Critical Shortage of IT Workers in Coming Years

Juzzam writes "The Herald Sun reports that IBM and university officals are worried about the increasing demand for IT professionals and the decreasing supply of computer science students. From the article: 'The slope shows an unbelievable decline in computer science majors,' Astrachan said. 'There are smart people no longer even signing up to take our introductory courses. We need to fix it, or there's not going to be a U.S. work force in computer sciences.'"

Comments

I agree

[b00m3rang]

It's not nearly difficult enough to get a good tech job yet.

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No Problem

[obender]

We'll just raise a clone army.

Re:hire the unemployed IT professionals?

[TCaM]

http://www.mcdonalds.com/corp/career/hamburger_uni versity.html/

Re:IP and copyright laws are the future of the US

[the Man in Black]

"When it comes down to it, there's only four things we do, and we do 'em better than anyone else:

Music
Movies
Microcode (software)
High-speed Pizza delivery"

Looks like we're down to three.

/apologies to Stephenson
//wait, this isn't Fark

Re:Pig cycle

[Hognoxious]

A smaller pool of Comp Sci graduates is a good thing, as it reduces competition for jobs, which translates in to a better starting salary and more job security.

A fmaller numbre ov ye pipples that canne reade and wryte is verily a good thinge, as it reduceth ye competition for employments as scrybes and 7ral suchlike profeffionnes. Yea, ye wages coulde soone exceede a whole penny a day, and Godde willing, for a day of only foureten hours. Forsooth.

As someone probably wrote. In 1738, with a feather.