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What kind of jobs can I get with a Computer Information Systems Degree?

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Zaitsevs

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I'm half way through it and I switched from Network and Communications management. I switched because I wanted to be more involved with RnD instead of servicing pieces of equipment my whole life. I'm currently a Net Admin with my MCP and I'm working on my CompTia certs.

Being a Net Admin isn't all it's cracked up to be..


Your ideas?
 
Senior Business Analyst for a large banking company, but that's just me, my career path went very wrong somewhere.
 
I would imagine you'd be looking primarily at IT jobs. I'm not sure if your school's CIS program is has a lot of computer science involved in it or not, but if it does, you'd probably be able to get into some sort of programming position as well. If you're interested in hardware R&D, I think you'd probably want to be in CE or EE. Being a student myself though, you should probably not put to much value on what I'm saying.
 
I'm a "senior" in IS now and plan on going into consulting when I'm out. I work with a pretty cool consulting company now and hope to go there once I get my papers.

What do you mean by RnD? Creating new tech or just developing infrastructure for people? IS would be more for implementing tech in businesses, not really developing stuff yourself, but building a custom solution for a company using tech that's already out there.
 
oh yeah, if you're not an engineer with 4 degrees and no life, you shouldn't bother asking major related questions here anyway.
 
Originally posted by: Cheesetogo
I would imagine you'd be looking primarily at IT jobs. I'm not sure if your school's CIS program is has a lot of computer science involved in it or not, but if it does, you'd probably be able to get into some sort of programming position as well. If you're interested in hardware R&D, I think you'd probably want to be in CE or EE. Being a student myself though, you should probably not put to much value on what I'm saying.
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RnD -

Developing software solutions for companies, it sounds like you can use your creativity a lot more dynamically in a job like compared to installing network after network.
 
Originally posted by: BKLounger
Senior Business Analyst for a large banking company, but that's just me, my career path went very wrong somewhere.
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Not until he gets a significant amount of related experience under his belt. Most companies require minimum of 7 years of BA experience. The company I work for requires minimum of 8 years BA experience. A person fresh out of school with a 4 year diploma isn't anywhere close to having the experience required for this position.
 
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I have 3 years of work experience, but What exactly is a senior business analyst?
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Depends entirely on the company/size of company. It's a really generic title that can greatly oversimplified in the job responsibilities, or greatly overblown.

I would imagine that a Senior BA at a decent sized company would be heavily involved in enterprise wide projects acting as a liason between tech and business. They would have to have very intimate understandings of both sides of the fence and would be very skilled at spreadsheet/database jockeying and application builds. Communication skills are imperative.
 
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Originally posted by: Zaitsevs
I have 3 years of work experience, but What exactly is a senior business analyst?
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Depends entirely on the company/size of company. It's a really generic title that can greatly oversimplified in the job responsibilities, or greatly overblown.

I would imagine that a Senior BA at a decent sized company would be heavily involved in enterprise wide projects acting as a liason between tech and business. They would have to have very intimate understandings of both sides of the fence and would be very skilled at spreadsheet/database jockeying and application builds. Communication skills are imperative.
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Doesn't sound like something I'd be interested in.
 
I'm an SBA but currently I am working to help convert financial systems over after a major buyout that occured last year. Basically my job is analyzing the current financial system, figuring out what it needs and building that functionality. Also working with client teams to see how funds may be changing and how that may impact the system.

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vi edit got the description just about spot on with his second paragraph.
 
Originally posted by: Zaitsevs
Originally posted by: vi edit
Originally posted by: Zaitsevs
I have 3 years of work experience, but What exactly is a senior business analyst?
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Depends entirely on the company/size of company. It's a really generic title that can greatly oversimplified in the job responsibilities, or greatly overblown.

I would imagine that a Senior BA at a decent sized company would be heavily involved in enterprise wide projects acting as a liason between tech and business. They would have to have very intimate understandings of both sides of the fence and would be very skilled at spreadsheet/database jockeying and application builds. Communication skills are imperative.
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Doesn't sound like something I'd be interested in.
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I think you have a glamourized/romantic conception of what constitutes "using your creativity" when it comes to IT. At it's heart, IT is nothing more than problem solving. Solving problems *IS* creativity. You just have to work with more complex problems.

🙂

 
SA=Systems Administrator.

Dude, find a nitch and go with it. I'm an IS major and I am focusing on the IT/computer security area. In all honesty though I think IS and Network Administration has major overlap.
 
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