Ask Slashdot: CS Grads Taking IT Jobs? 520
An anonymous reader writes "I'm a soon-to-be Master's graduate from a public university majoring in computer science — with all that CS entails. Of course, it's come time to start job hunting, and while there are a few actual CS-type jobs around, I've noticed that a few IT jobs would be substantially more convenient for me personally. But this leads me to the question (assuming they would hire me, of course) — would having IT experience hurt my job prospects down the road? Would future employers see that and be less likely to hire me — or pigeon-hole me into IT?"
Re:CS is part of IT (Score:5, Funny)
In the US it's mixed. Some people, like the OP, mistakenly call all areas IT. Most people frown on that classification. You say "I work in IT" I assume you're a sys admin, a helpdesk guy, or a phone support person. I do not assume you do programming. It's a separate field.
So are help desk and systems admin, dipshit. When someone says, "I work in IT...", I certainly don't assume that they are a lowly programmer. You know, that one-trick-pony who has to call the help desk when his network connection goes sideways.