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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My BIL majored in history and now works in IT. Most people who go to college graduate with a liberal arts major. [/quote]
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But if he did CS he’d be better at his job and earn more money.[/b] [/quote]

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You know nothing.

My spouse is an IT manager and would tell you that having a CS degree does not magically make you smarter or better than someone who has a history (or any other) degree and then went into IT.

In fact he laments the fact so many employees and applicants have done nothing but grind out code through college and after, and have zero ability to do the toughest thing--communicate precisely and intelligently with users and clients.

He ends up basically giving remedial help in how to talk, write and act to his code jockey employees who got degrees from decent colleges but who are so poorly rounded they can't function well when they have to explain what they do, or ask clients what the clients need.

Oh, and spouse does not have a CS degree. Theoretical physics with a lot of music theory on the side. Didnt take a single CS or even IT-related class in college or grad school. Manages a staff now and does a lot of programming himself, too. [/quote]

Having a CS degree doesn’t make you smarter but it sure as hell makes you more employable. [/quote]

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