Irish Times: Alarm as brightest students reject computing courses
I saw this article in the Irish Times today (19th July 2007). It outlines the sharp decline in third level applications to computer science related courses among the highest acheiving Leaving Cert scorers (down to 0.8% from 6% in 2000).
This is course alarming for a great many people; but not me. In a couple of years when I’m finished University, it’ll be me and the few other comp-sci graduates taking our pick of the best jobs in the industry, he he he. Or we could establish a startup, do a few months of Ajax-heavy work, watch the users roll in and get aquired by Google…
I’ve included a scan of the article so you can check it out yourselves. Click the image for some embiggened Flickrised goodness.
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