Masters in Information Systems - worthwhile?
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Anonymous
| Do you know / have anything to share about this degree? Does anyone have one, and what has your experience been after getting it? Do you feel it's made a big difference in the job market / opened up doors career-wise? |
Anonymous
do you currently work in IT? if you do have IT experience- it might help with some opportunities but I think it depends on your current experience and where the degree is from. |
Anonymous
| Yes, yes, yes. |
Anonymous
| I have a good friend who has a masters in Information Systems, and she has NO trouble getting high paying jobs. It definitely seems like a worthwhile degree to me. |
Anonymous
This is encouraging, thank you! |
Anonymous
Yes, currently in IT. I did IT sales for a long time and am now more on the data management side. I'd like to move up / expand my options though |
Anonymous
| I'm en route with the MSIS -- 4 more classes to go -- and yes, it has secured me a better, new job within the last two weeks. New employer saw it as a perk: willing to learn new skills, multitasking ability, etc. However, yes, I have some work experience in the field already too. Also, earn a PMP or CSM certification concurrently or shortly after you wrap up the MSIS degree (that's my plan anyway). OP, is this a career switch for you? |
Anonymous
| no.no.no. MSIS is for idiots....only MSCS or MSEE. |
Anonymous
| At GW? My DH finished his last spring. Hasn't made much of a difference yet but he seems to think it might in the future. |
Anonymous
| Nope! Look into devops cyber security cloud computing webservices open source architecturing |
Anonymous
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I would generally agree with poster from 14:02. Where my main issue with information systems is that it's too general, unless you make sure to take certain courses along a certain track.
Keep in mind that I have a preference for more technical/in the weeds type of positions. In your case though, already working in data management (although this could mean a wide variety of things) and assuming that you don't already have a formal education/training in the IT field, I think a Masters degree in Information Systems will definitely help you. It will at the very least open more opportunities where a masters degree is preferred and give you a solid foundation and bigger view on how things work. |
Anonymous
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. |
Anonymous
Thsoe are all fine but guess who manages them? People with IS degrees. |
Anonymous
And guess who r the first one to loose jobs and have the hardest time finding the next one. We don't need no stinking managers.  I kid...lol
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Anonymous
oops...pardon the spelling, haven't had my morning coffee.... |