Educated Computer Gurus please

[-ammo-]

Which degree would you pursue considering the job market and the types of work to be seen?  I need to make a decision:)

1) Bachelor of Science; Computer Science

2) Bachelor of Science; Management/Computer Information Systems

[udet]

neither... the computer boom is over

[AKDejaVu]

Degrees to get as I see it (in order of hireability):

Materials Engineer
Chemistry
Chemical Engineer
Physics
Electrical Engineer

[udet]

what about aerospace engineer?

[Swoop]

Ammo,

depends what you're gonna specialise in.  Mate of mine did a computer science degree and concentrated on programming and graphics.  Now he works for Acclaim doing playstation 2 conversions.

Another mate of mine did same but stuck to heavy maths and electronics and now works for Zuken-Redac writing apps to design printed circuit boards.

[Gadfly]

If you want to impress, go for a B.S. in comp-sci.

If you want to learn the skills that will help you in the real world, you will be forced to take a general studies degree.

I elected to do the latter, and took useful courses in both fields, and skipped the junk.  If you follow this course, you will have to sell yourself, and then produce, whereas the former will get you a useless job making more money up front, but leave you with less skills for the long haul.

[fd ski]

You really should aquire the skills for the Computer Science stuff yourself. Books, internet, outside of school training. Most schools will teach you Word, Excel, some C++ and theory of design. Usually all of which is at least 5 years old. If this is your real interest, you'll pick up without school.

I would however recommend degree in Bachelor of Business Administration of Information Systems.
It leaves the gate wide open for MBA down the road, and gives you some management opportunity, if you are so inclined. Whatever technology the school will teach you today, will be outdated in 5 years. Management BS slinging, is good forever

[senna]

Transporter room panel programming
Starfleet weapons systems
Warp drive engine technology
Alien engine theories and propulsion systems
Tackyon field and plasma heat transfer engineering principals

Just to name a few, any others...?

I would start there as by the time the economy starts to get better those are the skill sets we will be needing. The Starfleet academy is rather difficult to get into these days but perhaps you could qualify for a Community StarFleet Colledge within your own city or alien district.

[bloom25]

Truthfully, it matters a lot where you live and where you plan to work.

A computer science degree means you mainly deal with software (i.e. programming).

You might also consider a computer engineering degree, which is a mix of software and quite a bit of hardware design as well.

I personally enjoyed circuit design and decided to focus on that and not confine myself just to digital integrated circuits.  Analog circuit design is much more challenging than digital circuit design IMO.  


(I have a BS in Electrical Engineering.)

[Aqualung]

As said  before, a BS in Computer Science usually translates to jobs dealing with engineering (Software, Network, Systems, etc.).  The courses are generally more difficult then those that make up a CIS degree because of the math and science involved.  Those who get CIS degrees usually end up as Network Administrators, Web-Developers, Tech-Support, etc., those that utilize the technology created by the Computer Science guys.  The dot-com crash had a large effect on these types of jobs.  Though there are still jobs out there for the CIS/IT grad, the market is a little flooded with those whom whom have lost their jobs.

IMO there will always be available jobs for those with a CS degree.  There is still a void in the market for software engineers.  I graduated a little over a year ago with a BS in Comp Sci, and when I was job hunting, I would receive at least 15 emails and 5 calls a day from companies who were interested.  Even now, I still get an email every once in awhile from a company trying to solicite me for a job.

[Kanth]

They are hiring a buttload of nurses for good money these days...

Originally posted by -ammo-
Which degree would you pursue considering the job market and the types of work to be seen?  I need to make a decision:)

1) Bachelor of Science; Computer Science

2) Bachelor of Science; Management/Computer Information Systems

[ArceBandit at 6]

-ammo- my brother has a Bachelor in computing and he's a builder right now.So i'd say neither

[whgates3]

-ammo- IMHO any hard science degree will get you all the computer learnin' you need, and some education about another field as well.  I'd 4 (actually 5.5) years hear labour in physics, most of it in front of an EMACS window, and had pals in geology, math, astronomy & engineering and it was the same for them too.  the math is just too tough to do it pen & paper (or sliderule)anymore

[Wlfgng]

ba computer science myself..

either are good since all the degree REALLY does is get you in the door... you learn the stuff you REALLY use by doing..

[Eaglecz]

degree ????
eehhh ???

all you need is certification mate... or you can be a programer and burn out your brain ....