tennessean.com — Computer science and computer engineering jobs are some of the fastest-growing occupations in the nation, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.So why are university computer science departments watching their enrollments slide?
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pocoSep 26, 2006
Indeed. I say if someone can do my job as well for less in India then please take it. That will leave the more interesting work for me here.
jessdesignSep 26, 2006
I actually go to TTU and I love it. Everybody I have talked about it has not had a problem finding a job. Dont let these other people discourage you from a great career. If you really enjoy computers do it!
jtorgersSep 26, 2006
@xJudahxAnd statistically the factor which predicts future earning potential best is the wealth of an individual's father.
Closed AccountSep 26, 2006
Programming is an excellent hobby. When I come across a sensible job I use my programming skills to get paid. I agree that working in a big corporation, where managment's role is to extract time and value instead of know software, is not a sensible job.I believe the corporate environment could be altered, but as long as other programmers accept the situations corporates foster the jobs will not be sensible to most people. I don't get why people that have plenty of freedom (recently out of college, single, healthy) don't quit when managment demands extra (extra hour each week, extra training off hours, etc). Opalinskiopalpa@gmail.com<a class="user" href="http://www.geocities.com/opalpaweb/">http://www.geocities.com/opalpaweb/</a>
wildmxranatSep 26, 2006
Well, the market for CS is defined largely by local economies and will provide jobs to all those that 'want' the job. Getting the job that "You" want is a different story. I graduated with a three year programming & analysis diploma and had 6 months of constant resume sending experience before landing a job, just a job. To contrast this with an another one; My friend got out of the top CS school up here in Canada- Waterloo. Students from there get picked for the best positions even before leaving, as gets reported on the news, first hand from the students/profs and well statistics ...well he had offers twice as good as mine and turned them down to work locally close to home for half the pay. His experience is not an exception to Waterloo graduates, its more of the rule. So, all in all, if you must go into CS, get a degree and not just from any school. It makes no sense otherwise. Unless you don't mind working as web site maintainer, ftp'ing, uploading and updating content - ha.Me and him have compared the curriculum of our schools and other than the theory such as math and way more thorough coverage of languages in mine there wasn't much difference. So, if i need to solve some complex, totally useless to me math problem, i ask him, but he cant program squat compared to me. At the end we make the same money, but hes got a paper that's treated like Gold at the HR office.
lordofshadowsSep 27, 2006
"Before I was about to graduate I had learned over 10 programming languages, low-level programming, basic design (UML), design patterns, software development processes, databases, networking, security, graphics (openGL) and those are just computer science related"Those arent programming languages?
albinoravenSep 28, 2006
I could say the same of the dips**t co-ops and graduates I've had working for me:Here's my list of industry beginners faux pas...1) You work for a living now, show up on time 99.9% of the time. Please. Thanks2) I don't care if your car is broken, and no you can't have an advance on no work done. I predict the bus or a car pool in your future.3) I'm glad you have a tattoo and nice t-shirts, this is an office. Some pants and nice clean shirt is all I ask.4) Please don't show up half drunk from the night before, if you do I'm sticking you in the tech pit to carry monitors, servers and 120 port switches around for the morning.5) Don't let number 4 happen more than once a week, drunks are useless.6) Bathe, I'm serious. Soap, water and deodorant. We all have to sit next to you.7) Before you send an email to the group, please review your use of the word "f**k".8) Shut up, the adults are talking. As a junior you listen with your ears, not with your mouth.9) Nobody cares what you get paid and how much you owe to student loans. If you cared you would NOT have bought a new car and be NOT making plans about buying a house at 25. Because you've just told me I'm paying you too much and too dumb to be spending money that is already owed to student loans.10) Don't care how drunk/stoned/laid you got last weekend, you were expected to complete the given task. The task that any one of the junior tech goons could accomplish but you failed at. Better learn about toner, because that's your job this week.11) See the guys wearing shorts here? They've delivered in their ten years, they could wear a baby seal hat because of that or beat puppies in their spare time for all I care. You haven't made ten years and you've delivered 100 lines of korn shell batch jobs in your entire 1.5 years of real industry experince. Also, get some pants on, keep the shorts for the beach.12) Show up to meetings when told, unless told not to. I'm glad you don't like them, I don't like them either but sometimes everyone needs to be informed about things at the same time.13) DON'T GET s**tFACED AT THE PUB ON FRIDAY AFTERNOONS WITH EVERYONE IN THE OFFICE AROUND. Wait until we leave at least then refer to item 10 on this list.14) If you are having family problems or something really f**ked up has happened, call, don't just NOT SHOW UP. Most people understand and won't s**tcan you if you need sometime to collect your head. If fact we usually keep paying you.
bpnoySep 28, 2006
Computer Science is being outsourced left and right. Of course I don't wanna go into Computer science when I know some dude form another country just took over my job.
Closed AccountSep 28, 2006
i am right now enrolled in computer science at my school and i know that not every computer science job can be outsorced, i mean lets face it somone has to set up that network someone has to work @ microsoft someone has to build the website for the local business someone has to work for the geek squad at best buy so i know there are jobs for my degree out there oh and by the way i am going into programming not every computer science carerr is being outsourced mostly just tech support
manifest020Oct 21, 2006
I didn't list the programming languages:turbo pascalperlQBasicVisual BasicCC++C#JavaObjective CPythonBut only Java was taught in my curriculum, the rest I learned to work on specific projects.
tcjuanApr 15, 2009
Well, In the first place, Universities shouldn't see sharp, they should Java or see plus plus. Nah but seriously, i think programming jobs now days are losing fame and high potential students won't venture in the awesomeness of this career.
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