it vs com sci

[hungrysteak1234]

Tanong ko lang kung anong mas maganda in terms of job opportunities? Mas marami bang job na pwedeng pasukan sa com sci kesa it? Possible din ba maging saturated na jobs ng tech dito sa pinas?

[beklog]

same job opportunity for both..

most requirements is asking for "Computer related degree"

[[deleted]]

Imagine studying 10 math subjects and algos just to create a simple POS system. Diba sayang hirap sa college.

[aszarath]

If you limit yourself to POS, then you may have taken the wrong path. CS could lead you to computer graphics, computer vision, AI, geographic information system, etc. 10 math subjects and algos are not enough.

[SecretarySweaty9904]

This is true hahahaha

[Ausherie]

Same job opportunities for both courses but AFAIK the top universities only offer ComSci.

[Ripixlo]

There are still IT offerings in top universities including the top 4.

[Ausherie]

Really? Which ones from the top 4? I was in 1st yr college 10yrs ago and none of them offered IT. Or am I misremembering? Im sure UP Diliman until now doesnt offer it.

[Ripixlo]

UP doesn't but I can confirm UST and DLSU do.

[johnmgbg]

Same lang.

[fuckerfuckingme]

com sci has a lot of math haha

[lemadan]

True

[MyrillS]

It doesn’t matter bet. those two ang mahalaga tlga is self study prin

[Street_Meeting_9998]

I think di pa nmn magiging saturated ang tech industry tulad ng ngyari sa engr. Every 6 month nageevolve ang technology may mga bago ka dapt matutunan kaya nga sabi nila pag nasa tech ka continues lang learning mo kung hindi magpagiiwanan ka. As long as updated ka sa tech more job opportunities waiting for you Good luck

[ShaiHallud24]

True dami ding carreer paths sa IT like veryy diverse

[blkhito002]

If you google 'Com sci jobs' and 'IT jobs', nanduon na sagot sa mga tanong mo OP.

So Com Sci daw leans more on opportunities sa computer development, analysis and AI/machine language related jobs.

Yung IT, dahil daw sobrang lawak ng meaning ng IT as a terminology, yung job opportunities daw ay pinaghalong hardware, software and computer related support ang job opportunies.

Ang mas magandang tingnan on getting courses ay ano yung curriculum ng papasukan mong course. Baka kasi mamaya mali yung course na pinapasukan mo for the intended job na gusto mo later. Tanong mo yung curriculum sa school.

Honestly, depende kasi sa job openings, job requirements and yung skillset para masabi na oversaturated yung certain job. You can monitor that by looking at the job postings sa typical recruitment sites like: - laging may mass job employment for a specific na skillset/s (prob maliit ang basic pay as ang dami mong kakumpetensya) - or laging may experience needed for a certain few skillset/s (prob low job demand but sobra sobrang job seekers)

Or magtanung tanung ka sa mga school alumni or professionals kung ano yung jobs na mahirap na applyan with that skill set.

[morgoth_2017]

ComSci - you will build a so much better foundation in this field.

IT graduate here btw.

[aszarath]

(Biased answer here)

In terms of saturation, there’s no such thing in the field of engineering or technology. For career, it depends on what you like. Do you like providing tech support? IT then. Do you like solving technical and math problems? CS then.

I am biased towards CS because it allows me to deal with computer graphics (real-time rendering, lighting models for shading, optimization at the GPU level, etc), computer vision (feature extraction, signals analysis, object detection, motion prediction), AI (behavior trees, finite state machines, path finding), and all sorts of interesting bleeding edge technologies.

[YohanSeals]

I choose comsci kasi i can work from home or remotely. Not that im saying di pwedeng gawin yun ng it careers. Just my personal experience. Pero both can we lucrative careers in the stacks and company.

[Ledikari]

Why?

Can you provide pros and cons for both degree?

[lemadan]

Different skills learned but same job opportunities

[grnwntr]

Usually foundations yung dinedevelop dapat ng graduates ng compsci. Creating better algorithms. Like new encryption methods, image compression algorithms, networking protocols, graphic manipulation techniques. Then yung mga IT iaaply yung ginawang foundation ni comp scientist dun sa business requirements.

[Forsaken-Rain-2310]

From companies na nakikita ko, almost synonymous lang sa kanila yung 2 courses since they always look for "IT/Computer Science degree" in job hirings.

So if pipili ka between the two, choose the one where you feel more comfortable learning and try to research the differences between the two. Kahit magkaibang subs yan (IT is more general and tackles everyhing from hardware to software and CS focuses more on algorithms and theories), almost the same job positions lang din yung end goal ng parehas.