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Non-Programming Jobs For a Computer Science Major?

Posted by timothy on from the not-quite-what-you-expected dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I recently graduated from a 'major' university in America with a BS degree in Computer Science. I unfortunately must admit that I am not very skilled with programming. I finished with the degree, and I've spent much of my college career working a job doing technical support (fixing laptops, troubleshooting Windows problems, etc). What jobs can I get with a computer science degree that are NOT mainly programming jobs? A little programming wouldn't be bad, but none would be preferred. And what kind of salaries do these jobs typically fetch?"

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  1. There are lots of possibilities by kgb1001001 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Testing
    Project Management
    Product Support
    Software Sales
    Systems Administration

    Programming is just one part of computer science; there are needs for all of these other areas as well.

  2. That all depends on you by Gazzonyx · · Score: 5, Informative

    You are in a unique position; us programmers can't stand to be in management, we simply cannot do our jobs there (not to mention we're slightly introverts!). If you are skilled and don't mind managing, you can bring home a decent wage. Especially if you know how to manage programmers! Good management for a development team is a sorely needed position.

    Just my $0.02. Any fellow programmers want to back me up or dispute my claims?

    --

    If I mod you up, it doesn't necessarily mean I agree with what you've said, sorry.

  3. Re:Accenture... by all5n · · Score: 5, Informative

    My main problem with accenture is that they will take someone with a psychology degree, send them to a 2-3 week training camp on how to program in C, Java, whatever, and then send them to the client to rack up the billable hours.

    It amazes me that companies let them get away with staffing such underqualified individuals at their expense.

    Also, having dealt with such individuals, it is maddening to try to get any work out of them. The most basic computer science concepts are missing...