Doubts about School Course

[Themap]

First of all hello everyone
I just made something which should have been done a long time ago ,which is, creating an account
I have been really fond of Overgrowth and I have been following all of you guys and gals for about a year now and no, I have not bought the alpha ( i will) and I haven't downloaded a pirated version of the game( i wont ) so non need of the thorough (though needed) research and questioning of how I make suggestions for the game even though i haven't played it
Now for the problem that as really been haunting me ever since I've first heard of it
I'm an 14 year old guy who,as I believe, is amongst the gazilions who idolatrize David to the point of him almost being the equivalent of Kurt Cobain in the gaming industry , and I´m not forgetting about the rest of the team (Aubrey you're awesome)
Thing is , this year I have to choose what course I want and I have two , at the least, very different choices within the same area:

One- A course that is heavy on math and Physics and has some disciplines that i really don't need, such as Philosophy which lasts 3 years , and only 1 of those 3 approaches Programming.

Two-A course that is heavy in Programming and has some pretty easy math and Physics that also goes for 3 years, but that only prepares me to be a programmer, which means that I possibly won't be able to work as a Computer Engineer or nothing of the sort
So, to clean this up I have a course that allows me to chose from a broad ammount of jobs that i don't want to do but may need to(because of the economical difficulties that are getting harder everyday in Portugal) and other one that prepares me to be what I want to be , a full fledged programmer , but is risky because I will have a tougher time when having Maths in College, and because the industry in Portugal is barely moving at baby steps

So, to wrap this up, if anyone reading this ( and David hopefully) can give any advice on how to proceed to simply follow my dream, i would really be in a life-debt (of a sort)and I would be capable to sleep peacefully again
Thanks for reading this long,long message

[SteelRaven7]

If you're very interested in learning programming, I suggest you take the math/physics intensive course, since it will most likely help you when you're tackling tougher programming challenges.

I learnt programming all by myself, by doing some tutorials and later simply creating games. I have taken some classes, but I found that I did not in fact learn anything except for possible some object orientation. I think you could do this yourself, if you're interested enough in programming.

[Doggyhugger]

I really cant help you there, I went to study languages.
I think this thread should be moved to the random forum section, though.

[Silverfish]

My advice is go with what you're most interested in. You don't want to be stuck with some job you hate later on in your life, and if you do what you think is fun, you'll get better at that and hopefully people will want to hire you to do that thing you like doing in the future.

[SamW]

What do you mean by easy math and physics. Depending on what you want to do, good knowledge in math and physics may be required of you. Do you know anything more about the course descriptions and what YOU want to do with programming?

[Themap]

What do you mean by easy math and physics. Depending on what you want to do, good knowledge in math and physics may be required of you. Do you know anything more about the course descriptions and what YOU want to do with programming?

I tried to keep the post as simple and straight forward as possible so I just gave that basic info
What i mean by easy math and physics is that one of the people who were advising me on the course decision actually decided to go with the one that foccused more on math and physics and got , at his best test, a 9 outta 20(which is like an F btw) and after sticking to that course for 2 years , he decided to go to the other one, and now he is getting 20 outta 20 on math and physics, because the things you learn are, simply put, easy

I really cant help you there, I went to study languages.
I think this thread should be moved to the random forum section, though.

Yeah I only noticed that until after I submitted the post xD

If you're very interested in learning programming, I suggest you take the math/physics intensive course, since it will most likely help you when you're tackling tougher programming challenges.

I learnt programming all by myself, by doing some tutorials and later simply creating games. I have taken some classes, but I found that I did not in fact learn anything except for possible some object orientation. I think you could do this yourself, if you're interested enough in programming.

That maybe what I'll do ,all things considered, because I have already learned some basic Python just by looking into it myself , aswell as modelling in Blender and stuff like that

Well, thanks a lot for the answers so far guys

[Endoperez]

The most difficult thing in programming is, in my opinion, understanding the thought processes that go into it. Math and physics help in this, but there's also the logic stuff.

Learning more than the basics of a programming language isn't that hard if you have already learned the principles of programming. If you've already learned Python, it seems like you've got to a good start.

Here's a fun site that might teach you a bit about programming while putting a smile in your face:

http://thedailywtf.com/

It's a collection of stories about bad programmers, stupid bugs, and other stuff of that kind. I suggest bookmarking it and visiting it every now and then. Some of the stories there are hilarious, and trying to understand what makes them funny for coders teaches you how to think like a good programmer.

[Themap]

Here's a fun site that might teach you a bit about programming while putting a smile in your face:

http://thedailywtf.com/

It's a collection of stories about bad programmers, stupid bugs, and other stuff of that kind. I suggest bookmarking it and visiting it every now and then. Some of the stories there are hilarious, and trying to understand what makes them funny for coders teaches you how to think like a good programmer

Bookmarked

[Jacktheawesome]

As someone who is roughly your age, this sort of course structure sounds interesting. Is this just part of standard high school, or is it an extra-curricular or college-prep thing?

[Themap]

As someone who is roughly your age, this sort of course structure sounds interesting. Is this just part of standard high school, or is it an extra-curricular or college-prep thing?

The first one is part of standard high school, but the other one is actually a thing we call a "Professional Course" that, even though you can still go on to college, gives the knowledge and the know-how to get a job after you finish high school