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> More young students than ever are learning to code More young students than ever are being taught the utmost basics. But is it true that more people than eve
by asdfasgasdgasdg 8y ago
> More young students than ever are learning to code
More young students than ever are being taught the utmost basics. But is it true that more people than ever are pursuing it in the sense of seeking professional mastery over the craft? A proxy for this might be population-relative CS program enrollment and graduation rates. It would also be interesting to know how this is scaling compared to the overall volume of programming labor demanded, which is surely growing as well.
- sharkweek 8y agoAnecdotal, but the CS program overtook the business school at the University of Washington a few years back, my alma matter. I remember when I was there, the CS classes were for NERDS and now here we are, everyone wants in.
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoUW CSE has always been supply constrained, not demand constrained. Even back more than 20 years ago when I entered the program.
- titanomachy 8y agoUW is #6 nationally for software engineering and #60 overall... rankings are imprecise, but that might have something to do with it. Top students from all over the country compete for a small number of spots at top 10 schools.
- ido 8y agoI remember when I was there, the CS classes were for NERDS and now here we are, everyone wants in. When was that? I went to school in 2002 and CS at the time was already well past the “just for nerds” phase - I would guess that happened some time in the late 90s.
- pcstl 8y agoAs far as I can tell, CS enrollment is at an all-time high.
- jsjohnst 8y agoWhen you start from a very small base, it’s easier to continue to grow and reach “all-time highs”.