working on a small part of a massive project - in general, just lots of dull, manual codework day after day after day.
You might also be required to do a lot of math, or at least know a lot of algorithms\physics\etc.
Same goes for things like 3D modeling and animation.
Not to say that you would get that kind of a job, but like I said: there is a difference between doing something as a hobby and doing it as a job. Really its up to you, and you can't always know until you try.
As far as what you can learn on your own, I think it depends from person to person. I know two people who've taught themselves programming, though.
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@iSaintx: Go How far are you looking into the future? Are you worried about what kind of jobs your degree would get you, and if people are even hiring for that in your area?
If so, remember there is a difference between doing something as a hobby and doing it as a job. Even if you like "programming" the sort of job you might get hired for is sludging through other peoples code to optimize it or fix bugs, or working on a small part of a massive project - in general, just lots of dull, manual codework day after day after day.
You might also be required to do a lot of math, or at least know a lot of algorithms\physics\etc.
Same goes for things like 3D modeling and animation.
Not to say that you would get that kind of a job, but like I said: there is a difference between doing something as a hobby and doing it as a job. Really its up to you, and you can't always know until you try.
As far as what you can learn on your own, I think it depends from person to person. I know two people who've taught themselves programming, though.