Poll Are You a Member Of The BCS

and why?

No. Because I haven't joined, and why would I want to?

No. Because I haven't joined, and why would I want to?

 

^^^

I too cannot see any immediate benefit.

No - what is it?

 

(Bronze Certificate of Sleeping?)

 

 

but seriously, I've never heard of it - apart from here.

 

Nath

british computer soceity http://www.bcs.org.uk...

 

I have said before why I have joined but mainly comes down to few things access to training and networking...

 

Also been talk about having drop in cafe type thing at to www 2006 in scotland...

 

"Dear BCS Internet Specialist Group Member,

 

Sue Black (BCSWomen Specialist Group Chair and also on the Internet SG committee) and I, recently had a discussion about the WWW 2006 conference:

 

http://www2006.org/

 

This takes place in Edinburgh, May 22nd - 26th next year, the BCS is a sponsor and one of the organisers for the event and will therefore be closely involved. World Wide Web inventor, Sir Tim Berners-Lee will be present.

 

We came up with the idea of a drop in 'WWW Cafe' run jointly by BCSWomen and the BCS Internet Specialist Group. Conference delegates will be able to drop in to the 'cafe' and discuss any topic from a 'menu' of technical and practical issues. BCSWomen and ISG experts will be on hand to demonstrate techniques/talk about possible

solutions to problems/answer questions related to WWW.

 

Please let me know if you would like to participate and/or have any ideas on what we should cover. All expenses will be paid for the cafe expert team."

 

So if get accepted for that would be good....

 

The local branch here is quite small but the talks they have are qutie interesting...

 

Also access to others things as career builder site and legal advice... have been of benafit.

 

anyway all have reason for joining or not just wondered how many and why not or why if you did join..

 

Russ

Yes, because I got a cheap deal on joining at uni and my Software Engineering degree has BCS level 2 accreditation.

I too cannot see any immediate benefit.

 

Don't you get to use the letters after your name?

I too cannot see any immediate benefit.

 

Don't you get to use the letters after your name?

 

You can with Microsoft quals. And look at how much use they are!

 

MCSE?

 

Must

Consult

Somebody

Experienced

lol you do but only time i think that is worth it when going for jobs etc...

 

But that is my view on mcse as well..

 

The one thing that has really been a benafit to me was career builder as it has SFIAplusâ„¢ skills framework intregrated in it and that has really helped me see what skills i have got and what I need to improve...

 

not just technical skills but other skills as well...

 

Russ

Was in it for 2 years while at uni @ £15 per year (student fees) then it went up to £25 for a year, then they decided to promote me (as i'd been with them for long enough - it's an automatic thing) and charge me £85 per year - this is when I cancelled my membership ! Waste of money for what u get

i think benifit in some ways becomes more if you get involvd at local level and with specialist groups...

 

Russ

Why? For career development (using career builder, Sfia, etc) and I aiming for CITP

 

-Ken

i think benifit in some ways becomes more if you get involvd at local level and with specialist groups...

 

Russ

 

Afriad that wasn't true for me - some of the meetings were so poorly attended - it became depressing - at the 50th Anniversay event - the only attendees were the 6 committee members - I knocked it on the head after that!

Recently joined for access to training and for future career development (i.e. networking with people!) Haven't yet attended a meeting though!

I did only because my tutor suggested it would be something extra to put down on my CV lol - dont think it helped me get my placement though. Plus its nice to carry around the little card you get in your wallet ... flash it at people rofl.

 

Also yeah theres some good resources on their website.

Was a member last year, haven't bothered to renew membership and spent my money on SAGE membership instead.

 

The impression I gained (perhaps erroneously) was they seemed aimed at CIOs / non-technical managers and were rehashing topics covered months ago in other media / discussions.

 

That and the "you haven't renewed your subscription emails" annoyed me - if you seriously feel the need to tell an IT Professional not to email you their credit card details for subscription renewal, I don't want to be associated with the people you're letting in.