yemmy posted...
As someone who has been doing IT related shit for over a decade, nobody expects you to know what you're doing just because you have a cs degree.
There's also a ton of people without degrees that know a fuckton too. All the CS degree means is that you have a pulse and and IQ above 100 and that is all anyone is gonna care about that will hire you that isn't already looking for a special skill on top of your CS degree(coding, networking, trouble shooting whatever the case may be).
It used to be like "oh well this person is good with computers" but not really anymore the bar is low.
I've seen someone with an associate's degree that did not know how to reseat ram in a desktop computer
. CompTIA A+ is actually a lot more useful.
this is EXACTLY what im talking about, people who bypassed the US education system and got degrees without learning shit
im in school for the accountability, because i know im more likely to get the work done if someone is on my ass. getting a CompTIA A+ certification or that google IT certification is nice, but that's putting all the responsibility on YOU to learn all the shit on your own. i'll admit im lazy >_>
Conflict posted...
Well I would suggest having a conversation with your professors about that. You don't want to make a major life decision based on an off-hand comment by your (douchey) friend
yeah you're right about this. well put.