Right after the dot-com bust, a CS degree was seen as having no future by a lot of people. The glut of graduates that have come off the pipeline due to the hot

Right after the dot-com bust, a CS degree was seen as having no future by a lot of people. The glut of graduates that have come off the pipeline due to the hot tech sector prior to the bust fell off after 2-4 yrs. This actually led to the huge lack of supply of CS graduates in the ensuing decade! I think it is partially responsible for the high salaries that CS graduates get (of course, it's a small portion of the cause, the bigger factor being huge growth in the sector).