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Hardware or Software Major?

Posted by Cliff on from the which-direction-to-take dept.

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."

4 of 574 comments (clear)

  1. OK, One more time! by nightsweat · · Score: 0, Troll
    LOOSING = not what you mean.

    v.tr.

    1. To let loose; release: loosed the dogs.
    2. To make loose; undo: loosed his belt.
    3. To cast loose; detach: hikers loosing their packs at camp.
    4. To let fly; discharge: loosed an arrow.
    5. To release pressure or obligation from; absolve: loosed her from the responsibility.
    6. To make less strict; relax: a leader's strong authority that was loosed by easy times.

    v.intr.

    1. To become loose.
    2. To discharge a missile; fire.


    LOSING = the process of loss. I am losing patience with "loosing".

    Why can code monkeys who can parse out obfuscated C not parse English? Think of it as a programming challenge.

    No, you may not use perl.

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  2. What stock should I buy? by sprekken · · Score: 0, Troll
    I want to be a millionaire, but I'm unsure which stock to buy. Could the /. community tell me what to buy so that I can be rich?

    Thanks.

  3. Re:Computers ain't everything by alexkorban · · Score: 0, Troll

    > helps you sound like less of a pissant

    Did you mean peasant?
    Geez, at least check your spelling if you criticize someone else's.

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  4. Hardware by mochaboy · · Score: 0, Troll

    The advent of open source will soon turn software on its knees. Who's gonna hire you when all the software is freely done by the people? Eventually, your only option will be hardware.