[ale] CS Degree necessary?

[Geoffrey]

Christopher Bergeron wrote:

> Michael, I went to Florida State for CS, but ended up with a degree in MIS
> because I'm not very good at higher mathematics (go figure).  I've got a
> great job and this might be blasphemous to some, but I make more than the
> guy with the CS degree in my office.  


But, one example does not define the norm.  I'd suspect that if you took 
a poll, on average, the CS is going to demand more then the MIS.

You've reiterated a point I made earlier, in that if you're not into the 
Math, the CS is going to be a bear for you.  In 8 years it took me to 
get my BS, I'd say 80% of the folks that got out of the CS program were 
because of the Math.


> 
> P.S.
> I'm 25 years old and according to salary.com I make in the middle-upper
> percentile of salaries for my job description (unix admin) adjusted for
> geometery of course!  [or is that geography!?]


Hmmm, just checked this out myself, and I'm off the chart (10% over the 
75% ile), in the $$$ direction.  I don't know if I'm terribly overpaid 
or if this thing is just plain wrong.


> :)
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Michael Golden [mailto:naugrimk at yahoo.com]
>>Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 7:56 PM
>>To: ale at ale.org
>>Subject: [ale] CS Degree necessary?
>>
>>
>>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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