[olug] job security with a cs degree

[neal rauhauser]

    I'll second this one. While having my Cisco Network and Design 
Professional certifications (renewed for three years a week ago! yay!) 
what has helped me agreat deal in each and every case since I got them 
has been the fact that I know financial systems from my time at Big A 
Auto Parts. Not only do I turn the network knobs, I think in terms of 
depreciation, not acquisition cost ...

   So if you can manage it, get a 'non technical' job that expands your 
value - know how to use computers is a start, knowing how to make them 
work for others, preferrably others with MONEY, is a very good thing :-)



Jeff Hinrichs wrote:
> Brian Wiese said:
> 
>>With the outsourcing of IT jobs to India and the like for cheap labor,
>>its questionable what kind of job security is in store for CS grads.
>>Here's a column on it:
>>
>>Some solace in outsourcing: not all jobs can be moved offshore
>>http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/not_all_jobs_can_be_moved_offshore.html
> 
> 
> Domain specific business knowledge is key.  It allows you to offer very
> specific business related assistance.  When you are talking to bean
> counters or management you must be able to communicate in a manner that is
> meaningful for them.  In essence, you must become a mini-CIO no matter
> what your position.  If your chair is located in a cube farm I'd be very
> nervous but if you are included in management meetings you can breathe a
> bit easier.
> 
> Also, the numbers for outsourced projects are just starting to come in and
> on first blush it doesn't seem to be as rosy as the CFO's would want you
> to believe.
> 
> http://www.informit.com/isapi/product_id~%7BA1A19B19-6E6B-4187-8FB3-13EA72F1ABB7%7D/content/index.asp
> 
> http://www.saugatech.com/STPerspectives/5-10-02%20MKT-125%20Goodbye%20CIO.pdf
> 
> -Jeff
> 
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