majoring in informatics (info sci/tech)?

can someone tell me about majoring in informatics? what is it exactly and what kind of careers are there for it? is it a good major or is it useless? should i get a masters after my bs? i am a first year in college and am seriously thinking about majoring in something that has to do with computers. informatics seems interesting.

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Plumbers also get paid a lot.

Having said that, being a good sysadmin is hard. It doesn't help that nobody appreciates the work that keeps the otherwise invisible infrastructure puttering along. We only notice sysadmins when shit is going on, which means the best admins are never noticed.