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Late Night Ponderings: Going for a MSc or MBA, is it worth it?
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10-07-2008, 05:46 PM
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smifatv
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I define "Computer Science" as "The academic pursuit regarding the advancement of computer programming or technology as a theoretical pursuit". It's Engineering if you're actually making anything. Certainly you get a BSc in Computer Science to become a software engineer, just as you get a BSc in Chemical Science in order to become a Chemical Engineer... but if you are a "Computer Scientist" you are studying theory, not doing/making things. Software Engineering is no more a subset of Computer Science than Electrical Engineering is a subset of Physics.
Thus, I consider you a Software Engineer, who has
knowledge
in Computer Science, but not actually pursuing a career in Computer Science (at the moment, anyway).
Your definition is mostly fine - the difference is in
what you do with that knowledge
. Researching what you do with computers is not the same as designing production software, which is where Software Engineer comes in.
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