Masters in Information Systems - worthwhile?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:no.no.no. MSIS is for idiots....only MSCS or MSEE.

Wrong, wrong, wrong. I have a BS in IS from a top-25 school. The CS people and EE people become software developers. The IS people manage them. The CS people just aren't that good at dumbing down concepts to present to management.

yea....Keep telling yourself that IS is superior to CS or EE. Im not the PP btw but an IS guy. The hard truth is that I was unable to handle either of the CS or EE program and had to downgrade to IS. This is an anonymous form so ok to be brutally honest with onself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:no.no.no. MSIS is for idiots....only MSCS or MSEE.

Wrong, wrong, wrong. I have a BS in IS from a top-25 school. The CS people and EE people become software developers. The IS people manage them. The CS people just aren't that good at dumbing down concepts to present to management.

yea....Keep telling yourself that IS is superior to CS or EE. Im not the PP btw but an IS guy. The hard truth is that I was unable to handle either of the CS or EE program and had to downgrade to IS. This is an anonymous form so ok to be brutally honest with onself.

Different poster. Originally was going to reply to that original post but decided not to at the time. I know several people that were previously engineers (two examples that come to mind are electical and biochem from good schools) but are now in the IT/IS field. Don't know if their original career paths didn't work out or if IT/IS is just a bigger pond and easier to find jobs with. For example I know one former EE who mentioned that the technology that they specialized in wasn't used as much anymore and was harder to find jobs in. So was looking to get into web development and programming.

CS is a bit different. Where if people have the option to pick between the two, I would generally recommend them with going with the CS degree if it's possible. A couple of previous posters touched upon it already though. How people with Information Systems degrees are usually management, the visible ones that interact with other management, clients and customers. Maybe have the jobs like business and systems analysts. I might take it for granted that anyone, such as com sci majors, might have the same skillsets for these type of positions. But it's possible that an education in Information Systems equips people better for these types of positions.

But in a lot of job postings they ask for a degree in computer sciences or a related field, where often a degree in IS qualifies. So with OP's current experience in technology, the IS degree would mostly just supplement their experience. Although it could possibly give them a firmer foundation and background in Information Systems as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:no.no.no. MSIS is for idiots....only MSCS or MSEE.

Wrong, wrong, wrong. I have a BS in IS from a top-25 school. The CS people and EE people become software developers. The IS people manage them. The CS people just aren't that good at dumbing down concepts to present to management.

yea....Keep telling yourself that IS is superior to CS or EE. Im not the PP btw but an IS guy. The hard truth is that I was unable to handle either of the CS or EE program and had to downgrade to IS. This is an anonymous form so ok to be brutally honest with onself.

+1. Same here. Couldn't handle CS so had to downgrade to IS.