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> We're talking about the same career that's been known as a money-printing machine for the past 25 years? 20 years ago it was fairly frequently perceived as b
by majormajor 5y ago
> We're talking about the same career that's been known as a money-printing machine for the past 25 years?
20 years ago it was fairly frequently perceived as both very nerdy in an unpopular way and in imminent danger of being outsourced entirely.
It's sad how many people who had to put up with bullying for their interests back then quickly became bullies themselves when they had the opportunity. Of all people, we should know better.
- ehutch79 5y ago20 years ago i had to show people in a cs course how to turn on their computer. they were only there because of the dotcom bubble. Brogrammers were a thing back then, and were problematic even then.
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- majormajor 5y agoMy mistake, rounding error. 15-17 years ago, my CS courses after the bubble burst were rather different. CS in high school even during the dot-com bubble, though... NOT popular.
- kelnos 5y agoMan. I went to high school in the late 90s, and we didn't even have a CS course. We did have a "programming" class, and it was taught using Pascal. It wasn't a required class, and only the "nerds" (such as myself) took it. And my high school was a brand-new school that was branded as a "tech magnet" school, in a relatively well-off area.