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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.'"
Why is obvious to anybody working in the field
I'm sorry. English is my primary language. Can anyone translate this for me?
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.
I think most of the population is more concerned with making sure they can afford their next meal.
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
Where are the points when I need them?
Sometimes boldness is in fashion. Sometimes only the brave will be bold.
The guy may be a spaz but he's got a point; I endlessly see people suggesting getting a security clearance and working for a defense contractor. I don't even want to work for a police department or similar because I don't think I can look at myself in the mirror every day if I do, I'm certainly not going to go to work for the baby-killing industry. Of course, that's easy for me to say, because there's no way in hell I could ever get a clearance anyway.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
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.
Seastead this.
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.
US-UK-Israel: The real Axis of Evil
I am not against the idea of judicious applications of force, but the military-industrial complex is self-perpetuating and if you have all these toys, someone is going to use them, which means you all get to use them! Yay! I don't want to support a system that inherently involves the mass slaughter of human beings. Call me narrow minded if you must.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
I presume that dialoguing with the young chap is required for determining the presence or absence of said giftedness?
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