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Article #620977Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: jmfbahciv
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:37
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:37
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Charles Richmond wrote: > On 2/21/2018 4:58 PM, 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-scien ce-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. >> >> > > Debugging can be challenging, but *not* as repugnant and off-putting as > cutting up a human body IMO. Some few actually enjoy debugging... I've > not been in that rare company myself. JMF always said that he wrote code so he could have fun debugging. /BAH
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