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04-11-2011, 07:46 PM
Chalk this as much as one with the issues I’ve been wanting to blog about but haven’t …. Last week,Office 2010 Professional Plus Key (http://www.office2010key.us/), USA Today reported that (as we’ve been hearing for a while) fewer students are majoring in computer science. Recruiters have been preaching this message, but once it gets in a mainstream paper, people start listening. Here’s the scary part to me: New enrollment in North American computer science and engineering programs has dropped four years straight,Windows 7 Activation Key (http://www.windows7key.ca/), falling 10% during the 2003-04 school year from the year before, says the Computing Research Association,Office Professional 2010 Key (http://www.msoffice2010key.com/), a trade group for computer professors. That's because good tech jobs have been hard to find,Microsoft Office 2010 (http://www.office2010key.ca/), professors say. "Students are responding to the alarming rate that the job market changed (during the dot-com bust)," says Ohio State University computer professor Stuart Zweben. "They're also concerned about offshoring of jobs." Ironically, that could lead to more offshoring. Many low-level programming jobs have already been sent to such countries as India and China. But high-level jobs combining technical and business skills are still in the USA. That could change if there's not enough workers to fill them. Talk about a catch-22. Now, I’m not one to get into the great offshoring debate, but if you’ve ever gotten a couple drinks in me, you’ve probably heard me rattle on about the H1B cap, the decreased number of CS grads, and the increased competition for talent. And trust me … I started my career recruiting talent out of India. They have a far stronger engineering educational system than we do in North Amercia (I’m sorry … but it’s true.), and if we can’t provide US-based jobs to people who live overseas AND fewer North American students continue to major in CS,Office 2007 Professional Plus Key (http://www.office2007key.ca), that doesn’t leave the industry in a very good position. Wait, I think my big boss said the same a few weeks ago. So the lesson here is …. Kids, major in CS or CE. Don't give the jobs a good reason to go away. (Don't forget .... We have lots of software engineering jobs open right now.) gretchen