[HN] Why do so few people major in computer science?
[HN] Why do so few people major in computer science?
The number of people who majored in computer science in the US isn't much higher in 2015 than in 2005. Why do so few students major in computer science?
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It's answer #2 in the article. Nobody's paying huge amounts of money to get a CS degree and then go out with a crippling debt to make the same money as someone who went to a bootcamp and has 1 year experience
Do people with boot camps really snag the same jobs though? Even with one year of experience, do people really land jobs at big tech companies the way CS grads do? 😲
Cs grads don't get those without experience either. Cs grad vs bootcamp guy, both fresh, they are almost the same for most companies. The only difference is seen later with bigger companies, bootcamp guy with 5 years vs cs grad with 5 years is still the same for most, but for a big company that needs better architecture, code quality, leadership skills, etc? They look for the cs grad first. Of course there are outliers and special cases like needing specific tech stack that is only for CS, but overall that's how it goes.
For a student, doing a bootcamp and working already in 6 months beats the hell out of doing a full CS degree, acquiring crippling debt and then find "maybe" a slightly better paying job than what a bootcamp gets you