<p>I understand this maybe somewhat irrelevant. My son wants to work as a computer consultant or a sales job in the tech industry. An H.R. rep from IBM told him that a major in Communications or English with a minor in M.I.S. would help him get a sales job because of the ability to explain complex material to customers. Do you agree with the HR rep?</p>
<p>For a sales job, a combination of communications with MIS minor sounds reasonable for the reasons stated. </p>
<p>To work as a computer consultant, that’s a different story if by computer consultant you mean someone who is applying technology (programmer, network engineer, etc.). For that a more technical degree would be better - MIS, computer science, etc. </p>