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Computer Science Major Is Cool Again
netbuzz sends along a piece from Network World reporting that the number of computer science majors enrolled at US universities increased for the first time in six years, according to new survey data out this morning. The Taulbee Study found that the number of undergraduates signed up as computer science majors rose 8% last year. The survey was conducted last fall, just as the economic downturn started to bite. The article notes the daunting competition for positions at top universities: Carnegie Mellon University received 2,600 applications for 130 undergrad spots, and 1,400 for 26 PhD slots. "...the popularity of computer science majors among college freshmen and sophomores is because IT has better job prospects than other specialties, especially in light of the global economic downturn. ... The latest unemployment numbers for 2008 for computer software engineers is 1.6%... That's beyond full employment. ... The demand for tech jobs may rise further thanks to the Obama Administration's stimulus package, which could create nearly 1 million new tech jobs."
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Stimulus package, IT jobs? Barf!
The fact, is, once Obama goes and cuts missile defense, cuts the aircraft carrier, submarine and F-22 fighter, as is rumored, the last bastion of genuine engineering jobs in the USA will be wiped out and we will be able to manufacture as much as the British.
Please... don't try and link some positive news about C/S grads with this administration. Not everyone glows in their loins like you do, at this commy bast... I mean, your wonderful president!
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Geeks, always so righteous. You are not cool. You never were. You never will be.