It kind of depends on the scale you want to operate at. If you are Google level, UX tends to be VERY mathematically (statistically) driven. In which case I wo

It kind of depends on the scale you want to operate at. If you are Google level, UX tends to be VERY mathematically (statistically) driven. In which case I would focus on a degree in math. Towards the lower end (read: almost everywhere else) of that scale, you're best bet is actually to look at a design degree, and learn the tech on your own. Your best bet is experience in the field. Very few schools are teaching comp sci programs that are worth anything (Stanford, CMU a few others), and I have seen almost nothing of value in academia in terms of product/UX development (which is why I say focus on Math or pure Design). The web stuff you're really going to have to teach yourself, I think for at least another 3-4 years, maybe longer. The author is somewhat right about the commoditization of the backend, but it's not to India, it's to frameworks like RoR. Larger companies that require serious, responsive scaling, sharding and cacheing are not, and will not be, outsourcing to these frameworks. But it's definitely not to India (data entry, sure).