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Computing's Lost Allure

Posted by michael on from the grass-somewhat-less-green dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Preach it brother by commonchaos · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ... 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.