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> As always with posts about employment, the idea that there's higher demand than supply for engineers is a lie. The demand for highly experienced cheap enginee
by WoodenChair 5y ago
> As always with posts about employment, the idea that there's higher demand than supply for engineers is a lie. The demand for highly experienced cheap engineers is high, the demand for junior developers is almost non existent.
Yeah I don’t think this is true. I teach undergraduate CS and our data shows (which we publish at admissions so is public) we regularly have close to 100% job placement within 6 months, with 90+% of that being CS related. I know many of the students personally and they are almost all landing good software development jobs. I think we have a good program but I hear the same from colleagues at other schools.
“Good software development jobs” of course is a relative term. CS related does not mean Amazon at >$100k, although a few achieve that.
- devwastaken 5y agoI've seen now multiple mail in letters that ask "Have you found employment related to your degree", or a question similiar to it. If you have a compsci degree and end up working an IT phone support job that is counted as "related". Which completely skews the results. Or, better yet, some ask "are you gainfully employed?". There's good programs out there, but they are in the minority. If you run a good program, that's great. In my experience most places offering compsci are there to take the federal loan money and hand you a piece of paper.