On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 10:18, Daniel Crookston wrote: > Since we're on the topic of jobs, I thought I'd ask. Is an education really > as valuable in the computer field as it is in other fields? I've talked to > a lot of people who have said: > 1) They don't care if the person they're hiring has a degree or not as long > as they know their stuff, > 2) people graduating with degrees in CSci don't know what they need to to do > their jobs, > 3) they're gainfully employed as a network admin/high level programmer/other > computer job, and they don't have a degree > > and other stuff along those lines. I don't think #3 can be disputed, > because I don't have a degree and I'm working as a programmer right now (in > a job that's so flexible that I can sit here and read my email before I go > into work every morning,) and I know several people who don't have degrees > but do have fantastic jobs in the field of their choice. But what about the > other two? Are there people on here who have a BS or MS in CSci who are > finding that their educations haven't prepared them for the tasks their > employers need from them? > Thanks, > Daniel
(I'm sorry about this, but it is just something that I've been thinking about lately.) Or, is is better to get a degree in something else, but still show ability in the CS field. I mean, it seems that lots of people can program, or at least learn to relatively quickly. Writing good code takes some skill, but lots of companies just want the job done, so the quality of code kinda goes out the window. However, I digress. I'm currently a CS major, but I have seriously considered changing to Computer Engineering or even EE, because I feel that those fields would give me skills which are a lot harder to just pick up. Also, I think that 'Engineering' sometimes just sounds like it is harder, whether it is or not. Or, I could just drop out of school, rip off somebody else's OS, and make billions of dollars by using my monopoly position to price gouge. -Hyrum -- Need an Open Source Genealogy tool? Help write one! http://openancestry.sourceforge.net/ ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
