The Continuing American Decline in CS

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday April 25, 2006 @02:02AM from the computer-science-not-counter-strike dept.

abb_road writes "America's recent dismal showing in the ACM Programming finals may be more than just a bad year; a BusinessWeek article suggests that the loss is indicative of the US's continuing decline in producing computer scientists. Despite the Labor Dept's forecast of a 40% increase in 'computer/math scientist' jobs, planned CS enrollments have plummeted from 3.7% in 2000 to just 1.1% last year. Other countries, particularly China, India and Eastern Europe, are working hard to pick up the slack, with potentially serious long-term effects for the US economy. From the article: 'If our talent base weakens, our lead in technology, business, and economics will fade faster than any of us can imagine.'"

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Good by jaypifer · 2006-04-25 02:04 · Score: 4, Funny

More demand for me! I'm raising my rates!

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1. Re:Good by P3NIS_CLEAVER · 2006-04-25 02:26 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Maybe us old fuckkers (30+) will have a chance.
  
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What is there to say... by shredthrashgrind · 2006-04-25 02:06 · Score: 5, Funny

Counterstrike is old.