Computer Science as a Major and as a Career 578
An anonymous reader writes "IBM DeveloperWorks is running an interesting Q&A with Director of IBM's Academic Initiative, Gina Poole. In the article she talks specifically about taking computer science as a major and ultimately as a career. From the article: 'There are a couple of reasons [for the decline in science and engineering degrees]: one is a myth, believed by parents, students, and high school guidance counselors, that computer science and engineering jobs are all being outsourced to China and India. This is not true. The percentage of the total number of jobs in this space is quite small -- less than 5%. According to a government study, the voluntary attrition in the U.S. has outpaced the number of outsourced jobs to emerging nations. Further, for every job outsourced from the U.S., nine new jobs are actually created in the U.S.'"
Do you feel lucky? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Go for it! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Go for it! (Score:1, Funny)
Answer his question! (Score:0, Funny)
Well, do ya, Punk? Do ya?
Re:Go for it! (Score:3, Funny)
But by definition, the top comp sci. departments are a small fraction of all the comp sci. departments, and the students in those top departments are by extension a small fraction of all comp sci. grad students. Postdocs certainly aren't as freely available as you claim to the rest of us (i.e. tier 2 onwards).
By the way, 30k/year for a grad stipend???? That troubles me deeply...I thought my 17k was high-end. Some lucky bastard somewhere is enjoying lobster bisque while I shell out for ramen. But then again, who does this for the money?
Re:Go for it! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Dilbert realities of the corporate coder. (Score:3, Funny)
What office job doesn't have this kind of description?
Re:Dilbert realities of the corporate coder. (Score:2, Funny)
You could have gotten away with lying about your job, but you got greedy.
-Peter
Re:From the article (Score:1, Funny)