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I chose to major in CS the same year the dotcom bubble burst. Nevermind the specter of outsourcing at the time. Due to those and many other factors, I am comp

by sbov 9y ago

I chose to major in CS the same year the dotcom bubble burst. Nevermind the specter of outsourcing at the time. Due to those and many other factors, I am completely where I am by luck - at the time for all I knew I was basically majoring in candle making.

yen223 9y ago
Back in the mid-2000's I chose not to major in CS despite having a strong interest in the area, largely due to the doom-and-gloom news surrounding tech in the wake of the dotcom bubble burst. To a certain extent, I'm still paying for that mistake.
- Density 9y ago
  Don't get too upset. Unemployment rates for new grads are pretty atrocious tyool 2017.
- justinzollars 9y ago
  Same! I decided on a major Fall of 2000, just months after the tech bubble burst. But, I ended up in Tech and Silicon Valley anyways.
Bucephalus355 9y ago
I've heard people say they were encouraged not to major in CS because of the belief that all of those jobs would be outsourced. This is from people starting college in 06 and 07. It's amazing to think people thought that at one time, and even scarier when I wonder what other concepts do I think are true now that will be just as laughable in the future.
- flukus 9y ago
  When I started mine in Australia (around 03 I think) the teachers selling the course said "don't worry, more work is outsourced to Australia than outsourced from Australia". He was completely wrong, but fortunately there were enough jobs for that to not matter.
- Meekro 9y ago
  I started college in 2005, and believed at the time that most programming work was being outsourced to India. I blame Slashdot for putting that idea in my head -- that forum seemed to be full of out-of-work programmers and IT guys who spent all day complaining about how hard it is to make ends meet. Fortunately, I majored in CS anyway because I had been passionate about it all my life. I only discovered that I was wrong to worry when I graduated in 2009 and was flooded with job offers. I still wonder why those Slashdotters were having so much trouble finding work.

by sbov 9y ago

yen223 9y ago

Back in the mid-2000's I chose not to major in CS despite having a strong interest in the area, largely due to the doom-and-gloom news surrounding tech in the wake of the dotcom bubble burst. To a certain extent, I'm still paying for that mistake.

Density 9y ago
Don't get too upset. Unemployment rates for new grads are pretty atrocious tyool 2017.
justinzollars 9y ago
Same! I decided on a major Fall of 2000, just months after the tech bubble burst. But, I ended up in Tech and Silicon Valley anyways.

Bucephalus355 9y ago

I've heard people say they were encouraged not to major in CS because of the belief that all of those jobs would be outsourced. This is from people starting college in 06 and 07. It's amazing to think people thought that at one time, and even scarier when I wonder what other concepts do I think are true now that will be just as laughable in the future.

flukus 9y ago
When I started mine in Australia (around 03 I think) the teachers selling the course said "don't worry, more work is outsourced to Australia than outsourced from Australia". He was completely wrong, but fortunately there were enough jobs for that to not matter.
Meekro 9y ago
I started college in 2005, and believed at the time that most programming work was being outsourced to India. I blame Slashdot for putting that idea in my head -- that forum seemed to be full of out-of-work programmers and IT guys who spent all day complaining about how hard it is to make ends meet. Fortunately, I majored in CS anyway because I had been passionate about it all my life. I only discovered that I was wrong to worry when I graduated in 2009 and was flooded with job offers. I still wonder why those Slashdotters were having so much trouble finding work.