College Advice

For those of you who have actually worked in the field, what kind of suggestions or advice could you give to a college freshman going into Computer Science? Things to do in spare time, what's important to learn and what isn't, fields to look into, etc etc, whatever you find relevant.

(P.S. My college teaches C, I've been programming since high school, and I have been reading SICP)

>>6

Really? I've heard good things about Software Engineering and other fields from http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm and other such places, they seem to make good money and there is a large demand. Or I guess I could take a job as an Administrator (like SysAdmin or DBA) if that doesn't work out. It seemed like a safe career choice.

Besides, wtf else am I going to do? What would a degree in Mathematics get me instead? Or is there some other career path that I should look into that I may have overlooked (like plumbing or woodworking or doing something else with my hands)?

Is Computer Science as a career really that drull? I mean, I plan on getting my Masters so I would figure that would help (BS/MS program). I should be able to find a way to stay away from the In-House Software programming that sucks the souls out of people in big corporations, no?