Thank you everypony for the compliments!
@Flutterspark Virology is awesome! Its what got me interested first too! Funny you should mention programmable bacteria (does takes some stretching of the definition BUT) with all the advances in genetics over the past decade or so, there are entire companies devoted to changing bacteria for various purposes. I can find the papers if you'd like, but among other things, there's research NASA was doing to use E. coli DNA to make "living wires" to run computers built in space, there's the bacteria people are trying to get to produce compounds (mostly complex medical and plastic compounds) that nature never made before, the bacteria (that I helped work on XD ) that produce electricity from ocean sediments (they're trying to run off-shore equipment off them), the bacteria that convert soluble uranium to an insoluable form to be extracted from ground water, and the list goes on. Many of the things are just manipulations of what bacteria could already do, but right now the possibilities seem near endless . Did you know that insulin is mostly made from E. coli now, and has been for over a decade? In fact, many drugs are.
Viruses are AMAZING tho, because they're not technically alive! Crazy at how efficient they are at what they do, tho!
Computer stuff is awesome too! Two of my friends are computer security experts and another builds computers for fun. Myself, I am a klutz when it comes to doing ANY line command at all :/ If you want, I can get you in touch with them to find out what the field is really like. Myself, if you're interested anywhere in biology, I'd be happy to answer questions too! And don't worry about "not being on the right path"! There's no such thing as a right path. Myself, I entered undergrad with the full intention on becoming a historian at a museum... and ended up studying apple snails (invasive species the size of your fist)... and then went to grad school to study microbial biofuels... and five years later, I'm seriously considering being (at least a part time) artist.
So, the short answer is (not trying to be cliché) but FOLLOW YOUR HEART! Do what makes you happy and don't be afraid to ask questions or afraid of what people will think, because at the end of the day, you only will be answering to yourself.