Non-Programming Jobs For a Computer Science Major? 936
An anonymous reader writes "I recently graduated from a 'major' university in America with a BS degree in Computer Science. I unfortunately must admit that I am not very skilled with programming. I finished with the degree, and I've spent much of my college career working a job doing technical support (fixing laptops, troubleshooting Windows problems, etc). What jobs can I get with a computer science degree that are NOT mainly programming jobs? A little programming wouldn't be bad, but none would be preferred. And what kind of salaries do these jobs typically fetch?"
Geek Squad (Score:5, Funny)
n/t
Waiter at Denny's (Score:5, Funny)
Re:How about (Score:4, Funny)
Yeah, like your average slashdot geek knows about penetration... /sarcasm
Accenture... (Score:5, Funny)
Accenture is always looking for fresh faced graduates who can't actually do anything.
Have you considered management? (Score:1, Funny)
BS? (Score:5, Funny)
with a BS
Looks like you'd be perfect for management.
Anonymous (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, anonymous was probably the right way to go with that submission on this site ;)
People skills (Score:5, Funny)
Well, you could take the specification from the customer, to the programmers.
If you've got people skill that is.
technical writer (Score:5, Funny)
Join Microsoft (Score:2, Funny)
They can always use people who can't code :)
Re:Accenture... (Score:5, Funny)
You were modded funny, but your comment is right spot on. Also, their pay is commensurate to actually doing nothing.
If I had a nickel for every smart Accenture consultant I've ever met, I'd had me a whole dime.
Re:Tech Support? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:technical writer (Score:2, Funny)
If you did well in english, you could write documentation.
Fixed. I have to wonder if that was intentional, or just evidence you shouldn't be writing documentation.
Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny)
You remind me of myself 10 years ago.
I was sitting in my final year "Software Engineering II" subject and I really felt shit about moving into programming.
I mean I got through uni programming but I never felt good at it. It almost felt like a chore.
So for the heck of it I asked my lecturer what he thought I should do.
Anyways, I ended up doing networking (Cisco specifically) and loved it. 10 years later i hate networking...inevitable.
Re:Waiter at Denny's (Score:4, Funny)
+ tips
Re:Waiter at Denny's (Score:4, Funny)
No, that was including tips.
Re:THANK YOU! (Score:5, Funny)
Thank you for letting our managers hire people who want to do this job, instead of those just killing time.
...he said on slashdot.
Re:Accenture... (Score:3, Funny)
The last fresh-faced Accenture hire I saw was extremely hot... and being a Slashdot regular, finding myself in the presence of 'teh hotness', I found that she indeed did do something. Fortunately the rest of the class was not aware of it, so to speak.
What kind of CS degree did he get? (Score:3, Funny)
The person went through 4 or 5 years of school and got a CS degree but doesn't want to program? Ok, fine. But didn't something interest you in that time? Database development? Database design? Networking? Maybe you should stay in school and get a Masters in Business so you can then boss around programmers. :-)
Re:Accenture... (Score:5, Funny)
*sigh* not this this stuff again (Score:2, Funny)
It's a Computer Science degree, not a "Programming degree"
It's like saying, I just graduated from some culinary academy, but I don't want to be a waiter.
Since this shining star wouldn't mind a job with some programming I'll add, most programming jobs only have some programming. There's documenting business requirements, translating those into technical specifications, tracing the reqs and specs to test cases, documenting use cases, analyzing risks and modes of failure, and so on.
But judging by the question, my best advice for the OP is to practice the phrase, "would you like fries with that."
I agree (Score:5, Funny)
I mean, if Frank Gehry doesn't know how to weld or install a toilet, fuck his buildings, man. Architecture degree my ass.
Re:Geek Squad (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Program Manager (Score:3, Funny)
It's called a BS in Comp Sci for a reason you know.
Re:Accenture... (Score:3, Funny)
I call BS on that. There's no way you've actually met multiple smart accenture consultants.
Re:Program Manager (Score:2, Funny)
Wait... what are we talking about here?
Re:People skills (Score:1, Funny)
Would he have to physically take it to the programmers? Or can he have a secretary that does that?
Re:Geek Squad (Score:5, Funny)
And what is wrong w/ IT and Hemp Desk type jobs?
If you have any openings at the Hemp Desk, I'd like to apply.
Re:Geek Squad (Score:2, Funny)
What is illegal about making rope?
Set theory (Score:3, Funny)
Draw the Venn diagram of All jobs, and All Programming jobs.
Next.
Re:Geek Squad (Score:3, Funny)