My Journey to Philosophy (major & choosing it as a career)

Hello guys, so some precautionary (?) notes here...

First, the video was recorded by an iPhone, despite the fact that I have a DSLR... so the volume is still kinda low. Sorry! I'll try to record with a DSLR next time and see how that goes.
Second, you might see that I am pretty nervous to talk in front of the camera. (For example, I say "Um" a lot) It's just been a while since I recorded in front of a camera so that might be why. Bear with me. :)
Third, I realized that the story that I am telling might sound not-too-stimulating or not-too-organized and that's probably because I kinda 'winged' the video without any outline or preparation... next time, I'll try to prepare a bit more :)

If any of you have video suggestions, please let me know. I'll try to make videos by suggestions. Thanks for watching!! :))))

Timestamps: 01:18 Philosophy in high school
02:47 Struggles in college (Computer Science/Applied Math)
06:10 Bell from Gilman Hall (lol)
07:12 Philosophy in college
08:26 Struggles regarding choosing a career as a philosopher
09:35 An advice from a professional philosopher (online) and my mindset
12:02 Change of mindset / the 'signs' that I should pursue philosophy
14:13 The confirmations that I should really pursue philosophy as a career
16:27 Constant self-doubt before the confirmations
18:39 Conclusions / future video ideas

[gordonf]

Philosophy looks at the world like an impartial observer. But we humans need to act, change the world! Hegelians of the world, UNITE!

[fabsab]

*Me at 2am randomly seeing this on YouTube and clicking this as an electrical engineer with no thought of pursuing philosophy*: ah hmm yes interesting

[KMMOS]

Watching and listening to your video gives me ideas about your personality type that might be interesting for you to explore. I suggest that you take the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator from a local counseling office, then study the result and the Jungian theory supporting it. It may be that you are an INTP, which is a good result for the interests you have expressed.

Not being enamored of math, physics, and computer science, each of which expresses itself in short statements called equations, and favoring writing in longer whole sentences, as in the case of philosophical essays, suggests you are more comfortable with natural languages rather than mathematical ones. Perhaps you should explore long term work as a creative writer -- a journalist, an essayist, a novelist, or some other work with words. Ability and interest in philosophy are good predictive indicators for success in the law profession.

[villekaitosalmi]

I would argue that you can conbine computer science and philosophy in a meaningful way. You should look into cognitive science. Cognitive scince is an interdisciplinary field which combines among other things biology, psychology, computer science, anthropology, neuroscience, linguistics, AI- research and even philosophy. Many of the theories, questions and major problems in cognitive science emerge from the western philosophical tradition and more specifically from phenomenology and philosophy of mind and language. (Mind body problem, transcendental idealism, the issue about the relation between the objective reality and our subjective perseption, how does language represent "reality", intentionality of consciousness, qualias, ethical questions about the moral status of consciouss beings, can AI be consciouss and be a subject of moral worth? )
Cognitive science tries to answer these questions by conbining many relatet subjects whom essentially study the same thing, the consept of a mind.

Cognitive science in practice is weary technology and programming based. Among other things it studies human an machine interaction and how human minds prosess information. Studing cognitive science can for example prepare you for a lucrative career as an UI/UX-designer in a software company.

[yowzaa]

If you're lucky enough to do so, I think you should pursue a graduate degree because you love philosophy. But be open to the big possibility that you might not become a professor, meaning you would've spent a minimum of 5 years (if in the US)--investing time, energy, and forgoing money--working on a project for your PhD that leads to nowhere in particular. On a side note, which topics and which philosophers do you enjoy most?