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Where Are All of the IT Fraternities?

Posted by Cliff on from the professional-brotherhood dept.

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?"

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  1. Yeah, its called... by Ummagumma · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...the unemployment line.

    *rimshot*

    Thanks, I'll be here all week

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  2. What about... by adamjaskie · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...Lambda Lambda Labmda?

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    1. Re:What about... by idiotfromia · · Score: 4, Informative

      From Wikipedia:

      Lambda Lambda Lambda, is our fraternity; We are her royal subjects, and she is our queen bee. We have no groups excluded, we don't discriminate; We just ask that you keep your G-P-A at 3.8

      The first Revenge of the Nerds was great, but did they really need four?

  3. Re:Do you know what frats are FOR? by hoggoth · · Score: 3, Insightful

    > 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.

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