[ale] OT: master in comp. sci.

[miguel]

thanks for your feedback, i thought about an MBA too, but when i saw the
coursework that most programs require i almost puked. an MBA is the most
boring thing....

i guess i have to just deal with it...

rgds
-mig


On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 08:42, Fulton Green wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 05:56:56AM -0500, Jim Philips wrote:
> > On Wednesday 10 December 2003 04:18 am, miguel wrote:
> > > hello alers,
> > >
> > > thought about going back to school, but with all this outsourcing going
> > > on, i am having 2nd thoughts....is worth the trouble/time/money?
> > 
> > If you're going to school to be a pure code slinger, then there is a good 
> > chance your job will be exported before you find it. Along with your coding 
> > skills, you should learn some business skills like project management, 
> > accounting, setting requirements and so on. If you have a solid understanding 
> > of all the business processes that the technology is being applied to, you 
> > are much less replaceable. This was always true, but it's even more true now. 
> > If I had the time to do it all over, I would get an MBA along with a computer 
> > science degree. 
> 
> I have a bachelor's in computer (software) engineering with over thirteen
> years' worth of experience in the IT industry.  I'm now seriously
> investigating several MBA programs, part-time and full, if that tells you
> anything.
> 
> If, by chance, somone on here wanted to pursue an MBA yet still wanted to
> stay in the tech industry, you could either get your MBA from GSU, where
> their MIS concentration is one of the best in the country, or from Tech,
> where their entrepreneurship program is also one of the best.  GSU also
> has a part-time program ranked right up there with Kellogg's part-time
> offering, and both Emory and Tech are top 20-to-30 calibre for their
> fulltime MBA programs.  UGA, which also has a nationally-ranked program,
> has a part-time MBA option in Gwinnett and an executive format MBA in
> Buckhead.
> 
> Wait ... you were talking about an *MS* in *CS*. :)
> 
> I do know that an MS in CS can open doors that might otherwise be closed
> to you.  My company, for example, has one or two open reqs. that requires
> a master's degree (and actually prefers a Ph.D.).  But unless the job
> requirements are mathematically intensive, most employers are finding
> that it's cheaper to go w/a BS, and more and more are finding that
> offshore is even cheaper.  It also seems that a significant percentage of
> jobs in the USA that require (or at least greatly respect) a master's or
> Ph.D. in CS are also going to require a DoD or DoE security clearance.
> 
> Just my $0.02 worth ...
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