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No expertise, just a couple of naive observations:
1) Many of the people I met who did computer work professionally got into it because they picked up computer skills somewhere else. Want ads for computer people seem to emphasize the skill base, not the degrees.
2) People get Ph.D's in Computer Science, but does anyone get a Ph.D. in Management of Information Sysems?
On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 09:06:51AM -0700, Marc Zucchelli wrote:
> After reading all those emails on graduate CS courses,
> I had to ask my question. I have been going to
> community college for computer info system, and it has
> always been my plan (ever since taking AP comp sci in
> high school) to pursue a CS degree. At work, I've
> been doing alot of MIS style development, and I had an
> MIS class which really sparked my interest. I was
> wondering if someone could go over the differences in
> the two degrees for me, I need to pick one soon!
> Also, a couple of people that I know taking CS at
> drexel are telling me things like "dont take MIS, it's
> a joke degree for people who can't handle the CS! and
> most companies that do MIS work look for people with
> CS degrees." Is there any truth behind that at all?
> Isn't it like comparing apples and oranges?
>
> Well I'd really appreciate peoples input. Thank you.
>
> Marc
>
>
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