Even as a teenager I reasoned that the job market and economy in general was like a rollercoaster and that the best time to study a subject was during a depress

Even as a teenager I reasoned that the job market and economy in general was like a rollercoaster and that the best time to study a subject was during a depression when nobody was hiring it. So many students reasoned the exact opposite, though, and avoided CS because of the recent bubble. I'd have pursued CS whatever the economy, though. I'm just lucky my take was right and my timing was lucky.