ISYS! or Information Systems First Day

Today I started my real major.  Like for reals.  I am now an official Information Systems student and I have the bag to prove it.  

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We already have homework, which is to be expected.  The Junior Core is notoriously hard. 

Here’s what I learned. 

-Systems Analysis is understanding and specifying what a system should accomplish.  I thought analysis was just trouble shooting but it is much more. 

-System Boundary is the separation between the system and its environment that inputs and outputs need to cross. 

I can’t help it. When I think of systems I think of the cartoon Reboot that I used to watch with it’s boundaries, and inputs and outputs and users.  

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMKgPPxV3fU?wmode=transparent]

One thing that also stood out to me is that back in the old days, ever business needed a sales guy.  You have to sell things to make money and survive.  Now, every business needs an Information Systems guy. You can’t survive now without a website, internal web apps, systems and automation.  Everyone else has them, you need to use them or get left behind. 

All in all, I am excited to be jumping into my real major.  

One thought on “ISYS! or Information Systems First Day

  1. Are you serious!? Yes we need to catch up. Tomorrow I have more class stuff and stuff. Major cuts sound bad.

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