Where Are All of the IT Fraternities?

SteakandcheeseUm asks: "Upon meandering around the net today, I was displeased to find that there seems to be a lack of professional academic fraternities that are dedicated to Information Technology or Computer Forensics students. Has anyone here ever come upon a group that does such a thing? Would anyone be interested in joining if one were to be founded?"

Comments

You mean like this?

[Goosey]

AITP? My college seems to push for everyone to join this.

Re:Preferences in hiring

[innerlimit]

I joined a Frat, 6 years of my life spent wondering what day it was and what that foul tast in my mouth was... I loved it! Though it wasn't an all IT frat, lotsofus IT 'dOOdZ' were in it for exactly that, the comradery, the booz and the girls :)

And of course, when hiring, you'll easily call on someone you know from your past!

Re:Frats are about drinking, not IT

[EvanTaylor]

his statement is the same as saying:
All Americans are fat.

I am very sorry that there are horrible frats out there that give Fraternities a bad name. It's not something I would pick a fight over, but im sure as hell not going to let that statement be said without voicing my own opinion. It hurts the whole greek system for everyone to think that Fraternities are like those worthless frats.

Computer Science House @ RIT

[adamf!csh]

Not a frat, in that it's co-ed and doesn't paddle incoming members, but Computer Science House at Rochester Institute of Technology is a house full of geeks: http://www.csh.rit.edu/

Re:Do you know what frats are FOR?

[hoggoth]

> making [...] business contacts
> the IT world doesn't really work that way

You're in for a surprise if you believe this. Unless you are content to be a code-monkey your whole life, you will need to sell yourself and you will need contacts. The more the better. Every GOOD job I've ever had came through a personal contact. The lousy ones came through recruiters. Now that I run my own business I would starve to death without contacts.