On Thu, 26 Apr 2012, Dan McDougall wrote:
Let me ask you this: Did the type of a degree make a difference? If it wasn't Yale or Harvard did the school matter?
We were looking for CS/CE/EE degrees for software development positions with Linux OS and networking knowledge. The school didn't matter much as long as it wasn't a degree mill or some place like University of Phoenix that would rush you through a degree program. I saw a few degrees from UNF, FSU, UF, etc. Occasionally one or two from Georgia Tech. I didn't care if you had an associates from a community college and then a BS from somewhere else. I didn't care if you were Ivy League. My concern was whether you had credentials that showed that you had the baseline knowledge for the work we were doing: network programming, graphics, low-level OS, data structures, etc. I guess that isn't much different than wanting to see certifications from IT vendors on someone's resume.
Please be aware that I am framing my perception of this discussion as someone hiring developers with sysadmin knowledge, not as someone hiring IT personnel for the sole purpose of performing IT tasks. I am sure that you have more experience in the pure IT hiring/training process than I have had, and that you are more aware of what direction the industry is moving in.
The question posed by Chris in his original question was whether computer science was a good major or not, and for suggestions for a school. If CS is overkill for an IT position, than that is quite alright.
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