Interesting Computer Science Jobs?

mattskent writes "I'm currently a junior in college working towards my Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. As such, I'm starting to look pretty seriously at jobs in the IT/Computer Science field. I've spent plenty of time working entry-level IT jobs doing various kinds of help desk type work, and so most of the exposure I've had to the field is related to support of other people's computers. I enjoy helping other people out, but I'd rather not be plugging things in and restarting computers the rest of my life. Although the possibility is growing on me, I don't think I would particularly love to write code all day for a living either. What are some interesting jobs that you've had or heard of that I could look into fresh out of college with a Computer Science degree?"

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McDonald's or grad school?

[OhHellWithIt]

Since I majored in Spanish, I heard plenty of jokes like, "So, do you want fries with that?" and "What are you going to do when you graduate, go to grad school?" Therefore, when I met an engineering student one time and asked her what she was planning to do upon graduation, I practically fell out of my chair laughing when she said "I'm going to grad school." (Which totally spoiled my chances at dating a very pretty woman, but the laugh was worth it, in retrospect.)

But the McDonald's thing might not be such a bad idea. If you work in a job as an end user, you learn a lot about how not to do things in computer system design. But whatever you do for the first few years of working, you will be doing something else a few years later. It's a lot easier, though, to go to a support job from development than it is the other way around (which is the route I took).