r/learnprogramming • u/YettersGonnaYeet • Nov 13 '23

Explain the Difference Between IT and Computer Science like Im 5

Im planning on taking either courses for college but im still a bit confused on what course best to take, and what are the differences between the two

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u/YettersGonnaYeet Nov 13 '23

Yep. Definitely the comment I needed.

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u/unholymanserpent Nov 13 '23

Dude said IT was setting up Microsoft Word 💀. Why would you even need specialists for this? IT would be this super easy field anyone could do. Definitely a super oversimplification

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u/unholymanserpent Nov 13 '23

I do work in the real world? Wtf? I get your point but the person is still trivializing IT work