I hated information technology, would i enjoy physical education ?

[Majed]

I decided to switch majors from information technology to physical education. I went into information technology for the money, but i soon realized that i couldn't do it anymore because i just lack the passion for it. Physical education sounds like a nice switch up, because i will learn about health, fitness, nutrition, physiology, anatomy, i resonate with that more than with information technology.

Edited October 15 by Majed

[Human Mint]

Make the switch, pursue it for 1 or 2 years and then reflect.

[Entrepreneur]

On 10/15/2025 at 8:52 AM, Majed said:

I decided to switch majors from information technology to physical education. I went into information technology for the money, but i soon realized that i couldn't do it anymore because i just lack the passion for it. Physical education sounds like a nice switch up, because i will learn about health, fitness, nutrition, physiology, anatomy, i resonate with that more than with information technology.

In my opinion, it is not so much the field you work in that really matters.   It is the position within that field.

Just because you work in IT does not mean you will be writing code, configuring network hardware, or designing cloud infrastructure, etc.   Those are all very technical things that take a certain personality type to enjoy.   

There are also other positions within the IT field that suit other personalities.   For example, extroverts might like a sales position selling IT services or software products of some kind.   The IT field needs managers who can also understand the underlying technology.   It needs technical writers.  It needs customer service professionals.   It needs teachers and instructors.   It needs testers.   It needs many things that really don't involve being overly nerdy or technical.   Yet they require a deeper understanding of such things.

Just food for thought.   You can apply the same type of thinking to physical education as well as other areas like health, nutrition, physiology, anatomy, etc.

I mentioned to someone else in another thread that taking a Myers Briggs type of personality test was exceptionally eye-opening for me.   It helped me realize there are certain positions within many different fields that would suit me quite well.   It might help you a lot too, if you are still questioning yourself.