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austin (eeek!/ackkk! 👻)
@thebadcode.com

people might not be aware that computer science became “the default major” around the time of the facebook ipo

jake@yetanotheruseless.com

Oh I can't imagine there will be any problems when hundreds of thousands of single-earner families where the main earner never really liked tech very much, but got a SWE job "because it paid well", and have million dollar mortgages. No problems whatsoever. :(

Cat Hicks
@grimalkina.bsky.social

By default do you mean "for people who want to go into software"? Because CS + data even rolled together are regularly below health programs, business and social sci in # of degrees per year

austin (eeek!/ackkk! 👻)
@thebadcode.com

im exaggerating on the internet but my point is that a lot of kids in the last 15 years went into CS not because they had a deep passion for juggling pointers but because it (is/was) seen as safe and lucrative

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Cat Hicks
@grimalkina.bsky.social

Yeah as a component of choice I'm sure that's in there. Ime w/students that's true across many majors tho (a classic expectancy value calculation weighing what seems possible against its value and cost, and cost is higher if you don't like the thing), prob also a feature of health professions majors