Its a bit more recent than 25 years, probably 2003-2005 maybe. When I was a young "computer nerd" who went off to college we had a pretty decent CS program but

Its a bit more recent than 25 years, probably 2003-2005 maybe. When I was a young "computer nerd" who went off to college we had a pretty decent CS program but it was awfully dusty to those not into it. I think there were maybe 5-10 "great" CS programs in the US, now major cities have 2-5 real "learn to code" programs outside of colleges. In 96, a "programmer" could make decent money but it was defo not a money printing machine.