Math And The CS Major
Slashdot has a very good conversation going about Math And The Computer Science Major which gives some interesting insights from people with real jobs about how much computer science they actually use in their jobs, how much math they use in their jobs.
A quote:
There really should be some sort of IT degree that has a focus on practical knowledge rather than mathmatics. You will use high level mathmatics if you are working on video games, or CAD applications. But most programmers end up writing database interface tools.... I'd like to see some type of IT degree that taught programming, networking, and troubleshooting. I'd rather hire a programmer that had a strong foundation in networking concepts than one who aced calc 3.
Now that is a real testimony to our CIS degree here at Elon, because that's exactly what we teach!!!
A quote:
There really should be some sort of IT degree that has a focus on practical knowledge rather than mathmatics. You will use high level mathmatics if you are working on video games, or CAD applications. But most programmers end up writing database interface tools.... I'd like to see some type of IT degree that taught programming, networking, and troubleshooting. I'd rather hire a programmer that had a strong foundation in networking concepts than one who aced calc 3.
Now that is a real testimony to our CIS degree here at Elon, because that's exactly what we teach!!!
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