Liberal Arts, a Lost Cause?

SaintSaens
Sat, 08 Aug 2015 00:22:28 +0000

@jym626 that article (with the proper url) is on page 2. I don’t find it particularly good. First Anders implies a mediocre outlook for software engineering jobs. The BLS job outlook for software developers (22% growth) is double the national average job outlook. Additionally, are people not aware that tech companies have sales departments? Why does this article exist?

quote. My desirous CS majors are interested in the industry itself, but I think have no clue what it takes to do well there. They also have very little focus beyond what they are already doing – how they themselves are already using technology as teenagers. Being comfortable with technology is not an indication that you will be the next famous wealthy entrepreneur.



I’m not surprised at all. Most undergrad curricula don’t prepare students for enterprise development and IT. Most teenagers also don’t have any experience in programming, so it’s hard to know if CS is the right major going into freshman year. Anyone who mentions wanting to be a CS major is told by adults, peers, and uncritical journalists (coughNYTimescough) that they’ll be courted by numerous companies offering six figure salaries. Back in the late 90s anyone who could write a function could get a job, but that’s not the case anymore.