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Re:Computer Science Enrollment is Going Down, and Taking Sof... by willarson on Thursday June 28, 2007 @04:19PM (#31454)
a) Completing a CS degree does not a programmer make.

b) Geek/boring stereotypes have never seemed overtly powerful in my experience, the worse perception is that CS is hard, and many college students don't like that word.

c) This problem is happening in all the sciences, and I think its mostly a numbers game. China and India (and Pakistan, and etc etc) just have a hell of a lot more people than the US does. As such they ought to have more people with a high apptitude for programming.

d) He uses .NET, ehh, I guess I don't really have a fourth point.

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Re:Computer Science Enrollment is Going Down, and Taking Sof... by Elfan on Thursday June 28, 2007 @05:12PM (#31471)
a) Completing a CS degree does not a programmer make.

Indeed the author seems to think that CS degree == vocational programming training. I think that's the problem with current CS degree programs.

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Re:Computer Science Enrollment is Going Down, and Taking Sof... by acgourley on Friday June 29, 2007 @01:52AM (#31551)
But since most people DO think that, CS degree = programming job.
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