Fergie's Tech Blog

Fewer Students Pursuing Computer Careers

An AP newswire article, via CBS News, reports that:

A life working with computers conjures up images of sitting in a cramped cubicle hunched over a computer or fiddling with wires in a dimly lit room.

In the corporate world, those people are often known as "computer monkeys."

The perception is that it's a dull life, a geeky life, a life few people want.

There is also a perception that there are few jobs available in computer-related fields, which couldn't be further from the truth, said Jeffrey Vitter, dean of the College of Science and a computer science professor at Purdue University.

posted by Fergie @ 3/09/2007 12:22:00 PM