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Re:Ask HN: Companies using Racket? by rubyfan on Saturday November 03, 2018 @12:44PM (#18371118)
My son is changing out of computer science as his major after a semester of Scheme. Not sure it’s a direct correlation but I think it had a lot to do with it.
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Re:Ask HN: Companies using Racket? by kamaal on Sunday November 04, 2018 @01:09AM (#18374528)
>>I think it had a lot to do with it.

Your son's case aside.

But CS for a while has been sold as something that anybody can do, is generally the easiest place to be where you can make big money. Even accidental, brush with hardships can make people quit as of this point.

Also read: The perils of Java schools: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/12/29/the-perils-of-java...

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