I guess I'm part of the problem. I dual-majored in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, I did well in both, and graduated with a B.S. in each. Going in

I guess I'm part of the problem. I dual-majored in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, I did well in both, and graduated with a B.S. in each. Going into software development was a no brainer over EE. Twice the pay, "twice"* the job security, and no credentials needed beyond my degree and ability to deliver. It was made even easier given that most of what I did during my EE project labs was doing the C coding that the other EEs didn't want to do. At that point I figured if I ever needed to go back to EE (some super-dot-com burst or whatever) I probably could. * twice is just a vibe. Graduating in 2011, during a recession, there were NO junior EE jobs and I managed to get a coding job out of college.