Am I being stupid?

So I’m really into this web stuff. I think I would much rather work in web development than electrical engineering, well, there are a few things I like in electrical engineering, but not as many as what I could do in web development. Problem is, my major is electrical engineering.

That’s because I really only got into this stuff last summer. Before that my time was 99.9 percent consumed by electrical engineering and gaming. Hardly any web design at all. But then I decided to sign up for the introductory course for web design & programming at Cornell, and over the summer I started learning in advance. Who knew I would learn so much so fast?

More importantly, who knew I would get so tired of electrical engineering? I enjoyed my digital design courses, but this semester I’m taking microelectronics and electromagnetic waves. I’m doing allright in em. waves, but I don’t like the stuff at all. Just not interesting. And microelectronics, oh my goodness microelectronics, I don’t get it. It’s not just that I’m failing, I’m also not understanding the material at all. And even if I do study long and hard and learn the stuff in time, I still won’t like it. I won’t want a job in it. Not at all. Not when I could be building websites and talking about CSS and PHP and other alphabet fun.

So I thought about changing my major. But I’m in my third year already, which means I’m behind on the requirements for the major that covers web development: information science and systems technology. I don’t think switching is an option.

And the way electrical engineering works at Cornell, I don’t have much spare time to teach myself. This web design stuff cuts into my sleep, because I already have enough hours taken up with homework and studying… so some nights I sleep 3 hours, most nights 5. Not fun. And as finals get closer, it only gets worse.

So what? Am I being stupid for thinking that maybe I could graduate with a degree in electrical engineering, and maybe with enough knowledge of web development, get a job that involves working with the web? Would you hire someone for a web design / development position with good skills, but not the right major (and not as much experience, I guess)? Should I really try to switch? Should I do an independent major (no department, standard engineering degree, take whatever courses I want to build my skillset… not very desirable)? Insert more questions here?

Let me know. Until then, I’m going to try to wrap my head around these “mosfet cascode transistors.” ugh.