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Computer Science or Info Tech?
An anonymous reader writes "I am currently completing my final year of secondary schooling, and in the next few weeks I need to submit my university (or college to all you Americans) preferences for processing. I've decided that I want a career in the IT industry, but am unsure of whether to apply for a Computer Science course or an Information Technology course. I understand the difference between the two courses (CS being the study of the principles and concepts involved in Computing at a more fundamental, and often more sophisticated level, and IT being a more practical, application based approach to computing), but would like to know from anybody who has studied either or both of the courses what kinds of careers each course would lead into and what would you recommend for someone such as myself, having a broad range of interests and wishing to dabble in everything before deciding where to specialise?"
What's with that L on your forehead?
LOSER!
Yeah. Basically the IT majors are people who couldn't understand how to write code with any language more complex than Visual Basic. They tend to be into pegging. Mostly they are good for taking equipment out of the box but don't let them boot it up.
... and how exactly did you get this wonderful job? Did your parents give you money to start your own business?
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Choose IT if you want to be the guy who wheels new computers on carts into employees' cubicles. You're effectively an IT janitor, or perhaps more accurately an IT plumber. You'll go numb from answering 20 emails/day asking "How do I print?" and "Is the server down?" Computer science is a real degree, a real science with the potential to contribute meaningfully to society. In IT, you're just the computer handyman. Fuck your shit.