Paul Bramscher <pfbram_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> [That's what happens when there's no competition]
>>
>> Is computer science dead?
>>
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>> | The university offers a general IT overview in the first year of
>> | its technology degree, branching into business analysis, software
>> | development, system administration and computer science. There
>> | are 40 students in computer science, down from 200 15 years ago.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/03/12/1173548107417.html?from=top5
>
> One is always reminded of a theme (based on historical dynamics) in
> Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath" in which the landless Okies were kicked
> out of Oklahoma and went in search of jobs advertised in
> California. Major landowners had X jobs, but advertised 100X or 1000X.
> Hoardes of poor (sometimes starving) people arrived, and of course the
> (true) X number of jobs went to those willing to work for the smallest
> salaries.
>
> The moral of the lesson, today, is that nobody should trust claims
> about lack of CSci work. Might be true, but then it might be a Bytes
> of Wrath.
>
> I, for one, am highly irritated that ANYONE in computers works a
> minute more than 40 hours/week without getting time and a half. The
> blue collar TRADES have better reimbursement for
> extra/weekend/emergency work and require far less expensive of
> educations.
>
> It's an over-sold career path, and when there's a glut it drives the
> whole career down. A shortage of IT workers, if true (I doubt it)
> should come as good news to those who still want to pursue that path
> or who are already in it -- and trying to figure out why they still
> can't stay in the middle-class.
This has to be Roy "spammer" Schestowitz. Notice the clever words/hints
thrown in enclosed in thought provoking brackets.
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