Software Engineers

[Imaan]

Hey, I'm here after a while. Who missed me :P or even noticed me missing LOL?
But, it is good to see you guys again and I'm loving the new design. I'm such a creep these days , I'm mostly on study forums, Jihad forums and Twitter. Though, I sure did miss IB...
Anyway, I wanted to know are there any computer programmers or software engineers out here? I wanna ask some questions and don't really know where to find any.
Someone suggested Facebook, but then again my parents don't really like me going there :$!

[SalmaAmina]

Salam aleikum

I was a programmer, what kind of questions do you have?

[Imaan]

W3laykumus salaam

Sorry I hardly get time online , so I've only seen your message now.

I wanna study a course (bachelors degree) to be able to build software programs, as well as design games and so forth.

But, I have no idea on what exactly to study. There are so many courses and options. I am kinda confused. What exactly should I go in? I don't wanna go into something, only to learn later I did not choose the right field. Or, are my dreams just too big , LOL? Like, is there more than one course that I have to do, to be able to design stuff?

I see:
- Computer Science
- Computer Programming
- Software Development
- Software Engineering

Also, are there any free books or info I can use to actually start learning about my field, to get a grasp of how software and programming works? Like self-study?

Thanks