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Computer Job w/ No Computer Degree?
Peterus7 asks: "I posted here a few years back, complaining that I couldn't code worth beans, but I wanted to get into computer science. Well, I'm back- with a psychology degree. However, I hear there's still hope since a lot of system admins and the like have liberal arts degrees. In the mean time, I've been working as a Macintosh digital media tutor, freelance tech support, and an assistant system admin at the campus library. Now that I've graduated, I want to find a job that will accept someone who knows a fair amount about computers, but is pretty much self-taught. Where should I start? Are there any classes I should take?"
I once worked in the IT department of a major multinational. Major. One of the managers in charge of software development was, as far as I could gather, quite proud of the fact that they could not program anything, not even a SQL statement, to save their life.
The manager was regarded as one of the best in the department. Major.
There's hope for you yet.
May the Maths Be with you!
It is a great idea to seperate computer science from software engineering, computer programming, systems design, etc. Too bad almost all companies hiring computer professionals do not know the difference themselves and will continue posting ads for a "computer scientist" when they really just want someone to fix their website.