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Posted by Armando Padilla on 08/06/06 04:54
Sharon O. wrote:
> Sorry, this is a little off topic. The on-topic groups seemed to be mostly
> spam bots chattering between themselves and I think people here are likely
> to be able to answer my questions.
>
> If I search on Monster.com for IT jobs I see a lot of demand for
> experience/knowledge of PHP as well as SQL, XHTML, C#, etc.
>
> If I do any sort of CS or SE degree I'm likely to only briefly skim over
> these languages if I'm lucky and learn about things such as RAD, UML,
> lifecycles, etc. instead. I've very rarely seen these "skills" come up in
> job adverts.
>
> So, if someone wants an IT job where does one learn the skills mentioned
> in job adverts? In your own time? Then why go to university and do a CS/SE
> degree?
>
> People who do some kind of programming job: did you find a CS/SE degree
> helpful in getting a job? And did you find you learned skills that helped
> you with your current job?
>
> TIA
I cant speak for everyone but here are my thoughts on this.
Im currently wrapping up a CS degree and yes they dont cover much of PHP
and AJax and most internet languages but CS is mostly taught so you can
pick up the fundamentals of software development (Software
Architectures, Algorithms, etc etc) since thats universal throughout all
languages, from C++ to Ruby On Rails.
if you want a job NOW. then i suggest you start cranking away at
reading material such as books, web sites, and most importantly writing
some of your own apps, even if they are some that people have already
made. You can take classes that are specific to a language, such as PHP
or JSP training but i always found them to be pointless and useless.
Reading books is recommended.
Your last question. Did i find my CS degree beneficial in the job
market? I use close to 12% of the CS stuff I learned. This is not
because most of the items that i do at work dont use CS related "stuff"
but its mostly because I dont need most of the subjects/material picked
up through my education. Also Im mostly going through the CS path
becuase I plan to do other things with my time (when i get home) other
than web related items, mostly machine learning.
Hope that helped.
Armando P.
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