{"id":10660,"date":"2007-02-16T07:07:33","date_gmt":"2007-02-16T04:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/02\/16\/mis-vs-computer-science\/"},"modified":"2008-09-06T09:50:39","modified_gmt":"2008-09-06T06:50:39","slug":"mis-vs-computer-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/02\/16\/mis-vs-computer-science\/","title":{"rendered":"MIS vs. Computer Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>When I was back in college, we used to make fun of MIS students. We, being the Computer Science students.  We were better than them.  For those of you, who can&#8217;t tell the difference, MIS (Management of Information Systems) is a business-oriented major, which barely touches computers and technology.   Computer Science, on the other hand, is all about hardcore.  There are business courses too, but they aren&#8217;t the &#8220;important&#8221; ones.  This is how we used to have it back then &#8211; I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s still so.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, working busy over the last few years I completely forgot about that clear distinction.  Today though, I got a reminder.  I was browsing through one of those job directories, looking for someone to fill the <a href=\"http:\/\/exwebris.com\/blog\/vacancies\/\">web designer vacancy<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/exwebris.com\/\">our company<\/a>, when I saw the profile of this guy&#8230; Take a look at the small part of his profile on the screenshot below.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image10659\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/mis_gratuate.png?w=660&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"MIS gratuate\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now, the &#8220;gratuate&#8221; I can understand.  They use it only for about a year during their &#8220;gratuate programs&#8221; and stuff like that.  But &#8220;compiouters&#8221;?  That&#8217;s not a mere typo.  That one is intentional. That&#8230; hold on&#8230; I think I understand it now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Yes!  Probably the only thing that guy knows about computers is that they do input\/ouput (I\/O, IO).  So, he maybe thinks that they are called &#8220;compIOuters&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If there is one thing we, Computer Science students are better at, that is have to be &#8220;computer&#8221; spelling.  We&#8217;ve been doing it for years.  Time after time.  After time.  Rarely we are allowed to use CS abbreviation instead.  Because, you know, it can mean <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acronymfinder.com\/af-query.asp?Acronym=cs&amp;Find=find&amp;string=exact\">so many things<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>When I was back in college, we used to make fun of MIS students. We, being the Computer Science students. We were better than them. For those of you, who can&#8217;t tell the difference, MIS (Management of Information Systems) is a business-oriented major, which barely touches computers and technology. Computer Science, on the other hand, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/02\/16\/mis-vs-computer-science\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MIS vs. Computer Science<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-10660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8414,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/01\/04\/advice-for-computer-science-college-students\/","url_meta":{"origin":10660,"position":0},"title":"Advice for Computer Science College Students","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"January 4, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Advice for Computer Science College Students\" is really worth reading even if you aren't one of them.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25118,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/01\/11\/computer-science-from-the-bottom-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":10660,"position":1},"title":"Computer Science from the Bottom Up","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"January 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Computer Science from the Bottom Up \u2014 A free, online book designed to teach computer science from the bottom end up. 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