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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 col
by 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 agoWhen 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 agoI 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.