Interest in CS as a Major Drops

Dasein writes "The Computer Research Association says that the popularity of CS as a major among freshman has dropped in the last four years. Why is obvious to anybody working in the field. They conclude by saying 'With a fall in degree production looming, it is difficult to see how CS can match expected future demand for IT workers without raising women's participation at the undergraduate level.'"

Comments

Don't Worry: Outsourcing will come ot the rescue!

[purduephotog]

Quoth the current administration: Outsourcing = good!

After all, those that have money don't need to earn more... and if you can pay someone else less to do the same job thats more profit for you.

Eventually there will be a '1 billion employed' by McDonalds.

Again, this just shows women are smarter

[Anonymous Coward]

Thier leaving CS faster then men. The field has no future in the US.

The new plan:
1) Be a biz major
2) Party for 4 years
3) Get an MBA
4) Outsource "code monkees"
5) Profit

My personal sex life ....

[Baldrson]

A number of the respondants have attacked my statements by stating things like "you just can't get laid" or some such.

Although this isn't really a legitimate way of attacking my statements, it is important to note that among my peers I've probably had the greatest number of highly attractive girlfriends/sex partners of any of them. Now I'll be attacked as an egomaniac or something but the point is to clarify much of the psychology of the current argument and debunk an appealing fallacy.

Indeed, it is probably my relative advantage here that has allowed me to not censor my own observations as possibly being simply the result of my own bitterness. I see the men I matured with -- good men both personally and professionally -- and dislike intensely what the corporate and governmental "alphas" did to them.

I'm not saying I didn't have my share of problems with women -- just about anyone these days does. I'm just saying the argument against my statements is very weak even as ad hominem arguments go.

Re:Good!

[Reservoir Penguin]

Women want immediate gratification. They have no patience working towards a remote goal for 40+ years. Ths why there almost no women among top scientists and coders, They just dont have the dedication for that kind of thing.

Architecting, you say?

[Danuvius]

even a graduate degree just is not sufficient experience to be architecting major projects, unless you're incredibly gifted.

I presume that dialoguing with the young chap is required for determining the presence or absence of said giftedness?