[KLUG Members] Dropping CIS enrollments

[Adam Williams]

> > No, as it "absolutely not".  CS guys, honestly, are usually more of a
> > liability than an asset on anything like a 'business logic' level
> > project.
> A huger preponderance of job ads that I see, whether for systems
> administrators, network administrators or DB administrators, call for a
> bachelor's in computer science. . .

Do they get them?  (applicants that is).  I've seen allot of these adds -
look at the salaries involved.  The phrase "You've got to be kidding"
comes to mind.  You want to hire a BA with 10 years experience for
$35,000/year?   Chance-in-hell.  Newspaper adds are a BAD way to judge
demand - only CRAP jobs ever make it to listings, HR departments OVERSPEC
the requirements (does an HR person even know the difference between a CIS
and CS degree?),  and those adds are often run as a formality for jobs
that are ALREADY filled (and they DO NOT want applicants as a result of
the add).  THe last case occurs much more often than most people realize.