[CS-FSLUG] Students saying no to computer science!

[Timothy R. Butler]

On Feb 20, 2005, at 10:24 AM, Fred A. Miller wrote:

> On Sat February 19 2005 1:56 pm, Frank Bax wrote:
>> At 01:34 PM 2/19/05, Fred A. Miller wrote:
>>> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5306096.html?tag=nl.e539
>>
>> Aug-2004?  Your news feed has some serious lag.
>
> NO......was deliberate. It's an "old" article that I had missed. It IS
> relevant, as I know there is a drop at Cornell and elsewhere. Why? I 
> think
> it's because jobs have been farmed out to cheap labor countries like 
> China,
> India and Pakistan.

	I think it might also be a case of the market adjusting to demand -- 
there were too many comp-sci students a few years back. Of course, 
outsourcing makes the job market even worse...

	-Tim

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