I'm in the same boat, no CS degree. While I was student teaching (music) I applied for a Webmaster position and got it. Now I write web and desktop apps all day, instead of dealing with unruly parents and administration at a school.
It really comes down your willingness to learn, if so, there are plenty of opportunities.
This occured at the University of Mary, Bismarck, ND. I can't remember the year, around 2000. It's a Catholic University with a very weak CIS program. I got the information directly from the professor, who left about 1 year after that. The University does have some good departments, but CIS is one of the jokes. I just added the CIS degree for fun it wasn't my main major. I would have went somewhere else that offered CS instead, if I wanted a real degree with computers. I don't see any reason to doubt my professor telling the truth about the kid cheating, I know the student couldn't do the work. The department was set up kind of weird it was headed by the Business division, I don't think there was a CIS chair at the time. I know I don't have all the facts, but from being around there and talking with professors there is some corruption in that department.
I've found many of my teachers to be good about falling kids who cheat. However, on one of my final projects my partner wouldn't contribute. So I finished the project myself and let him know he wasn't going to get credit from my work. He copied a project online and handed it in. It was obvious he cheated, so the teacher failed him. This is the great part. He complained to the division chair, claiming that he had received A's and B's in all his previous classes so he should get a good grade in this class to. The division chair ended up forcing the teacher to change the grade to a B. How is that even possible?
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I'm in the same boat, no CS degree. While I was student teaching (music) I applied for a Webmaster position and got it. Now I write web and desktop apps all day, instead of dealing with unruly parents and administration at a school. It really comes down your willingness to learn, if so, there are plenty of opportunities.
This occured at the University of Mary, Bismarck, ND. I can't remember the year, around 2000. It's a Catholic University with a very weak CIS program. I got the information directly from the professor, who left about 1 year after that. The University does have some good departments, but CIS is one of the jokes. I just added the CIS degree for fun it wasn't my main major. I would have went somewhere else that offered CS instead, if I wanted a real degree with computers. I don't see any reason to doubt my professor telling the truth about the kid cheating, I know the student couldn't do the work. The department was set up kind of weird it was headed by the Business division, I don't think there was a CIS chair at the time. I know I don't have all the facts, but from being around there and talking with professors there is some corruption in that department.
I've found many of my teachers to be good about falling kids who cheat. However, on one of my final projects my partner wouldn't contribute. So I finished the project myself and let him know he wasn't going to get credit from my work. He copied a project online and handed it in. It was obvious he cheated, so the teacher failed him. This is the great part. He complained to the division chair, claiming that he had received A's and B's in all his previous classes so he should get a good grade in this class to. The division chair ended up forcing the teacher to change the grade to a B. How is that even possible?
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