Ed’s Comments

• Mar 9th, 2010 @ 8:36am

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  on Computer Science Degrees Still In Demand
  FYI - Apparently your web site needs some good CS work: "Plain Text: A CRLF will be replaced by break tag, all other allowable HTML is intact"
  
  did not actually work when the above comment as entered using Firefox 3.6 on Mac OS X. I'll now insert breaks manually.
• Mar 9th, 2010 @ 8:32am

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  on Computer Science Degrees Still In Demand
  According to Dr. Mike Mandel, citing US Bureau of Labor Statistics data, employment in all computer science fields has fallen by an amazing 8.9% from 2008 to 2009. Please see innovationandgrowth.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/scieng-table.png Less than one third of the computer/information jobs forecast by the BLS in 1998 were actually created. Please see innovationandgrowth.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/innovative1.png How can both the data and the claim of a CS shortage be true simultaneously? Careers are short. CS is one of the few career areas where the more experience you have, the dumber you are. This is because of rapid tech change that leaves most workers cut off as their skills are no longer en vogue. Workers are eased out or laid off starting as young as in their 30s. It is cheaper for employers to hire shiny new college graduates than to invest in their existing staff. I am unique in adding an MBA at age 41 and years later am now working on an MS in s/w engineering. Going back to school is tough - many friends chose careers in fields where experience added value. In computer science, experience subtracts value. I could not recommend a generic computer science degree to anyone.