Q. I'd like to get a job in computers, but I don't know if I should do hardware or software, which makes more money? And what are the classes?
A. Here are a few thoughts â Iâll call them the 10 commandments of IT education:
1.Colleges have a tremendous amount of latitude in what they label their majors, The same major name at two different schools might have completely different course curriculums. Some IT major fields like Computer Science (CS) will include more courses in Programming and advanced Math courses. It is impossible to answer questions about what a degree is really about unless you can list the underlying classes. A Computer Information Systems degree (CIS is the degree I have) or an Information Technology degree might be very similar or very different â it depends on the school. Another example: A Computer Network Technology degree might be about configuring network devices like switches and routers. Alternately, it could be about networking computers together, computing security and Systems Administration. Once you get a course listing, post that out here in a Yahoo Answers question and we will help you further.
2.Employers seek candidates with Technical IT degrees like CS, CIS or equivalent. It you have that, employers will overlook that your degree does not exactly match the job requirements. Watch out for non-Technical business degrees like Management of Information Systems (MIS) degrees. They may be geared more for people interested in management of project planning, budgeting, people management, policies, procedures, etc. If that is what you want to do fine â it will just not be hands-on Technical work. Beware â MIS job positions may require a Masterâs degree.
3.Employers often view a college degree as a âlearners permitâ indicating you are teachable and will finish what you start.
4.Employers realize that college course content is pretty dated and is not up to date or it is "not the way we do things". They just want some proof you are teachable and then they will train you what they really need you to know.
5.Almost all IT jobs start out at about $30,000-$35,000. This will double and triple in time.
6.Employers don't recognize certifications unless you have a college degree to go with the certifications. The Cert class schools & trainers will overstate how beneficial these are. I have lots of certs but am not sure I ever got a job due to them. Certs will expire but your degree will always be important.
7.On the topic of GPA - You need to graduate with a GPA in the 3.0-3.5 and above area (90%+). If you plan to just gut out courses you are weak in and come out with a 2.5 or 2.7 average you may find yourself having spent years and lots of $$$ to get a degree that will not inspire employers.
8.Tech schools like ITT Tech, Devry and others offer highly advertised and very expensive IT related programs that employers donât universally accept. An ITT Tech 2 year Associates degree program is over $40,000 and if you decide to upgrade your degree you may have the rude awakening that the course credits may not transfer to another school.
9.Stats show that in their working lifetime (age 25-64) a high school grad will make about $1 million. The number jumps to $1.5 million is you get a junior college Associates degree and to over $2 million with a 4 year Bachelorâs degree. The best way to get an IT degree is get a 2 year Associates degree at a junior college and transfer those credits into a 4 year school and finish out your Bachelorâs degree in night classes while working. Live at home and just go to a good school in your local area. There is no advantage of going to some high profile school. I have a job in a top Fortune 50 company with a degree from a local college. I worked for Microsoft as a contractor for a short time - again with a local college degree.
10.Here are a few jobs that you might do with a technical IT degree: 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.
1.Colleges have a tremendous amount of latitude in what they label their majors, The same major name at two different schools might have completely different course curriculums. Some IT major fields like Computer Science (CS) will include more courses in Programming and advanced Math courses. It is impossible to answer questions about what a degree is really about unless you can list the underlying classes. A Computer Information Systems degree (CIS is the degree I have) or an Information Technology degree might be very similar or very different â it depends on the school. Another example: A Computer Network Technology degree might be about configuring network devices like switches and routers. Alternately, it could be about networking computers together, computing security and Systems Administration. Once you get a course listing, post that out here in a Yahoo Answers question and we will help you further.
2.Employers seek candidates with Technical IT degrees like CS, CIS or equivalent. It you have that, employers will overlook that your degree does not exactly match the job requirements. Watch out for non-Technical business degrees like Management of Information Systems (MIS) degrees. They may be geared more for people interested in management of project planning, budgeting, people management, policies, procedures, etc. If that is what you want to do fine â it will just not be hands-on Technical work. Beware â MIS job positions may require a Masterâs degree.
3.Employers often view a college degree as a âlearners permitâ indicating you are teachable and will finish what you start.
4.Employers realize that college course content is pretty dated and is not up to date or it is "not the way we do things". They just want some proof you are teachable and then they will train you what they really need you to know.
5.Almost all IT jobs start out at about $30,000-$35,000. This will double and triple in time.
6.Employers don't recognize certifications unless you have a college degree to go with the certifications. The Cert class schools & trainers will overstate how beneficial these are. I have lots of certs but am not sure I ever got a job due to them. Certs will expire but your degree will always be important.
7.On the topic of GPA - You need to graduate with a GPA in the 3.0-3.5 and above area (90%+). If you plan to just gut out courses you are weak in and come out with a 2.5 or 2.7 average you may find yourself having spent years and lots of $$$ to get a degree that will not inspire employers.
8.Tech schools like ITT Tech, Devry and others offer highly advertised and very expensive IT related programs that employers donât universally accept. An ITT Tech 2 year Associates degree program is over $40,000 and if you decide to upgrade your degree you may have the rude awakening that the course credits may not transfer to another school.
9.Stats show that in their working lifetime (age 25-64) a high school grad will make about $1 million. The number jumps to $1.5 million is you get a junior college Associates degree and to over $2 million with a 4 year Bachelorâs degree. The best way to get an IT degree is get a 2 year Associates degree at a junior college and transfer those credits into a 4 year school and finish out your Bachelorâs degree in night classes while working. Live at home and just go to a good school in your local area. There is no advantage of going to some high profile school. I have a job in a top Fortune 50 company with a degree from a local college. I worked for Microsoft as a contractor for a short time - again with a local college degree.
10.Here are a few jobs that you might do with a technical IT degree: 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.
what are the advantages and disadvantages of forensic biology?
Q. i need to kno what the advantages and disadvantages of forensic biology are.
A. advantages:
- the final result of your work is often visible to yourself and others (so much involvement in the work)
- high responsibility
- every case is unique, so there is often much variation
- if you work in a forensic laboratory with different fields of expertise, it is nice to work together and write a report together
- to implement and validate new techniques
disadvantages
Some cases can have a high impact on yourself, because there are things that happen which you did not expect to be real and you see them visually. Furthermore it is hard to plan the number of cases (if you accept them all), so sometimes work load can be an annoyance.
You have to go to court on the most unexpected moments, and since this takes often a long time waiting outside of the court room, this can be boring. Also you have to consider that often you have to do lots of administration work for a case, since it is important for quality assurance to know what examination had been done to an exhibit.
Sometimes journalists will call you even at home, and try to get information from you.
In this work criticism is something you should cope with in a proper way. You might be confronted with this in court or you might also have this with the personal certification and the rules around it. Even if you are experienced for a long time, you might be confronted with new insights and new methods.
If you draw a wrong conclusion, you should always admit that for the court. An interesting article was in Science and Justice, Vol. 43, No. 2, "Context effects in forensic science: a review and application of the science of science to crime laboratory practice in the United States", by MJ Saks, DM Risinger, R Rosenthal and WC Thompson. When working on case work you might become influenced by the context effect. You will receive a case with the complete story from the police. This sounds interesting, however it can result in becoming biased. Furthermore if you might hear other results from your colleagues in other sections, and you are drawing conclusions from the evidence, with their conclusions in mind. The article describes a method of minimizing the context effect, by having a central front desk with persons who know very much about forensic science. They will discuss the case. The forensic scientists in the laboratory just are limited to the information that they receive from this person, and it should be restricted to a minimum in order not to get biased. The risks of doing blind tests are also discussed in this article.
Validation of new techniques is not always possible. If you are using a new method and would like to use it in court, it is on the court to decide if it is admissible. Since many systems are becoming more complex (software programs etc), it is often impossible to do a complete validation, since there are too many variables that change in time (software version, hardware components etc) which you can not predict.
- the final result of your work is often visible to yourself and others (so much involvement in the work)
- high responsibility
- every case is unique, so there is often much variation
- if you work in a forensic laboratory with different fields of expertise, it is nice to work together and write a report together
- to implement and validate new techniques
disadvantages
Some cases can have a high impact on yourself, because there are things that happen which you did not expect to be real and you see them visually. Furthermore it is hard to plan the number of cases (if you accept them all), so sometimes work load can be an annoyance.
You have to go to court on the most unexpected moments, and since this takes often a long time waiting outside of the court room, this can be boring. Also you have to consider that often you have to do lots of administration work for a case, since it is important for quality assurance to know what examination had been done to an exhibit.
Sometimes journalists will call you even at home, and try to get information from you.
In this work criticism is something you should cope with in a proper way. You might be confronted with this in court or you might also have this with the personal certification and the rules around it. Even if you are experienced for a long time, you might be confronted with new insights and new methods.
If you draw a wrong conclusion, you should always admit that for the court. An interesting article was in Science and Justice, Vol. 43, No. 2, "Context effects in forensic science: a review and application of the science of science to crime laboratory practice in the United States", by MJ Saks, DM Risinger, R Rosenthal and WC Thompson. When working on case work you might become influenced by the context effect. You will receive a case with the complete story from the police. This sounds interesting, however it can result in becoming biased. Furthermore if you might hear other results from your colleagues in other sections, and you are drawing conclusions from the evidence, with their conclusions in mind. The article describes a method of minimizing the context effect, by having a central front desk with persons who know very much about forensic science. They will discuss the case. The forensic scientists in the laboratory just are limited to the information that they receive from this person, and it should be restricted to a minimum in order not to get biased. The risks of doing blind tests are also discussed in this article.
Validation of new techniques is not always possible. If you are using a new method and would like to use it in court, it is on the court to decide if it is admissible. Since many systems are becoming more complex (software programs etc), it is often impossible to do a complete validation, since there are too many variables that change in time (software version, hardware components etc) which you can not predict.
Ok so my desk top has a crazy virus and I cannot get it to work even in safe mode?
Q. Is their anyway to hook up my lap top to it to run a sweep? I have tried the OS disk and all that on my desk top and like I said cannot even get it to start in safe mode. I have windows XP on a dell C521. Any suggestions are welcomed!!!!! Thank you!
A. Two other ways to remove malware, but you need another computer to get the files and burn them to a CD, because any malware or crimeware that might be on your computer could corrupt the download.
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You can create a "Rescue CD" with AVG anti-virus software:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/192414/avg_offers_free_emergency_boot_cd.html
AVG Offers Free Emergency Boot CD
Carrie-Ann Skinner
Mar 25, 2010 9:46 am
The link:
http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-rescue-cd
AVG Rescue CD
A powerful toolset for rescue & repair of infected machines.
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You can create a "Rescue CD" with F-Secure anti-virus software:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/193038/the_cleanest_malware_scan.html
The Cleanest Malware Scan
Lincoln Spector
Apr 5, 2010 8:47 am
The link:
http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA/security/tools/rescue-cd/
Boot Up Securely with the Rescue CD
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Using another computer, you download the ISO image. The file is not very large (60 to 120 megabytes) and downloads fast on broadband like DSL and cable. Then you burn the ISO image to a CD; most computers have software with their DVD/CD drives that can do this specialized burn.
If you download both of these, each ISO image must be burned to a separate CD.
Then you boot your computer with this disk. Since Windows does not run, any virus or spyware or trojans or crimeware or keyloggers or other malicious software called malware cannot run and take control of your computer.
This is a Linux-type set of programs, and it does not give you a pretty interface - it's all text and you will have to use the keyboard to select what operations to do.
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Be aware that if these programs find and remove or quarantine malicious files, you might not be able to boot your computer into Windows; some malware corrupts essential Windows files to be able to gain control of the computer.
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The advantage to this type of anti-virus scanning is that since Windows does not start, any malware on your computer cannot take control. Many computers get more than one malware program installed on them; an anti-virus program like one of these two allows you to remove some of those malware programs and makes it easier for other anti-malware programs to remove the others.
It's a never-ending battle.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 8:05 am CDT
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You can create a "Rescue CD" with AVG anti-virus software:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/192414/avg_offers_free_emergency_boot_cd.html
AVG Offers Free Emergency Boot CD
Carrie-Ann Skinner
Mar 25, 2010 9:46 am
The link:
http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-rescue-cd
AVG Rescue CD
A powerful toolset for rescue & repair of infected machines.
==========
You can create a "Rescue CD" with F-Secure anti-virus software:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/193038/the_cleanest_malware_scan.html
The Cleanest Malware Scan
Lincoln Spector
Apr 5, 2010 8:47 am
The link:
http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA/security/tools/rescue-cd/
Boot Up Securely with the Rescue CD
==========
Using another computer, you download the ISO image. The file is not very large (60 to 120 megabytes) and downloads fast on broadband like DSL and cable. Then you burn the ISO image to a CD; most computers have software with their DVD/CD drives that can do this specialized burn.
If you download both of these, each ISO image must be burned to a separate CD.
Then you boot your computer with this disk. Since Windows does not run, any virus or spyware or trojans or crimeware or keyloggers or other malicious software called malware cannot run and take control of your computer.
This is a Linux-type set of programs, and it does not give you a pretty interface - it's all text and you will have to use the keyboard to select what operations to do.
==========
Be aware that if these programs find and remove or quarantine malicious files, you might not be able to boot your computer into Windows; some malware corrupts essential Windows files to be able to gain control of the computer.
==========
The advantage to this type of anti-virus scanning is that since Windows does not start, any malware on your computer cannot take control. Many computers get more than one malware program installed on them; an anti-virus program like one of these two allows you to remove some of those malware programs and makes it easier for other anti-malware programs to remove the others.
It's a never-ending battle.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 8:05 am CDT
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