Comments on: College freshmen less interested in tech

Percentage of incoming freshmen saying they'll major in computer science drops significantly.

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IT: True American Agenda

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[207796398873175208235380528963]

IT: True American Agenda

This is a MUST reading for those who care about the future of American IT and our national security (see the link): http://www.alexanderbell.us/Initiative/IT.htm

[Lolo Gecko]

next, they'll be outsourcing college freshmen

:)

[Lolo Gecko]

next, they'll be outsourcing college freshmen

:)

[jdbwar07]

Less tech excitement

I wonder if any of this has to do with the fact that technology seems to have stopped improving for the most part. I don't mean completely, but it seems Moore's law is ending for PCs and there aren't any really new, exciting applications for computers on the horizon. Innovation is on the decline, Intel and AMD only release new processors that are slightly better than the last, and other than computer graphics, there aren't any new applications to take advantage of better speeds.

Of course, there are things like high definition video, but unfortunately hollywood DRMS it excessively and you can't use it much on PCs. In addition, tech companies don't agree on one standard (like HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray) for new technologies.

About 6 years ago I got a new computer with 450 mghz. Two years later computers would have like 1.5 ghz. Now in the last four years they don't even have a 4 ghz computer and speeds improve only slightly. And there's little anticipation for new operating systems. Windows Vista will only be slightly better, is being released too late, and doesn't have many features originally promised.

So I don't know for sure, but it seems since PC technology and innovation have stopped rapidly growing, maybe that has something to do with it. It's no longer viewed as an exciting, rapidly growing field.

[jdbwar07]

Less tech excitement

I wonder if any of this has to do with the fact that technology seems to have stopped improving for the most part. I don't mean completely, but it seems Moore's law is ending for PCs and there aren't any really new, exciting applications for computers on the horizon. Innovation is on the decline, Intel and AMD only release new processors that are slightly better than the last, and other than computer graphics, there aren't any new applications to take advantage of better speeds.

Of course, there are things like high definition video, but unfortunately hollywood DRMS it excessively and you can't use it much on PCs. In addition, tech companies don't agree on one standard (like HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray) for new technologies.

About 6 years ago I got a new computer with 450 mghz. Two years later computers would have like 1.5 ghz. Now in the last four years they don't even have a 4 ghz computer and speeds improve only slightly. And there's little anticipation for new operating systems. Windows Vista will only be slightly better, is being released too late, and doesn't have many features originally promised.

So I don't know for sure, but it seems since PC technology and innovation have stopped rapidly growing, maybe that has something to do with it. It's no longer viewed as an exciting, rapidly growing field.

[badpath866]

As a CS major who has just completed his first year of classes in FIT, I am overjoyed to hear this news. Why? It means that I'm going to get paid more to do what I like doing anyway. There are few ladies in my year, and few overall too. While hardware does seem to be slowing down, and that's to blame to a small extent for a software slowdown, there is truly a lack of motivated, eloquent coders in the school and that's a lot of what I expect to see in the whole industry. While there no longer seems to be a lot of demand for grunt work, tech support and the like, there is still demand a plenty for someone who knows what they're doing.

I will admit that I am not a great programmer, though I want desperately to be so. At present I am only a good programmer. But I am hoping, and am enrolled in a (very expensive) four year school, to learn how to be a programmer worthy of the title. I am in this because I believe that in the future, computers will only become more and more integrated into our lifestyles, to the point that everything will be computerized, automated, and self-controlled. I want to maintain what little control I have over my life right now, and if I can make a decent buck for predicting the future while I do so, it's icing on the cake.

Best of luck to the CS and Software Engineering Majors out there, I hope you'll join me as a recognized member of a shrinking but prestigious group of leaders in the industry.