Re: College major advice

From: Randy Smith (cryofan@mylinuxisp.com)
Date: Mon Apr 01 2002 - 19:52:15 MST


On Sun, 31 Mar 2002 12:10:24 -0500, you wrote:

>My son, Andy, is currently a sophomore computer science major at a
>local state univeristy with a good reputation in CS. He clearly has an
>aptitude for computers, but has decided that he thinks its more of a
>hobby than a profession. I couldn't pin him down on why he thinks
>that, but the decision has been made.

He probably found out that business lobbies have paid off the elected
officials in order to import foreign labor, thus greatly reducing
available jobs for new computer science grads, except those with good
GPAs from the top universities.

> So, we're shopping for a new
>major.
>

Think pre-med or pre-law. Nowadays that could be any degree....
They seem to be the only professions with enough organizational power
to fight off significant importation of foreigners



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