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anyone know anything about GIS careers?
Posted by:
fddasrf
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Date: November 21, 2017 12:16PM
I'm interested in Geographic Information Sciences. Anyone know of any good grad/certificate programs, in this field?
Re: anyone know anything about GIS careers?
Posted by:
GIS user
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Date: November 21, 2017 12:23PM
fddasrf Wrote:
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> I'm interested in Geographic Information Sciences.
> Anyone know of any good grad/certificate programs,
> in this field?
Get a 4 year degree concentrated on security and/or programming, python, c. Get a job with the NSA or join the air Force.
You do not want to be a cartographer or analyst if you want to make money.
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> I'm interested in Geographic Information Sciences.
> Anyone know of any good grad/certificate programs,
> in this field?
Get a 4 year degree concentrated on security and/or programming, python, c. Get a job with the NSA or join the air Force.
You do not want to be a cartographer or analyst if you want to make money.
Re: anyone know anything about GIS careers?
Posted by:
Jay j
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Date: November 21, 2017 11:26PM
Son graduated with a degree in GIS..he is currently unemployed...dont do it...worthless degree
Re: anyone know anything about GIS careers?
Posted by:
stabstabstabstabstab
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Date: November 21, 2017 11:31PM
Major in art - the Vienna Art Houses will pay you big bucks for your work!
Re: anyone know anything about GIS careers?
Posted by:
muxxt
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Date: November 27, 2017 11:35PM
Jay j Wrote:
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> Son graduated with a degree in GIS..he is
> currently unemployed...dont do it...worthless
> degree
+1
not unless your sharon bullova's son and already have the contract to do the work
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> Son graduated with a degree in GIS..he is
> currently unemployed...dont do it...worthless
> degree
+1
not unless your sharon bullova's son and already have the contract to do the work
Re: anyone know anything about GIS careers?
Posted by:
Drug
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Date: November 27, 2017 11:43PM
GIS user Wrote:
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> fddasrf Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I'm interested in Geographic Information
> Sciences.
> > Anyone know of any good grad/certificate
> programs,
> > in this field?
>
> Get a 4 year degree concentrated on security
> and/or programming, python, c. Get a job with the
> NSA or join the air Force.
>
> You do not want to be a cartographer or analyst if
> you want to make money.
You don’t even need the degree really. A certificate from a respected university will do the trick. Mason has a pretty good one.
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> fddasrf Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I'm interested in Geographic Information
> Sciences.
> > Anyone know of any good grad/certificate
> programs,
> > in this field?
>
> Get a 4 year degree concentrated on security
> and/or programming, python, c. Get a job with the
> NSA or join the air Force.
>
> You do not want to be a cartographer or analyst if
> you want to make money.
You don’t even need the degree really. A certificate from a respected university will do the trick. Mason has a pretty good one.
Re: anyone know anything about GIS careers?
Posted by:
9TFPN
()
Date: November 28, 2017 01:51AM
Don't do it.. for so many reasons.
Any reasonably intelligent person can be trained to do the work so you are really competing against a lot of people, art majors, etc who have friends who know the hiring manager and can get them an interview.
The work can be extremely dehumanizing. Can go days without really needing to talk to another person to do the work.
Schools are constantly pumping out GIS analysts so when you are laid off you're competing against those people.
A lot of the GIS projects require a lot of low skilled workers. Digitizing large areas, etc. Unless you're one of the two or three managers of the project, you aren't really learning anything a 7th grader couldn't do. Many of the jobs would be outsourced but there is a govt requirement the workers be US citizens.
In order to progress you really need to know programming, so why not just become a CS major since they could easily do anything a GIS Analyst could.
Any reasonably intelligent person can be trained to do the work so you are really competing against a lot of people, art majors, etc who have friends who know the hiring manager and can get them an interview.
The work can be extremely dehumanizing. Can go days without really needing to talk to another person to do the work.
Schools are constantly pumping out GIS analysts so when you are laid off you're competing against those people.
A lot of the GIS projects require a lot of low skilled workers. Digitizing large areas, etc. Unless you're one of the two or three managers of the project, you aren't really learning anything a 7th grader couldn't do. Many of the jobs would be outsourced but there is a govt requirement the workers be US citizens.
In order to progress you really need to know programming, so why not just become a CS major since they could easily do anything a GIS Analyst could.
Re: anyone know anything about GIS careers?
Posted by:
MVKW9
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Date: November 28, 2017 01:59AM
Drug Wrote:
> You don’t even need the degree really. A
> certificate from a respected university will do
> the trick. Mason has a pretty good one.
Exactly why it has no job security, anybody can do it.
> You don’t even need the degree really. A
> certificate from a respected university will do
> the trick. Mason has a pretty good one.
Exactly why it has no job security, anybody can do it.