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Article #620853Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: Mike Spencer
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 00:10
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 00:10
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Charles Richmond <nume...@aquaporin4.com> writes: > On 2/21/2018 3:08 PM, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: > >> The Phila Inqr reported that compsci is a hot major. >> [snip] > > I hope this reflects a true interest in computers and programming... but > I fear a generation of half-baked programmers who are *only* in this for > the money. I professor at MIT I knew from the early 80s to the mid-90s told me that he found "these kids smart, scary-smart" but that many of them had told him that they were going the tech route only because they'd found they were good at it. Expected to put in some entry time in STEM jobs but that they were aiming for management where the real money lay. Oh, well. Newton ended up at the Mint but at least he did a little serious work first. :-) -- Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
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