Why do so few people major in computer science? (2017)

Re:Why do so few people major in computer science? (2017) by squeaky-clean on Monday June 29, 2020 @09:58AM (#23677649)

> Outside of our peers also in the industry nobody cares that you're a staff engineer at Google. Absolutely nobody.

Not true at all. They get excited because you can build their amazing app idea. It's just like facebook but for... Oh no, you won't? Oh okay. Well let me give you my card in case you change your mind.

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Re:Why do so few people major in computer science? (2017) by rabuse on Monday June 29, 2020 @10:44AM (#23678039)

I've had this encounter so many times in the wild, it's insane. "Well, what can you build?" is typically the question after mentioning you write software.

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Re:Why do so few people major in computer science? (2017) by stevedonovan on Monday June 29, 2020 @10:50AM (#23678094)

Or specializing in Nuclear Physics: "So could you build an atomic bomb?". It was a fun party topic, though.

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