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January 29, 2012, 09:58:20 PM
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Honestly studying business opened my eyes to how I.T+S really affect organizations and helped me better understand my role / duties at work. Real life work situations will have taught you most of the skills you need for basic analyst / specialist roles. However imho I think there is a lot of really useful knowledge to be gained from a traditional college / university setting (i.e high level think for project planning and operational efficiency). As an added plus you'll get to see things from another vantage point (the academic setting) which might help better prepare you for what you might encounter in an internship position and the business world in general.

Something you'll find that they do a lot now in college / university (I went to college) are case studies. They force you to apply all the knowledge / formulas you studied + whatever innate business acumen you naturally have to separate those who know what they are doing from those just going for a piece of paper. I highly recommend auditing a few business classes (i.e. management decision making / organizational behaviour)  to see if you like them. I hope this helps you in your decision to check out a college / university education



I studied Business Admin with a specialty in Management. However I work in the IT field (i've always had a thing for computers)

How's that working out for you? I was always curious if internship/just going for it was better or worse than going to school to learn business.

I'm homeschooled, never been to traditional college/university etc, and I've been doing business since 13. I might be the exception to the rule, but I seriously question the value of a classroom/project based on anything other than real life situations.
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January 29, 2012, 07:09:08 PM
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comp.sci
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January 29, 2012, 03:54:30 PM
#18
BA 1995.
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January 28, 2012, 10:46:53 PM
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I studied Business Admin with a specialty in Management. However I work in the IT field (i've always had a thing for computers)

How's that working out for you? I was always curious if internship/just going for it was better or worse than going to school to learn business.

I'm homeschooled, never been to traditional college/university etc, and I've been doing business since 13. I might be the exception to the rule, but I seriously question the value of a classroom/project based on anything other than real life situations.
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January 28, 2012, 10:42:27 PM
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I studied Business Admin with a specialty in Management. However I work in the IT field (i've always had a thing for computers)
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January 28, 2012, 05:58:18 PM
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IT Management
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January 28, 2012, 05:53:46 PM
#14
PHD in Quantum Physics
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January 28, 2012, 02:16:37 PM
#13
School of hard knocks  Shocked
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January 28, 2012, 01:25:36 PM
#12
Applied physics and electrical engineering, then I changed my mind and started studying civil engineering, which is what I currently work with.
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January 28, 2012, 01:13:19 PM
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Architecture
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January 28, 2012, 01:07:52 PM
#10
(Business) Information Systems
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January 28, 2012, 11:17:56 AM
#9
PhD Physics 1988.
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The first is by definition not flawed.
January 28, 2012, 11:15:38 AM
#8
medicine
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January 28, 2012, 11:10:17 AM
#7
Software Engineering and later on RHCE which is a diploma by Redhat Linux, not academic.
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January 28, 2012, 06:48:18 AM
#6
Mechanic of computer sites Smiley
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January 28, 2012, 06:40:03 AM
#5
Study? wazdat?
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January 28, 2012, 04:37:01 AM
#4
I studied electrical engineering AND software engineering and out of them I can say I rather software. I had fun with some hardware projects in electrical engineering, but in a way, it's too messy. Burnt hair and shocked fingertips haha.
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January 28, 2012, 03:23:25 AM
#3
Never been to school in my life. Ran one once though.
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January 28, 2012, 03:21:05 AM
#2
Electric engineering
haven't finished yet

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January 28, 2012, 02:42:14 AM
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