Computing's Lost Allure

khendron writes "An article in the New York Times, describes how the number of students majoring in computer science in university has dropped off with the rest of the hi-tech economy. The bright side: the students who are enrolling are doing so because they love computers. Not like a few years ago when students were enrolling because they wanted to make a quick buck. I'll take quality over quantity."

Comments

Re:This Was in The Times?

[theonetruekeebler]

No, Sparky, it's not flamebait, but it is a flame: The New York Times used to be the one remaining source for not necessarily objective but always very accurate and honest reporting.

Now they've proven untrustworthy and I'm pissed at them. I'm pissed off enough that the American press seemed never to question why our government wanted to kick around some oil rich but otherwise pissant country. But beyond that, now, I'm pissed off that I can't trust anybody to tell the truth about anything unless the truth happens to be profitable to them.

Re:Preach it brother

[commonchaos]

... I just finished The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, I can't say that I agree with everything in the book, but man, this post freaks me out.

Re:hopefully this will be for more than just uni's

[MisterFancypants]

Never trust a computer proffesional that doesnt list computer as a hobby.

Maybe you should have a couple more hobbies.... For example, if you read once in a while you might realize that there is one f in professional.