The Death Of CS In Education?

JohnnyKimble writes "A provocatively titled article recently appeared in the 'Future of Computing' section of the British Computer Society website. 'The Death Of Computing' was written by a lecturer at De Montfort University in the UK, and considers the problem of falling interest in computer science courses in the UK and what needs to be done to encourage more students to take the courses." This ties in well with our discussion last night about Why Software is Hard.

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Re:quarterlies

[Rakishi]

*shrug*
It's not my fault if you're an idiot who can't learn what they need for the job or who is so crappy that only the worst companies will hire you.

I've seen many of cases of people getting hired not because they know things for the job but because they can think (in my case I got an interview because my answer to a single question was apparently really good). The rest of the stuff is gravy, they'll learn it on the job for example or at worst will need to be trained (for my current job I've learned bash, perl, more in-depth python, in-depth sql and soon auction theory/economics). You can't train a monkey to think and all that. Then again sometimes all you need is monkey, in which case inability to think is a selling point not a drawback.