College Majors and your profession

[child of wonder]

I used to work in consulting. The billable thing is not for everyone. Unfortunately, I never got passed Junior Engineer because I could never hit utilization. It was something like 85% and they use vacation time towards your percentage too. I was always around the mid to high 70's. That and you are always competing for work with your co-workers. I would take work away from people and I felt horrible. Then there were times you know people were hiding work.

That sucks.

Where I work we're all paid a good salary with full benefits. When work comes up, whichever one of us that knows the technology and isn't busy gets assigned to it.

We can earn bonuses based on our billable hours but the company understands that some months you're going to bill a lot and some months you might not.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

A few steps is a gross understatement.

Uh, no, it isn't a gross understatement. The differences between using Sharepoint for document management as opposed to file shares (the previous method) boil down to checking documents in and out and supplying metadata if necessary. Want to check previous versions? Easy -- click a drop-down and select "Version History." Want to move files around between libraries? Easy -- click "Open with Windows Explorer" and drag and drop to your heart's content. And note, none of the above are even requirements; they are just best practice. You could use Sharepoint just like a file share (map drives to libraries, etc) but I don't know why you would.

Srsly, I wonder what a good sharepoint project looks like.

Judging from the comments I read on AT about Sharepoint all the time, it makes me wonder what on earth you guys are using.

 

[Anubis]

Judging from the comments I read on AT about Sharepoint all the time, it makes me wonder what on earth you guys are using.

i cant tell you, we have it, Ive only logged into it once to make sure the login worked

no one uses it

 

[tfinch2]

Major: Computer Science
Job: Software Developer

This

 

[tokie]

Major: Economics and Math
Profession: Consultant

If you are interested in the "language" part of CS, then FYI you can do a ton of programming in Econ. Matlab models and simulations, etc. I do this for work right now and I still get to learn new languages.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

i cant tell you, we have it, Ive only logged into it once to make sure the login worked

no one uses it

We use it extensively for tons of applications, not just document management. I'm actually in the process of re-architecting our document management site because the contractor who originally built it made some tradeoffs that are now biting us in the butt.

 

[guyver01]

Major: Computer Information Systems
Profession: Network Analyst

 

[timosyy]

Major: Business Information Technology
Job: IT Analyst/Integration Engineer

Edit: Also, we use Sharepoint for all our projects.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Edit: Also, we use Sharepoint for all our projects.

:thumbsup:

 

[gorcorps]

We use it extensively for tons of applications, not just document management. I'm actually in the process of re-architecting our document management site because the contractor who originally built it made some tradeoffs that are now biting us in the butt.

We have sharepoints set up and nobody uses them because the interface is clunky, and the whole system is slow on our end. It's a good idea that needs to be properly embraced and supported to be useful, but if you just tack it on like so many places do then it's not useful.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Major : EE
Profession : Electronic Design Automation Engineer

 

[Oil]

Major: PE
Profession: PE