Thinking about being a programmer as a career

Any career that is related to computers/programming (in my opinion) is worth it financially! When I was in college, we studied basic programming using Visual Basic and as our final project, we created a program for a video store. I enjoyed doing it so as my classmates. Just an advice, you're heart should be into this because this entails a lot of patience, hardwork and dedication. Also, I believe that programming is more into logic. Anyway, my job is into computer auditing and we encounter a lot of application programs (both in-house developed and out of the shelves), and background in programming is a plus! I hope you do succeed with this. BTW, just a suggestion, maybe you'll also be interested in SQL, it's more of the basic language in programming, they say most of the programs or languages are based on that.

It is an excellent career if you really have interest in it and enjoy developing programs.

It is a career that demands dedication, time, and some degree of natural hability. You can choose from a lot of areas (web applications, game development just to tell two of them). Surf the web a little, learn a little about programming, try to learn something on your own, to see if it is what you really want to do. Good luck for you.

What about building a career in Software Testing.....have you heard about it...???

well that depends on you if you really like programming and you're a natural in doing programs, then i think that programming career really is for you dude. anyways, in a modern like ours today, i think that technoly related course will be very in demand meaning that there will be a good possibility of a good pay. just make sure dude that you are enjoying what field you are entering to, it is very important to consider that with your career path. :)