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August 17th, 2011, 07:50 AM
#1
BSC - computer science
Hi All,
Does anyone have any thoughts on this degree, ive been looking at it for a while and not sure if I should go for it.
At the moment I do the support for an AV vendor and would like to move into the security field.
Would it be better caring on with say MCSE , CEH etc etc or go for a degree?
http://www.unisa.ac.za/Default.asp?C...ontentID=23521
Any thoughts appreciated!
Thanks.
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Albert Einstein
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August 17th, 2011, 09:51 AM
#2
Hi,
A degree is an academic qualification that lasts a lifetime. Certification is short term, as they have to be kept up to date.
Certificates are more job specific, so may get you specific employment more readily than a degree.
Have you considered an MBA? that plus certificates is a powerful combination, particularly if you have management ambitions
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August 17th, 2011, 01:08 PM
#3
Thanks for the reply Nihil.
Hmmm, not you have totally put me off course! Ill have to check up on it though. The thing with BSC touches on alot of things (programming, statistics etc) that are sort of interesting. yes I could do programming as a cert though.
But I will have a look, thanks again for the post
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Albert Einstein
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August 17th, 2011, 03:42 PM
#4
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August 17th, 2011, 05:05 PM
#5
Got loads of CBT but where to find the time after a long days work :P
thanks for the reply.
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Albert Einstein
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August 17th, 2011, 09:27 PM
#6
Originally Posted by Cider
Got loads of CBT but where to find the time after a long days work :P
thanks for the reply.
you can always do without sleep
for a year or two anyway :P
so now I'm in my SIXTIES FFS
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August 18th, 2011, 08:08 PM
#7
Originally Posted by foxyloxley
you can always do without sleep
Sleep? wot dat?
Kidding aside, I went into a CS minor program having no idea that CS was programming. I failed out. Didn't realize until it was too late that I'm not a programmer, and I wanted the MIS minor program.
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Now you see me | Now you don't
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August 18th, 2011, 08:32 PM
#8
Originally Posted by 11001001
Sleep? wot dat?
Kidding aside, I went into a CS minor program having no idea that CS was programming. I failed out. Didn't realize until it was too late that I'm not a programmer, and I wanted the MIS minor program.
Hmm, the university I currently attend has programming in their information sciences curriculum as well. Its Java, but some people seem to have trouble with the whole object oriented thing? I don't know...maybe its just because I've been coding for so long...
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