Sorry for the previous post. I was mistaken.
I forgot that those who go to master’s or phd are from the bachelor’s pool. Haha, I don’t know what it was of me to count the three all separately.
But even so, the data does seem to imply we do graduate lots of CS majors…
bls claims from (2012-2022) <= which btw we are now 2015 so we are already almost halfway…
Employment change for Computer Network Architects: 20,900
Employment change for Information Security Analyst: 27,400
Employment change for Computer System Analyst: 127,700
Employment change for Database Administrators: 17,900
Employment change for Computer programmers: 28,400
Employment change for Computer Systems Administrators: 42,900
Employment change for Software Developers: 222,600
And assuming the jobs CS majors want is Software Developers (cause seriously, the rest are either administrators or not as well paid)…
I don’t really think we lack any CS degrees in the States (Add in H1 Visa and that’s pretty much real true)
What we lack apparently are the “top CS majors”
Seems like every field pretty much faces lots of competition. If CS known as the best major for initial career currently is facing this trend, then wow… other jobs’ outlook must be pretty bleak right now.
And btw, though software developers seem to get paid a lot, if you add in the fact that many are in Silicon Valley, Washington DC, NYC… it’s not really as high as people assume it to be.
Reality is, every degree is in surplus in today’s society. That said, if you are the top in any field, then you shouldn’t worry as much. It’s the people who are average or below average who really should be worrying…