What is a career in CS like?

[u/foreversingle-]

Im going into uni next year and choosing between CS and mechatronics engineering. The point of this post is not to see what the job market/employability is, but rather to gauge my interest in this field.

What sort of work do you guys do? What would I do outside of uni curriculum? I heard a lot about building personal projects, but what does that entail? Creating an app as a hobby for example? What are some career/job options and what sort of work do you do in said job? Whether you're a student or grad, whats your daily life looking like?

[u/two_three_five_eigth]

What is mechatronics?

Realistically, if you're lucky enough to have a job, you're an "AI Prompt Engineer".

[u/SunsGettinRealLow → u/two_three_five_eigth]

Combination of mechanical, electrical, software