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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ours has always been deeply drawn to logic, puzzles, languages, and the creativity and imagination associated with a virtual world, with a healthy dose of math and philosophy. CS is perfect for all of this.

Also, he built his first PC at age 10 and never stopped digging into the world of what the technology side of science can do and may do.[/quote]

So he's perfect for his field. He will make short work of all the people who pick that major with only superficial exposure and who think they'll have an easy career of it.
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My own kid has the "mind to do well in CS"---very logical, great problem solver, math has always just come naturally to them, and it's the conceptualization/thinking that comes natural as they are slow as hell with the basic computations (math tables--they are a perfectionist).  Did the CS AP courses in HS and a 2 week camp, but said no didn't want to major in it.  Picked Chem Eng and enjoying that major.  After a semester decided to add CS as a minor as they now see the benefits and how it will open up their interests for them.  Helps that their advisor is focused on ChemE and CS and does computational research, so my kid can now envision themselves doing research in their lab.   
Secretly, we are happy our kid picked to add the minor themselves---as having the basic CS coursework is almost as good as the major--once you have the underlying coding skills and algorithm development you can teach yourself almost anything coding wise. It will get you far in your career, but more importantly we are happy they came to that conclusion themselves.

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