What are you studying/what did you study?

LLB-Law 1st year now.

BSc - Civil Eng, 3rd year now

Chemical Eng. In my second year

BSc - Electrical Eng - graduated 2002
Awarded my PrEng last year

STUARTF wrote: BSc - Electrical Eng - graduated 2002
Awarded my PrEng last year

Congrats...even if you're just a glorified electrician

Hey shoosh man....glorified brick-layer

BTech Electrical Engineering(Light current) 2005

Hons BA Communication science 2010

BSc Computer Science first year

haha, DG you're out-numbered....Shaka and I will throw bolts of lightning from our biceps next time you call us glorified electricians, lol

STUARTF wrote: haha, DG you're out-numbered....Shaka and I will throw bolts of lightning from our biceps next time you call us glorified electricians, lol

haha yeah saw that, besides if I piss you chaps off who'll be there to screw in my energy-saving light bulbs when they expire?

BTech - Web and Application Development - graduated 2004

Deadgoat wrote:

STUARTF wrote: haha, DG you're out-numbered....Shaka and I will throw bolts of lightning from our biceps next time you call us glorified electricians, lol

haha yeah saw that, besides if I piss you chaps off who'll be there to screw in my energy-saving light bulbs when they expire?

Nah, I won't need to, I'll just use some LED energy saving lights......have you heard - they don't expire!!

Comprehensive programming 2007

Bsc Computer Science, Mathematics and Applied Maths (2001)
Honours in Business Administration (2008)

Wow - I did not expect you guys to be so academic.
So much for the stereotype...!!

B.Com economics
Half way through CIMA

Jeez you guys have degrees like thermometers!

Bsc Computer Science
CCNA
CCIE
RHEL
OCA
MCSE
MCSD
Linux+
ISIK
Quintum Tenor
ScopServ

And then some other little things not worth mentioning.

Honours BSC Information Technology.
Oracle Certified Java 6 Programmer, (aka SCJP).

Tip to guys wanting to study or tentative about changing course:
Do a degree that is specific, eg bone's web and app development is way better than IT degree if you're going to be a developer.
My argument was, "Yay my IT degree is SOOOO broad, I can become ANYTHING", yet you know so little about everything and employers want EXPERIENCE and if you don't have that your second best is to have specific skills (Eg, I can develop websites in asp.net, php, (which can be dynamic BTW) , is better than saying I know HTML.)

Goodluck fellow students

I'm so inspired by this thread to just wanna achieve more•

N3rd wrote: Honours BSC Information Technology.
Oracle Certified Java 6 Programmer, (aka SCJP).

Tip to guys wanting to study or tentative about changing course:
Do a degree that is specific, eg bone's web and app development is way better than IT degree if you're going to be a developer.
My argument was, "Yay my IT degree is SOOOO broad, I can become ANYTHING", yet you know so little about everything and employers want EXPERIENCE and if you don't have that your second best is to have specific skills (Eg, I can develop websites in asp.net, php, (which can be dynamic BTW) , is better than saying I know HTML.)

Goodluck fellow students

OR you whack the spectrum of important "stuffs" and run the entire IT department of a medium sized company - Like 00pump! (Just a guess but with that list it looks like it )

Computer Enginering
In third year Bmin theology

jackrabbit1 wrote:

N3rd wrote: Honours BSC Information Technology.
Oracle Certified Java 6 Programmer, (aka SCJP).

Tip to guys wanting to study or tentative about changing course:
Do a degree that is specific, eg bone's web and app development is way better than IT degree if you're going to be a developer.
My argument was, "Yay my IT degree is SOOOO broad, I can become ANYTHING", yet you know so little about everything and employers want EXPERIENCE and if you don't have that your second best is to have specific skills (Eg, I can develop websites in asp.net, php, (which can be dynamic BTW) , is better than saying I know HTML.)

Goodluck fellow students

OR you whack the spectrum of important "stuffs" and run the entire IT department of a medium sized company - Like 00pump! (Just a guess but with that list it looks like it )

Yup and the more you play with stuff the easier it is to write exams...

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Pump

I have some of those as well as a few others and I am currently a qualified SAP Basis consultant which is the field I'm in ATM. I am seriously considering doing a degree through Unisa as I have no "formal" qualification even though I have 1/2 dozen IT certifications.

My plan is to move into IT management some time in the coming years. What will benefit me more, an IT degree or a management degree? The obvious answer is the management direction but the IT degree will open doors for moving overseas and I reckon I can move up into management with an IT degree and experience but I cant do the reverse.

thoughts?

Seems like a lot of you fell for the "study IT and you'll be set for life" rubbish high school career counsellors used to spread back in the day

dryden wrote: Pump

I have some of those as well as a few others and I am currently a qualified SAP Basis consultant which is the field I'm in ATM. I am seriously considering doing a degree through Unisa as I have no "formal" qualification even though I have 1/2 dozen IT certifications.

My plan is to move into IT management some time in the coming years. What will benefit me more, an IT degree or a management degree? The obvious answer is the management direction but the IT degree will open doors for moving overseas and I reckon I can move up into management with an IT degree and experience but I cant do the reverse.

thoughts?

How much IT have you got? If its loads the IT degree will irritate you cause its just more of the same. In that case i would rather hit a PPM or something. There is always a market for that.