So wrong, so very, very wrong.
I’ve been hiring for technology jobs for over 25 years. Frankly the common view is that programs like “Information Systems” or “MIS”, etc. are for those who could not cut it in a real Computer Science program.
not enginering, it is business, NOT math based. Sometime extrememly complex, much more in medically related software (medical insurance, medical records, etc.)
I have been in a field for over 30 years.
it is very interesting, greatly challenging and I am happy to see that you are expressing desire to go for it. But great proficiency in programming is a must and having common sense is another must as well as good communication skills, listeners have an advantage over “speakers”, you will have to know how to listen very well and your questions will determine the success of the projects. Best wishes!
My son is about to earn his business degree. He started out as a freshman majoring in entrepreneurship and as a sophomore he chose to also major in Information Systems. He’s had a paid internship for the past two years with an Entrepreneural incubator, an organization that helps businesses grow. His IS background has helped him immensely.
My son’s major is Computer Networking and Information Security with a minor in Digital Forensics. Before he started college he really researched majors and he looked at Information Science, Information Technology and Computer Science. He realized that he really wanted less programming and more tech stuff. He also did not want to be a programmer (took three programming classes in HS) He found the perfect fit in his major and his college was just named the top school for Cybersecurity in the US. For the last few years placement rate in his major has been at or close to 100% and he got a job offer before Christmas. He graduates in two weeks. He’s had an internship since summer after sophomore year - works remotely part time during the school year and full time in the summer. This seems to be an interesting, well paid career path. He first found out about it by attending this program at RIT: http://www.rit.edu/emcs/admissions/careers/ This is not his college but this program was really helpful.
Security stuff is for “techis”, the IS is for those who love coding. Many IS people are actually non-technical so to speak. I hate anything that requires memory, I love programming. If anyting is wrong with my laptop, I will call our service desk, I do not need to do it myself. I do the same for our business people and our customers, when softeware that we actually create does not work properly and we continuosly develop new onew. Here is the difference. All are equally important, but requre a different mindset, different skills.
It would vary by school but it’s my general impression simply by the name that it’s a blend of CS and Stats.
I’m about to transfer to SJSU for Business Finance, but would like to switch over to Management Information Systems (MIS). Would this be a great fit for someone who wants to get into Data analytics? I don’t want to do just finance, I would like to learn business and programming. What other jobs are in the MIS field?
" Data analytics" - I am not familiar with this. Aren’t " Data analytics" math majors and they got to be very very good at math. MIS = programmers who have various title positions now. My position is not called “programmer” at all. But that is what we do. We receive requests from our compnay business people and from our customers. We gather information for the project and them develop programs.