I actually went to university for a maths and computer science degree. To date, in just over two decades in industry, I've used anything from that MCS stuff just once.
Only if you're not familiar with MCS - it's not a regular CompSci degree. MCS places a heavy emphasis on the theory rather than the practice - I at least theoretically know how to write a compiler, but that's not something particularly necessary in more regular IT work (despite what Hollywood would have you believe)
If you're doing IT work with a computer science degree, you've utterly wasted your degree. That's not the degree's fault.
I hire programmers. If I interview someone with a MIS degree or an IT background, the entire interview would be grilling them on things like algorithmic complexity. I don't want IT people on my team because they simply don't produce good code.
The number one thing that can be done for equal opportunity for all is eliminating the need for a "degree" from the credentialing cartel.
Why should I sink three years of my life to pay you to learn nothing, when I can learn the same and more in a year on my own?
I actually went to university for a maths and computer science degree. To date, in just over two decades in industry, I've used anything from that MCS stuff just once.
That's a little hard to believe.
Only if you're not familiar with MCS - it's not a regular CompSci degree. MCS places a heavy emphasis on the theory rather than the practice - I at least theoretically know how to write a compiler, but that's not something particularly necessary in more regular IT work (despite what Hollywood would have you believe)
If you're doing IT work with a computer science degree, you've utterly wasted your degree. That's not the degree's fault.
I hire programmers. If I interview someone with a MIS degree or an IT background, the entire interview would be grilling them on things like algorithmic complexity. I don't want IT people on my team because they simply don't produce good code.