Geeks hate ignorant managers, right?

[iamwiz82]

Digobick,

explain the difference between Management information systems versus information systems

I'm MIS, and i like it alot. MUCH more than CS

 

[911paramedic]

<<Personally, I'd rather have a manager that didn't understand what I did>>

So you are pretty much open to any job with any company??


Seriously, my sister got her MBA a few years ago and is not using it YET. She is working for a company that is paying her too much for this company that is totally fvcked up. She saved them on more than one occasion from going bankrupt (she is their controller) and the owners are a couple of psycos, really.

My sister will use her MBA in a couple years and it will work for her I am sure of that. She graduated (one of those cume latte's, lol) from CalPoly SLO with a double major in finance and accounting. She got her MBA here at UNLV two years ago and is now in CA again.

I was never into that much money, I loved my work as a paramedic because it was rewarding (until I blew out my knee on a call). I want to go into teaching medics and emt's I think. Computers will be on the side, I have taken the A+, Network+, MCSE, and CIW classes though as part of my so called "re-training" cr@p.

Education never hurts IMHO

(Sorry, I am a bit drunk right now at 3/27/02 1637 PST. Am I rambling?? Sorry, bad day, worse week...)

 

[ultimatebob]

The course requirements for CS and Business degrees don't "gel" very well. CS usually requires a lot of math and science courses, whereas a biz degree requires a lot of business and econ courses. That's why a got a Information Systems degree, which is a good mix of business and computer courses. MIS has more of a management focus, so you might want to consider that as well.

 

[Digobick]

<< explain the difference between Management information systems versus information systems >>

It varies from school to school, but I'll try to explain it the best I can using my university's standards.

MIS focuses more on the business aspect, but does give you a lot of valuable computer knowledge. MIS majors are often used as the middleman between upper management and the high-tech geeks; also, they're suitable for Systems Analysts jobs, Network Administrators, etc. In all, if you don't want to sit in a room doing computer programing all day, and you don't like computer engineering enough to make a career out of it, yet you still want to be heavily involved with computers, MIS is probably for you.

Information Sciences, on the other hand, is more computer science than management. You'll do a lot of programming, and most likely a lot of computer engineering stuff as well, while at the same time learning the basics of the business world. IS is a great platform to gain knowledge towards an MBA, in my opinion.

After looking into all three, I finally decided to go with MIS along with a Computer Science and Economics minor. All in all, I think it'll be best for me.

 

[gopunk]

what other people said, if you can get into cs, get in... you can always go into business later, but not the other way around. get the best degree possible and opportunities will open... you don't want to limit yourself.

and just fyi, mba stands for masters in business administration.