Q. nw i choose software developing life cycle ...but i dont have any ideas any body can help to me ?
A. You can use Clarizen, project software professionals. Take a look at some articles and blogs to get an ideas and knowledge about software developing life cycle. You can also try Clarizen Wiki help desk. It is a good and relevant content regarding project management issues.
What types of computer degrees are there?
Q. My boyfriend is graduating college this April and looking at grad schools. He has always assumed he'd just get his MBA but he's super shy and quiet and worried he's not outgoing enough to be a powerful leader or be super successful in an MBA program. He has always had an interest in computers, can put them together, take all kinds of electronics apart and fix them, so I suggested looking into some type of IT degree. Any suggestions on what type of degree he should look into?
A. To give you the background - There are several main Computer career categories and you need to know these just to get the lay of the land. If this is redundant info that you already know, apologies:
Computer Science - A technical degree which usually has a Programming emphasis - people with this major usually are developing application software, web development, embedded code and robotics. Sometimes depending on the college the degree may cover some more general topics as listed under CIS below.
Computer Information Systems (CIS) This is a general technical degree. Holders of these degree work in a variety of technical jobs like these:
Computer Technician, Service Center Coordinator, Help Desk Staff, Storage Administrator, Network Administrator, Systems Administrator, Systems Engineer, Enterprise Administrator, Active Directory Administrator, Exchange and Messaging Administrator, Backup Administrator, Disaster Recovery Specialist, Database Administrator, Computing Security Specialist, Corporate IT Acquisition Specialist and Data Center Administrator, just to name a few.
Computer Engineering - This is a technical engineering and design degree. These degree holders get jobs related to designing and manufacturing computer related hardware.
Management Information Systems (MIS) - This is a business degree that prepares non-technically trained people to manage projects, budgets and people. Traditionally, senior IT technical pros would eventually be promoted into management positions after years of technical work. The good news is they understood technical challenges their people were working with but the bad news was that some were great tech people but poor people managers. The idea with the MIS degree is to provide business training that is slanted towards managing IT work. Business Colleges like to offer this degree because management principles change must less frequently that technical info where there is always a new operating system or new programming language. This means they can have the same classes, same books and same course titles year after year. In a technical major the technology changes very fast. I have had both types of managers and the new trend is definitely towards these non-technical managers. A lot of them are showing up in the large company I work for.
Personally, I enjoy technical work more than management - I have done both but that call is up to him.
You will see all these degrees available in a Bachelors or Masters program. If he wants to skip the Masters he could go back and take 14 - 24 months of courses in most any computer degree and have it as a dual major with his other Bachelors degree. This is what I did with my Bachelors in Advertising. It took me 14 months to get my dual degree in CIS.
Best Wishes!
Computer Science - A technical degree which usually has a Programming emphasis - people with this major usually are developing application software, web development, embedded code and robotics. Sometimes depending on the college the degree may cover some more general topics as listed under CIS below.
Computer Information Systems (CIS) This is a general technical degree. Holders of these degree work in a variety of technical jobs like these:
Computer Technician, Service Center Coordinator, Help Desk Staff, Storage Administrator, Network Administrator, Systems Administrator, Systems Engineer, Enterprise Administrator, Active Directory Administrator, Exchange and Messaging Administrator, Backup Administrator, Disaster Recovery Specialist, Database Administrator, Computing Security Specialist, Corporate IT Acquisition Specialist and Data Center Administrator, just to name a few.
Computer Engineering - This is a technical engineering and design degree. These degree holders get jobs related to designing and manufacturing computer related hardware.
Management Information Systems (MIS) - This is a business degree that prepares non-technically trained people to manage projects, budgets and people. Traditionally, senior IT technical pros would eventually be promoted into management positions after years of technical work. The good news is they understood technical challenges their people were working with but the bad news was that some were great tech people but poor people managers. The idea with the MIS degree is to provide business training that is slanted towards managing IT work. Business Colleges like to offer this degree because management principles change must less frequently that technical info where there is always a new operating system or new programming language. This means they can have the same classes, same books and same course titles year after year. In a technical major the technology changes very fast. I have had both types of managers and the new trend is definitely towards these non-technical managers. A lot of them are showing up in the large company I work for.
Personally, I enjoy technical work more than management - I have done both but that call is up to him.
You will see all these degrees available in a Bachelors or Masters program. If he wants to skip the Masters he could go back and take 14 - 24 months of courses in most any computer degree and have it as a dual major with his other Bachelors degree. This is what I did with my Bachelors in Advertising. It took me 14 months to get my dual degree in CIS.
Best Wishes!
What are some interesting jobs in Management Information Systems/Information Technology?
Q. I'm clueless about jobs in the MIS field. What can you do with an MIS degree? Please share any examples, knowledge, or personal experience. Thanks!
A. Computer programming (did it for 10 years), computer software engineering (create the programs that run programs people use at a company), database administrator (wrote database programming programs as well), network administrator (as well as the networking support staff), computer hardware engineering, systems analysis and design (figure out how to develop solutions to company problems and design the programs to do it), web programming and design (done this for a few years), security administrator, IT project leader (did this for a bit), IT trainer (did this for a few years), help desk adminstrator/project leader or agent (did this for a bit, often a job you can get right out of college), pc troubleshooter/support, e-commerce developer.
The most popular careers in IT right now are database administrative support, since it's hard to outsource. The demand for computer software engineering (not programming) is suppose to stay high as well as web design and programming and networking support, but both can depend on the area of the country. Some areas of the country are oversaturated with IT people. You can get a job at a help desk, but you can get stuck there too, along with pc support.
You need a few years of experience before people trust you to do security, training, project leading or systems design.
IT jobs are suppose to be 5 of the top 10 jobs most in demand in the next 10 years, but you have to be careful where you live, since areas get overrun with IT folks and that's where the layoffs occur first, since the supply outstrips the demand after a while. It's a very cyclical field, one where you always have to stay on top of the latest skills, and make sure you get them one way or another.
The most popular careers in IT right now are database administrative support, since it's hard to outsource. The demand for computer software engineering (not programming) is suppose to stay high as well as web design and programming and networking support, but both can depend on the area of the country. Some areas of the country are oversaturated with IT people. You can get a job at a help desk, but you can get stuck there too, along with pc support.
You need a few years of experience before people trust you to do security, training, project leading or systems design.
IT jobs are suppose to be 5 of the top 10 jobs most in demand in the next 10 years, but you have to be careful where you live, since areas get overrun with IT folks and that's where the layoffs occur first, since the supply outstrips the demand after a while. It's a very cyclical field, one where you always have to stay on top of the latest skills, and make sure you get them one way or another.
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