- Dec 27, 2001
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I've been to a few graduations this past year and have noticed that one of the departments with the most students graduating in it is Computer Science. Not nerdy guys like four or five years ago; these graduates are all sexes and races.
I have two questions.
Do you think it's wise to get into computers just for the money? That has to be the primary reason for 90% of the new graduates taking CS. I imagine you'd be better off studying something which interests you and to which you're naturally inclined. That was the case with CS majors of years past.
Do you think there will be enough jobs for the increasing numbers of CS graduates? I know plenty of them who are having trouble finding jobs right now and I don't imagine it will get much better for them as more and more CS garduates continue to flood the streets.
I have to admit I felt a little sick to my stomach when the line of CS majors just kept coming and I'm not sure exactly why. Maybe it's because my world of unpretentious nerds is slowly being taken over by people who were popular kids. Maybe it's because I'm concerned about salaries in the field being driven down by competition. Maybe it's just a changing world in which IT professionals and programmers are going to soon make up 50% of a company's staff. I don't know. What do you think?
I have two questions.
Do you think it's wise to get into computers just for the money? That has to be the primary reason for 90% of the new graduates taking CS. I imagine you'd be better off studying something which interests you and to which you're naturally inclined. That was the case with CS majors of years past.
Do you think there will be enough jobs for the increasing numbers of CS graduates? I know plenty of them who are having trouble finding jobs right now and I don't imagine it will get much better for them as more and more CS garduates continue to flood the streets.
I have to admit I felt a little sick to my stomach when the line of CS majors just kept coming and I'm not sure exactly why. Maybe it's because my world of unpretentious nerds is slowly being taken over by people who were popular kids. Maybe it's because I'm concerned about salaries in the field being driven down by competition. Maybe it's just a changing world in which IT professionals and programmers are going to soon make up 50% of a company's staff. I don't know. What do you think?