Hardware or Software Major?

fa1uzure asks: "Recently, there have been many articles on Slashdot about the lack of people enrolling in IT courses in post-secondary, as well as the need for more people in these areas. Being a Computer Science student, this is great news for me, meaning I may be in demand in the future. But CS at WLU is essentially a software-only course, as it is in many other universities around the world. In most of these articles, it generally says that the IT industry is loosing the new graduates, but it does not specify which area of IT is most at risk. As I move into my second year, I would like to know, are hardware people going to be far more in demand than the software people, or would software still be a better choice than a hardware-centred degree? I could easily transfer to a hardware oriented program but would like to know in which direction the future is moving before I make any choices."

Comments

You want fries with that?

[Anonymous Coward]

Please.

Software guys get to run the register. Hardware guys are stuck on the fryer.

If you really want to have a future in computers..

[nganju]

You should major in Hindi.

Re:What's in demand?

[dustinbarbour]

I can attest to this. I'm graduating with a degree in CS in two weeks. What ahve I learned over the passed 4 years? Only that I enjoy computers as a hobby, but they frustrate the shit out of me otherwise.

Re:VERY TRUE!

[Glonoinha]

Be happy you aren't a gynocologist.