Is CS still a viable career route?

[ArmchairAthlete]

I'll see, I have my first coop interview this Wednesday =)

If I can secure a coop job and do well there I'm probably all set.

EDIT: As for outsourcing... plenty of other stuff has/is moving out of the US. Like manufacturing, engineering even. No company can run today without computers (the bigger they are, the more of that stuff they need). Just about everybody has one, the things they do are countless. Something that important isn't going to just suddenly stop needing people with the skills.

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: yllus

Originally posted by: AmigaMan
I really can't disagree with anything here. Sully has hit all the right points. Even the part about our salaries being artificailly inflated. Oh for the good ole days of 1999...

I learned COBOL in 2001 from a professor who bragging about making a ludicrous amount of money in the pre-2000 period because of Y2K. *sigh* My timing needs work.

Originally posted by: Descartes
They don't, no. It's mostly people regurgitating what they see in newspapers. Right now I know of about a dozen large projects with developers making incredible money and they STILL can't find people to fill the positions. The project I'm currently consulting will have over 100 people when it's all done, but they can't find enough people. The problem isn't lack of people, the problem is lack of QUALITY people.

I'm about to see if a new grad like me can still make the proper impression on an employer to fill one of those positions. I interview reasonably well, but if I'm still unemployed in eight months time I may change my stance and join the CS haters. 😛

You seem to legitimately care, so that immediately puts you up top. Experience comes with time, but it's the ambition that determines how worthwhile that time is.

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: ArmchairAthlete
I'll see, I have my first coop interview this Wednesday =)

If I can secure a coop job and do well there I'm probably all set.

EDIT: As for outsourcing... plenty of other stuff has/is moving out of the US. Like manufacturing, engineering even. No company can run today without computers (the bigger they are, the more of that stuff they need). Just about everybody has one, the things they do are countless. Something that important isn't going to just suddenly stop needing people with the skills.

Good luck!! :thumbsup:

 

[amol]

source or condition zero?

 

[sniperruff]

yeah man join the cal then you got sponsors. free 800xt!