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by eddiev73

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What is the best path to take college wise to if your goal is the IT field?
Computer Science or other?

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by chris.emery

Depends what your goals are. A good solid IT education can be aquired via a BS in IFSM, (Information Systems Management), it's a bit broader than Computer Science. I would also recommend a business or management minor.
Good luck!

by rzan

Computer Science is for programmers. If you are seriously considering IT and obtaining industry certification, then I would suggest you go to an authorized training center that specializes in IT. I have seen horrible results with colleges when it comes to IT. Certified Technical Training centers are a better way to go and will give you plenty of hands on, which colleges will not do. College may be good at making you a paper certified engineer, which is not respected in the business world nor in the IT industry.

by pallan

You'll get farther with a degree in your pocket. If you don't want anything to do with coding, study Computer Engineering with a business minor.

If you don't want to be a tech support monkey your whole life, you'll need that degree.

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