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Re:Annual note to self: most of the world exists outside the... by gaius on Sunday August 13, 2017 @06:46AM (#15002397)
major other than computer science or engineering

The unemployment rate for CS grads in the UK is 10%, one of the highest. It's been up as high as 13% in recent years. The skills shortage is a complete myth designed to lower wages by inflating supply.

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Re:Annual note to self: most of the world exists outside the... by krisroadruck on Sunday August 13, 2017 @07:39AM (#15002516)
Just tossing this out there, but do you think it might be marginally possible that not all CS grads are created equal and that on a bell curve, 10% is really not an insane amount to be the left-hand-side tail?
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Re:Annual note to self: most of the world exists outside the... by gaius on Sunday August 13, 2017 @08:14AM (#15002604)
Wouldn't that be the same for all majors? Why are CS grads less employed that graduates in agriculture or civil engineering or even philosophy?

Because there's a glut of them.

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