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Article #620854Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: Charles Richmond
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:59
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:59
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On 2/21/2018 6:10 PM, Mike Spencer wrote: > 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. > The "real money" may lie in business... but there are better direct routes to a business career than mixing in the tech world. IMO. > Oh, well. Newton ended up at the Mint but at least he did a little > serious work first. :-) > In the later years of his life, Newton pursued alchemy... -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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