>>>If you want to write database and business apps for a living, I recommend a business degree in IS over a CS degree. This is just a personal opinion...
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>>In Vancouver the universities offer degrees in "Computer Science" (what I have). Some of the fiesty tech schools have been a bachelor of Information Technology. There are also some niche degrees like "Management and Information Systems" which are half biz half computer.
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>I heard from somewhere that folks come out with Special Computer Degrees and people don't want them in general, I guess because the stereotype is that their to cocky in their knowledge of outdated technology.
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>Can anybody back that up?

I'll dispute it. It depends on the school. Many large schools are so large that a curreiculum change takes an act of congress, so they are sitll teaching outdated technologies and methodologies. But good ones stay in touch with the IT community and even have curriculum committees made up entirely of technology companies in the area.

I would take a college grad in a heartbeat, but the real proof is in the pudding, and should come out in the interview.

I wouldn't even consider skipping college if I had to do it all over again... it was too important a part of my life, both career-wise and socially.