I think your right about the meaning of CS changing from place to place. When I first started out, I was working for an A.S. degree in Computer Science. Most of the classes involved more in-depth electronic courses, with just a few actual programming classes. Now I'm attending the DeVRY Institute of Technology, and I'm working towards a B.S. degree in Computer Information Systems, and it is definitely geared more towards the programming side of things.
I'm a Unix systems administrator for a fairly large company, and I've found that the best way is to use a combination of both ideas. While I'm on the phone talking with the user, I'll also have already logged into their system to see if I could locate the problem and fix it. Often, I'll have the problem fixed by the time the phone call is finished.
I would really research the surgery aspect before pursing that avenue. My father had been diagnosed with CTS quite a while ago, and ended up having to have surgery on both wrists at the same time. Due to the delicate nature of the surgery, the doctors usually don't give it too good of a success rate. Unfortunately. when he finally recovered from the surgery, he only had feeling in about 3 or 4 fingers between both hands.
Oh, BTW, I've found that a really good mouse to use is the Logitech MouseMan Wheel. The design, along with a good wrist pad, is usually extremely comfortable.
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I think your right about the meaning of CS changing from place to place. When I first started out, I was working for an A.S. degree in Computer Science. Most of the classes involved more in-depth electronic courses, with just a few actual programming classes. Now I'm attending the DeVRY Institute of Technology, and I'm working towards a B.S. degree in Computer Information Systems, and it is definitely geared more towards the programming side of things.
I'm a Unix systems administrator for a fairly large company, and I've found that the best way is to use a combination of both ideas. While I'm on the phone talking with the user, I'll also have already logged into their system to see if I could locate the problem and fix it. Often, I'll have the problem fixed by the time the phone call is finished.
I would really research the surgery aspect before pursing that avenue. My father had been diagnosed with CTS quite a while ago, and ended up having to have surgery on both wrists at the same time. Due to the delicate nature of the surgery, the doctors usually don't give it too good of a success rate. Unfortunately. when he finally recovered from the surgery, he only had feeling in about 3 or 4 fingers between both hands.
Oh, BTW, I've found that a really good mouse to use is the Logitech MouseMan Wheel. The design, along with a good wrist pad, is usually extremely comfortable.