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Most IT Workers Don't Have STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math) Degrees

Posted by Soulskill on from the contrast-this-support-ticket-with-john-donne's-early-elegies dept.

McGruber writes "The Wall Street Journal's Michael Totty shares some stereotype-shattering statistics about IT workers: Most of them don't have college degrees in computer science, technology, engineering or math. About a third come to IT with degrees in business, social sciences or other nontechnical fields, while more than 40% of computer support specialists and a third of computer systems administrators don't have a college degree at all! The analysis is based upon two job categories as defined by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics: network and computer systems administrator, and computer support specialist."

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  1. Re:STEM education is great but it's not everything by doggo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, if there was an "Edit" button we couldn't pick on you for a typo.

  2. Re:Personally by strength_of_10_men · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's focus was on technical writing.

    You don't say? :)

  3. Re:STEM education is great but it's not everything by nwf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sigh... Tell me again why /. doesn't have an "Edit" button?

    Because computers are hard and most developers don't have a degree.

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    I don't know, but it works for me.
  4. Re:Personally by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its one of those ridiculous English quirks, that I have to say in my head occasionally to ensure I've got it correct. See Wikipedia.

    You should do that more often :)