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J. Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 21 Feb 2018 22:58:49 GMT, ma...@mail.com wrote:
> 
>> On 2018-02-21, Charles Richmond <nume...@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>>> On 2/21/2018 3:08 PM, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>>>> The Phila Inqr reported that compsci is a hot major.
>>>> 
>>>> Across the country, the number of computer science majors
>>>> at doctoral institutions has more than tripled in the last
>>>> decade. It’s much hotter than it was during the dot-com
>>>> blitz in the late 1990s, according to the national Computing
>>>> Research Association. The group refers to the current surge
>>>> as “Generation CS,” fueled by the pervasiveness of computing
>>>> across society and the plethora of jobs, some with six-figure
>>>> salaries and eye-popping signing bonuses.
>>>> 
>>>> for full article please see:
>>>> http://www.philly.com/philly/education/hot-major-on-campus-computer-science-20180218.html
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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 rememebr it being said that medicine is very popular (in schools)
>> until the first corpse has to be dissected, and it may be the same
>> for computers, when the first debugging has to be done.
> 
> Unfortunately, "Computer Scientists" these days don't seem to have to
> do mundane things like writing code.  And they get snarky if anyone
> suggests that there's anything wrong with this--they're working on the
> Great Advances, code is for the trade schools, according to them.
> 

Always was like that. A local community college had great success with a
program that included COBOL, JCL, and CICS. Graduates usually had jobs
waiting when they got out.

-- 
Pete