[TriLUG] MIS degrees (was Re: OT: Certifications - Education)

[William Sutton]

Yeah....I knew a fella with an MIS degree from Auburn who referred to 
"JavaScript" as "Java."  I routinely wanted to strangle him for saying it.

In my opinion, MIS is a business management degree with enough computer 
training to make someone dangerous to their company.  Either then need a 
proper management training program (is their such a thing?) or a proper 
computer science/engineering/systems degree.

the amount of training/experience someone has in a subject is (in my 
opinion) inversely proportional to their danger when attempting to 
practice in that subject.  for example, half educated => twice the danger.

-- 
William Sutton


On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Lance Brown wrote:

> 
> 
> Mark Freeze wrote:
> > One of the saddest things I have ever witnessed was a couple of years
> > ago when I was running a company in Alabama.  We had a temporary
> > receptionist and I had to show her how to start and use Excel. All she
> > really needed to to was data entry several sheets and then total a
> > couple of columns, but, she had no clue how to get started.  The sad
> > part is that she was working at the temporary service because she had
> > just graduated from Auburn with a 4-year degree in MIS and was looking
> > for what she called 'a computer job.'
> 
> Oh great Ghu...  Whoever came up with MIS as a 4-year degree should be
> taken out back, pummeled with a shovel about the head and shoulders,
> shot with double-ought rocksalt, and then buried alive in ants.
> 
> My experiences with folks holding MIS degrees range from mildly annoying
> to outright terrifying, and experiences with students in MIS programs
> have been blood curdling.
> 
> --[Lance]
> 
>