Being a geek may be a plus, but there's a limit to the number of people who can master those skills.
I majored in CS back in the early '80s. Back then CS was also seen as the ticket to riches in the new age. However, there were a lot of people in the department who were only there for the money and clearly didn't have the technical skills to cope. The truth is that just as in other careers, only a few people can really master the skills needed for CS.
As Steve Jobs observed, successful tech companies are only built with the A listers. Companies that use the B and C listers are doomed to mediocrity. It's not fair, but it's a hard fact of life.
Here’s a tough pill to swallow for those of us who wrinkled our noses at STEM majors like computer science in college: students majoring in the field in New York are seeing anywhere from 10 to 20 tech companies reaching out to them before graduation.
Talk about having a leg up on the economy.
A new video from CNNMoney shows just how important software development is in the 21st century — and where, in difficult economic conditions, there is strength.
“Many students, whether they’re computer science majors or not, are starting to understand that coding is literacy of the future,” New York University professor and HackNY co-founder Evan Korth said to Poppy Harlow.
Here’s the video:
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