The best thing you could do for yourself if you are looking to rise up the corporate ladder rapidly is to concentrate in computer science and some form of business administration. Corporations are increasing using and recognizing IT departments as value centers rather than just as cost centers -- as in the past and until as recently as the early 1990s. There tends to be a rift between what techies do and want executive management and lines of businesses need. In other words, they don't speak the same language. The guys that can bridge the gap and make the two worlds meet are those that can rise the most rapidly in IT and make the most money.

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