I hate technology, but have a computer science degree. What do I do?

[eternus]

I know you're going to say, "you're an idiot", but let me explain.

When I was in school in the 90s and early 2000s, I was kind of the stereotypical nerd. I did well in school but I didn't care about being popular, partying, wearing clothes, etc. I did like programming/math in HS, although I've never been particularly passionate about anything. I hoped doing something in that area would let me escape the HS (and university) nonsense. But the Web 2.0 in the last couple of years is the same thing I wanted to escape from. I roll my eyes when I see that every web page has a Facebook and Twitter link nowadays. I realize now, technology is just following trends. It's a marketer's dream. But I'm more independently minded. I don't care about following fads or what the difference between Tommy Hilfiger and jeans from Wal-Mart is. I'll never be the one to have 100 contacts on an iPhone, but society says you're a loser if you don't. I noticed recently that Google now searches for tweets in its web search (well, sometimes), and that it gives priority to accounts with more followers. Soon companies will SEO by paying people to be friends on Twitter. That's how f*cked up society is.

Maybe I could still have a career but I'll always be pushed aside for the "ambitious" person who has their own social networking site. Besides, everyone and their grandmother knows like 10 programming languages these days. I feel like I have no special skills. In some ways I'm less qualified for tech jobs that the average person.

So what do I do? Are there other career paths that I can go into relatively easily?

[C R]

try to work for nasa or a science based firm. There *might* not be as much of an influence from the main stream.

[miamidot]

Forget about the web.

I think you should go back to school and get a masters in biomed engineering specialising either in bioinformatics or robotics.

Bioinformatics - get involved in computer aided diagnostics of symptoms, illnesses and diseases, for example. To help doctors and nurses manage the variation and deluge of information.

Medical robotics and computer aided surgery - help surgeons by providing computerised surgical implements that increase the accuracy and enhances the skill of surgeons.

Go to law school and instead of becoming a lawyer, create a legal analysis software that helps lawyers analyse cases and probability of winning by using artificial intelligence and recognition to pull in related codes of laws, relevant court decisions and judgments.

[Wiki_Me]

you can become a IT specialist

[Riben]

You could do freelancing.