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His point is that you're lucky, not that you're the norm. Most kids that graduate with a CS degree can barely tell their ass from a line of C code, but are savvy enough to land decent jobs with good wages. Then you've got the smart people who made the most of their degree, know how to apply programming theory [or networking/sys-adming theory] and are making uber bank in a few years. But then you've also got the people that are both A: lazy/bad at CS and B: not driven to better their prospects. CS is very effort-based; if you slack off in school it can easily bite you ********** if you have nothing to fall back on.
Degrees and IT can be an interesting topic. Plenty of people in IT earn six-figures without a degree, though they probably have good certifications and experience to match. I have a classics degree, which is essentially worthless. That said, I don't think anybody really gives a **** about things like MIS degrees outside of HR and most HR departments just care that you have A degree, but it doesn't matter which one. They seem to be looking for the certs and years experience before they pass you on. Type of degree is a very minor factor imo. What matters beyond the HR interview are your skills and whether you can demonstrate them.
CS is useful everywhere. Which is why it's so popular. It's also damn hard to be really good at CS, which is why so much software sucks.Were I interviewing a candidate, it would be almost completely irrelevant to me. I WOULD pick a guy with a CS degree over one without, all else being equal, but everything else rarely is equal. CS is more valuable to more areas of IT than MIS, which ranks up there with my Classics degree in usefulness. CS is very useful in any part of the field.
You, my friend, are very lucky. Props to you. I've only met a handful of people that are truly satisfied with their IT jobs. Surprisingly, the majority are sys/net admins for big corporations/universities.I would say that my recent job search validated this. Nobody cared about my degree. They looked at my experience and certifications. In the 2-3 weeks I was looking for a job, I fielded calls from everything from small companies to a couple multinationals and a whole bunch of recruiters. I went with a mid-size that would let me run with the ball, had good projects coming up, and would give me full-time salary + benefits (one of the multinationals was very tempting but it was only a 3 month contract).
1. The tech interview goes without saying. "Prove that you know what you're doing". Much more important in CS than other places, because without properly managed IT infrastructure, nobody can do anything nowadays.I would care about a couple things from the interviewer's seat. 1) The tech interview; does he do well here or at least show that he's intelligent and has the right sort of brain for the job and will come up to speed quickly 2) interpersonal skills. If you don't have 'em, **** off. It takes one person to sour the impression of an entire IT department, and were I managing it, I wouldn't tolerate it. If you have #2, you can be at a huge advantage in IT because so many people are lacking basic communication skills. Seriously.
Web design and marketing? Then why not pick a marketing/advertising major that suits your interest choice? If you want to be taken seriously, start building a portfolio. Look and see if your university hires/accepts students working on their websites. It looks killer coming out of college. Contact local small businesses and ask if they want to meet and discuss their website (free of charge, of course. never charge for the meeting when you're a no-name guy). Basically: get your hands dirty.
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GQGeek always puts the /thread to IT discussions.
Most kids that graduate with a CS degree can barely tell their ass from a line of C code
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