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Is Computer Science Still Worth It?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the was-it-ever dept.

prostoalex writes "Is it a good idea to go into Computer Science? Yes, there are certainly pending labor shortages as Indian companies outsource to the United States, but speakers of Stanford Computer Forum generally agree that it's a good career choice. From the article: 'To ensure job security, students must learn business, communication and interpersonal skills, Vardi recommended. The personal touch will become as important as technological expertise, he said. "There are jobs galore," agreed Suzanne Bigas, assistant director of the Stanford Computer Forum.'"

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  1. Re:the fact by Red+Flayer · · Score: 5, Funny
    look at mu aunt, she has a degree in Computer Science, and yet she is still working at the same place for the last 25 years
    Well, there's the problem -- delta aunt is much better at change, while Beta eta aunt, and now she feels sick to her stomach.
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    "Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
  2. Re:Other fields? by jimbolauski · · Score: 4, Funny

    philosophier was a good paying career untill they closed the philosophy plant, now it's a degree people get so they'll have the grades for Grad, Law, or Medical school.

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    Knowledge = Power
    P= W/t
    t=Money
    Money = Work/Knowledge so the less you know the more you make
  3. Re:LOL by borgheron · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, and you can become a particle physicist in your spare time too.

    G.

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    Gregory Casamento
    ## Chief Maintainer for GNUstep
  4. Re:LOL by thrillseeker · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, and you can become a particle physicist in your spare time too.

    Dang - and I picked quantum physics instead - oh well wrong/right again.

  5. Re:LOL by stinerman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Was it right or wrong to pick quantum physics before I read the sentence?