[ale] [OT] guess I am screwed, eh? -- sorry

[Cade Thacker]

Sorry about the double post. I mispelled the subject and forgot the [OT].
my bad.


--cade

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On Sat, 24 Aug 2002, Cade Thacker wrote:

> Considering that I am one week into my BS of CS at Georgia Tech, I guess I
> am screwed because of this article. Why oh why did they not published this
> thing a week earlier. ;)
>
> http://newsfactor.com/perl/story/19136.html
>
> Is the CS degree(any reputable college) still relevant for the masses? We
> will always need people to create compilers and OS stuff, but how many do
> we need? You don't really need a CS degree to be a medioce(sp?) Java
> programmer(just look at some of my co-workers ;). In thinking about this,
> is it kinda like lawyers? We always say we have too many lawyers, but
> schools are still pumping them out en mass.
>
> Would this topic be different if we live someplace else like New Enland or
> Silicon Valley?
>
> Well damn the torpedos, I am going for it anyway ;)
>
> <snip from article>
> "Pretty soon, we'll start to see CIOs having fewer techies on staff," he
> said. "The rest will be business analysts, project managers -- those kinds
> of people."
>
> Programs To Pursue
>
> As a result of these and other IT changes, high-tech workers may want to
> take a few business and management courses to supplement their
> technological acumen, according to analysts. One educational path that
> could be rocky is the tried-and-true B.S. in computer science. As Craig
> Symons, vice president of IT management at Giga Information Group, told
> NewsFactor:  "A bachelor's degree in computer science would be overkill
> for most people. Computer science is now really a major for those who want
> to go into computer hardware or software engineering."
>
> Symons added that people who are interested in creating applications would
> be better off in either a certification program or a business program with
> a focus on information systems.
>
> </snip>
>
>
> sigh...
>
> --cade
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