[TriLUG] MIS degrees (was Re: OT: Certifications - Education)

[Lance Brown]

Mark Freeze wrote:
> One of the saddest things I have ever witnessed was a couple of years
> ago when I was running a company in Alabama.  We had a temporary
> receptionist and I had to show her how to start and use Excel. All she
> really needed to to was data entry several sheets and then total a
> couple of columns, but, she had no clue how to get started.  The sad
> part is that she was working at the temporary service because she had
> just graduated from Auburn with a 4-year degree in MIS and was looking
> for what she called 'a computer job.'

Oh great Ghu...  Whoever came up with MIS as a 4-year degree should be
taken out back, pummeled with a shovel about the head and shoulders,
shot with double-ought rocksalt, and then buried alive in ants.

My experiences with folks holding MIS degrees range from mildly annoying
to outright terrifying, and experiences with students in MIS programs
have been blood curdling.

--[Lance]

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