What I think is obvious is that this thing is happening. Long time ago, computer science was pretty much comparable to every other major in the sense of a person being able to be proficient in the field without sacrificing his/her free time on the subject.
In the 80's computers became a common thing and everybody was able to get one. Naturally, what happened was that the girls, who are more innate in social skills, didn't have all that time to spend on computers and went on to have a life. The universities' CS departments of course didn't even notice taking the difficulty up gradually over the years, to the point where almost none of the actual programming classes are possible to pass without contributing an excessive amount of your free time. Especially when we compare to any other major.
And when I think of this from my personal point of view, I notice that I didn't spend a third of the time doing any math class, that I have spent on the CS stuff.
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What I think is obvious is that this thing is happening. Long time ago, computer science was pretty much comparable to every other major in the sense of a person being able to be proficient in the field without sacrificing his/her free time on the subject.
In the 80's computers became a common thing and everybody was able to get one. Naturally, what happened was that the girls, who are more innate in social skills, didn't have all that time to spend on computers and went on to have a life. The universities' CS departments of course didn't even notice taking the difficulty up gradually over the years, to the point where almost none of the actual programming classes are possible to pass without contributing an excessive amount of your free time. Especially when we compare to any other major.
And when I think of this from my personal point of view, I notice that I didn't spend a third of the time doing any math class, that I have spent on the CS stuff.