{"id":31005,"date":"2012-07-16T15:13:44","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T19:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=31005"},"modified":"2012-07-16T17:03:34","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T21:03:34","slug":"if-its-still-true-do-you-blame-high-school-counselorsadvisors-from-steering-students-away-from-computer-science-degrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2012\/07\/16\/if-its-still-true-do-you-blame-high-school-counselorsadvisors-from-steering-students-away-from-computer-science-degrees\/","title":{"rendered":"If it’s still true, do you blame high school counselors\/advisors from steering students away from Computer Science degrees!?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSome reflections after reading <\/em>Tech industry job cuts in first half hit 3-year high<\/strong><\/a> — from investors.com by Brian Deagon<\/p>\n

Two-three years ago, someone who has spent years working in the Computer Science arena within higher education remarked to me that he was seeing far fewer students pursuing a degree in Computer Science.\u00a0 You’re kidding me, right?\u00a0 With all that’s happening in the Internet space, tech-based start-ups, etc…are you serious? No, he wasn’t kidding around.<\/p>\n

When I asked him why, he mentioned that many high school counselors\/advisors were steering high school students away from such a career path. Why? Because, as the article above points out, it’s too unstable. (No doubt the Dot Com crash added to this sentiment.) IT folks are often susceptible to the ax.<\/p>\n

That got me to thinking…at a time when corporations are sitting on a trillion+ dollars, why aren’t we re-training people and\/or reinventing ourselves? We lay people off way too quickly…answering only to Wall Street and to its shareholders, but not to the greater good of society at large.\u00a0 Why do we emphasis STEM so\u00a0 #@*^ much only to then have students take on debt…only to fire them all too quickly once they finally start earning a living?\u00a0 Oh…and by the way, don’t expect corporations to help train you much.\u00a0 They can pick from the 100’s of people who have already been laid off and who had to go out and get the marketable skills on their own dime.<\/p>\n

(Even though the Tech industry is far more than programming and establishing\/running data centers, I’d wager to say such other types of careers get lumped into CS at times.)<\/p>\n

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