[ale] CS Degree necessary?

[Jim Philips]

A year ago, I would have said you don't need it. But in the current
market, most of the ads I see say they want a CS major. That might
change, but I wouldn't bet my career on it.


On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 19:56, Michael Golden wrote:
> Hi,
> 	I know a similar thread has gone on in this list a while back but for
> one I'm too lazy right now to go back and try to find it and two I don't
> recall well enough if it addressed this exact topic.
> 	Right now I am set up to major in Computer Science but I've only been
> taking general education core classes so far. I was talking to people
> about some of the classes for the major and I took a look through them
> myself and I'm not sure how interested I am in taking half of them. I'd
> like to have a career in computers but I don't know how much I'll enjoy
> this major.
> 	Is a CS degree really necessary in the real world for computer jobs?
> What are the advantages/disadvantages to having it? Anything else to
> add?
> 
> Michael



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