I have a degree in MIS and am currently a Java developer/consultant. A few months ago I had to TRAIN new hires with MASTERS in CS. Basically it doesn't matter what you choose, if you are built to be successful in the industry you will be successful. Do a quick look at job requirements out there , most of them ask for CS or "other related majors" aka MIS. In my experience neither major fully prepares recent grads for REAL WORLD work anyway. Most universitys are a few yrs behind the current trends in the market anyway. When I was in school they taught me C, C++ , Java,SQL and a little.Net. No J2EE, no AJAX, very little JDBC,etc. The CS courses were similar. You will be continuely teaching yourself post graduation either way, so I'd go with the major that makes you the most marketable which imo is MIS. With outsourcing and onshoring the way it is now days don't be surprised if you have a CS degree and still get overlooked for Indians with a cert or even worse a degree from one of the indian schools. With my MIS degree a routinely get offered management type jobs to manage Indian resources. I still code, I still learn new technology, all that nice stuff. IMO if you wanna learn theory go get a library card and join a scientific list serve and you should be ok. MIS will teach you how to communicate with is becoming increasing desirable. Developers are a dime a dozen now days, the developers who get the big bucks are the guys who can lead a project, lead a meeting, and be a liaison between the IT department and upper management.
drop the price of the 80GB before Christmas.
The PS3 is finally selling like it *should*. Sony would have to be complete idiots to give up this momentum, this just seems like a strategy to unload the 60GB hardware.
I'm looking forward to some kinda offer or incentive to unload PS3s even more, like trade in your PS2 and get an extra $100 off the price of a 60GB. I think 2 million 60GB are still unsold I expect them to be moved before Christmas and then the 80GB will have a "price cut".
This combined with the upcoming games has me excited for Sony
People have been asking for a price cut for "ages"?
Has the PS3 even been out for a YEAR? Stop trolling. And how is the 80GB a worse system for the same price?
You get a "free" game, more HD space and upscaling........
Don't be a fanboy. The PS3 is $600 ($100000 ruprees in Europe), has limited games, and is losing "exclusives" every day..........yet it still has sold over 3.5 million worldwide.
It's a movement dude, admit it. This is a marathon not a sprint, the PS3 is basically at the lowest of lows right now and still selling better then the original xbox when it came out. Think about it.
uh the PS2 sells more per month then Xbox360. I'm sure That was carrying the company more then PS3. Even at the PS3s "price point"* it was still losing over $100 per unit sold.
* new keyword here
Good riddance to Korny Ken. The PS3 will survive no matter who is heading Sony. PS3 is bigger then a CEO. It is a movement among the people , guerillas in this console war.
The console has been out for what 6 months?!?!?!
It's entirely too earlier for Sony to panic right now, not to mention the 3 million + people who brought it at full price would have a sore taste in their mouths.
Sure a price cut is coming ONE day....but do you think Sony is going to tell you ahead of time? Lol. Stop asking , when the price cut comes you'll know. When sony decided on the price being $600 they were confident in it and should keep it at that price for a few years.
this rumor?
Plus you can swap PS3 Hard Drives at will,this is a non story. It's obvious a M$ fanboy drummed this up the day after M$ released some bad PR.
THIS IS POWERFUL POSTING BABY.
*clapping*
lol, as a potential PS3 buyer I'm hoping M$ keeps doing stupid stuff like this.
Blu ray is already winning the format wars
Bad enough the Wii is gaining on it's ass every month.
Then Sony just sold 600K (overpriced at that) consoles in Europe.
With all the bad machinces (red light of death) , Xbox Live being more then car insurance, and this incremental upgrade money sipping shit M$ does....Iono why anyone would buy one.
Look at the weekly soundscan numbers, no one is buying albums at stores anymore. I mean didn't Tower Records just go out of business?
Meanwhile ITunes sells millions of songs everyday. Alternative means of acquiring music is the future, whether it be P2P filesharing, Itunes, or loosely organized mixtapes.
Why go to Bestbuy and pay $10 for an official CD that an artist releases once every 2-3 yrs
when I can go get a mixtape tape that that same artist releases every 3 months for $5
and often times the material on the mixtape is much better, especially in the case of Lil Wayne,lol
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high like someone above said, much of the real world is perfectly fine with 1.4
I have a degree in MIS and am currently a Java developer/consultant. A few months ago I had to TRAIN new hires with MASTERS in CS. Basically it doesn't matter what you choose, if you are built to be successful in the industry you will be successful. Do a quick look at job requirements out there , most of them ask for CS or "other related majors" aka MIS. In my experience neither major fully prepares recent grads for REAL WORLD work anyway. Most universitys are a few yrs behind the current trends in the market anyway. When I was in school they taught me C, C++ , Java,SQL and a little .Net. No J2EE, no AJAX, very little JDBC,etc. The CS courses were similar. You will be continuely teaching yourself post graduation either way, so I'd go with the major that makes you the most marketable which imo is MIS. With outsourcing and onshoring the way it is now days don't be surprised if you have a CS degree and still get overlooked for Indians with a cert or even worse a degree from one of the indian schools. With my MIS degree a routinely get offered management type jobs to manage Indian resources. I still code, I still learn new technology, all that nice stuff. IMO if you wanna learn theory go get a library card and join a scientific list serve and you should be ok. MIS will teach you how to communicate with is becoming increasing desirable. Developers are a dime a dozen now days, the developers who get the big bucks are the guys who can lead a project, lead a meeting, and be a liaison between the IT department and upper management.
drop the price of the 80GB before Christmas. The PS3 is finally selling like it *should*. Sony would have to be complete idiots to give up this momentum, this just seems like a strategy to unload the 60GB hardware. I'm looking forward to some kinda offer or incentive to unload PS3s even more, like trade in your PS2 and get an extra $100 off the price of a 60GB. I think 2 million 60GB are still unsold I expect them to be moved before Christmas and then the 80GB will have a "price cut". This combined with the upcoming games has me excited for Sony
People have been asking for a price cut for "ages"? Has the PS3 even been out for a YEAR? Stop trolling. And how is the 80GB a worse system for the same price? You get a "free" game, more HD space and upscaling........
like Accenture,Uniysis,etc
Lol, M$ is smart. They know how to cut their losses quickly, 360 will probably only be around for 3-4 yrs.
Don't be a fanboy. The PS3 is $600 ($100000 ruprees in Europe), has limited games, and is losing "exclusives" every day ..........yet it still has sold over 3.5 million worldwide.
It's a movement dude, admit it. This is a marathon not a sprint, the PS3 is basically at the lowest of lows right now and still selling better then the original xbox when it came out. Think about it.
uh the PS2 sells more per month then Xbox360. I'm sure That was carrying the company more then PS3. Even at the PS3s "price point"* it was still losing over $100 per unit sold. * new keyword here
Good riddance to Korny Ken. The PS3 will survive no matter who is heading Sony. PS3 is bigger then a CEO. It is a movement among the people , guerillas in this console war.
The console has been out for what 6 months?!?!?! It's entirely too earlier for Sony to panic right now, not to mention the 3 million + people who brought it at full price would have a sore taste in their mouths. Sure a price cut is coming ONE day....but do you think Sony is going to tell you ahead of time? Lol. Stop asking , when the price cut comes you'll know. When sony decided on the price being $600 they were confident in it and should keep it at that price for a few years.
this rumor? Plus you can swap PS3 Hard Drives at will,this is a non story. It's obvious a M$ fanboy drummed this up the day after M$ released some bad PR.
I said I was a developer not a programmer. Jerk.
How important is security in non gov. applications? I'm a developer and I don't know shit about security to be honest.
Just don't be surprised if a lot of cross platform games benefit more from using the benefits of the Cell and bluray storage.
Uh the Elite is neither quieter or cooler. This has been covered already. Please research before you waste time writing 3 paragraph responses.
This rant might actually mean something is M$ entire strategy wasn't to become an all encompassing media experience.
Uh the new Splinter Cell game was able to include new playable characters and TWO addition stages because of blu ray capacity. Don't deny facts baby.
THIS IS POWERFUL POSTING BABY. *clapping* lol, as a potential PS3 buyer I'm hoping M$ keeps doing stupid stuff like this. Blu ray is already winning the format wars
BRAVO BRAV FREAKING O that's that ether right there
Bad enough the Wii is gaining on it's ass every month. Then Sony just sold 600K (overpriced at that) consoles in Europe. With all the bad machinces (red light of death) , Xbox Live being more then car insurance, and this incremental upgrade money sipping shit M$ does....Iono why anyone would buy one.
*faints*
Look at the weekly soundscan numbers, no one is buying albums at stores anymore. I mean didn't Tower Records just go out of business? Meanwhile ITunes sells millions of songs everyday. Alternative means of acquiring music is the future, whether it be P2P filesharing, Itunes, or loosely organized mixtapes. Why go to Bestbuy and pay $10 for an official CD that an artist releases once every 2-3 yrs when I can go get a mixtape tape that that same artist releases every 3 months for $5 and often times the material on the mixtape is much better, especially in the case of Lil Wayne,lol
Excellent point
lol
How much money is given for this? Also what are the requirements if any? I never even heard of this Summer of Code......I must not be in the know!!!!