06-19-2011, 09:47 PM
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Hmm... it's June 19th, not April 1st...
06-19-2011, 09:47 PM
Location: Fort Worth, TX
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dogwalker425
What's your major, if you don't mind me asking? There might be some alternatives to corporateland.
Information Systems. I might double with accounting or supply chain management.
06-19-2011, 09:48 PM
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To paraphrase Diane Keaton in "Something's Gotta Give":
Chow (speaking to dogwalker): "I can't decide if you hate me or you're the first person that ever really...
got me."
Hmmm....should one of us be insulted by this? Haha...
06-19-2011, 09:48 PM
Location: So Cal
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Information Systems. I might double with accounting or supply chain management.
IT????
Not nearly as lucrative as it used to be..... sorry to be on the negative side.
06-19-2011, 09:50 PM
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HurricaneDC
Information Systems. I might double with accounting or supply chain management.
Hmmm....can't help with that...sorry! I was thinking it was accounting, and there are some options besides the corporate or CPA route.
06-19-2011, 09:50 PM
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Chowhound
IT????
Not nearly as lucrative as it used to be..... sorry to be on the negative side.
Eh, it's still decent. It's not like some worthless hobby degree. Besides, they can't be outsourced like programmers.
06-19-2011, 09:52 PM
Location: So Cal
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Hmmm....should one of us be insulted by this? Haha...
Just that you know him so well.
06-19-2011, 09:53 PM
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Eh, it's still decent. It's not like some worthless hobby degree. Besides, they can't be outsourced like programmers.
BS... they outside desktop support all day....In my job I deal with IT guys all the time.
I agree, its not a BS degree like Political science or Liberal arts.
The market is glutted with IT people, jobs that used to pay 85k are down to 60......
06-19-2011, 09:55 PM
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BS... they outside desktop support all day....In my job I deal with IT guys all the time.
Could be... Our IT guys do pretty well.
06-19-2011, 10:05 PM
Location: Fort Worth, TX
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The average starting salary for IS majors at my school last year was 59K... not too bad IMO.
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