23.6.09

wtf, canada?

I guess nothing is
"Cool" enough for Canada,
Since they're, like, frozen.


This article describes a study done recently in Canada that attempted to determine why fewer students are going into Computer Science and related fields. There had been ideas that they were avoiding it because of "parents getting burned from the dot-com crash, or high school counselors warning about [Information and Communications Technology] jobs being outsourced," but apparently the reason is that the jobs aren't "cool" or "fun" enough. Especially during the economic crisis, I have to say that I'm a bit surprised that "high school students place a greater emphasis on the coolness and fun factor of a job, even over job security and salary."

It's sort of like the worst nightmare of groups like Just Be and Women In Computing (at least, that's what they're called at IU, but any groups that try to improve the image of CS/Informatics in order to encourage new applicants) is coming to fruition in the frigid North.

Seriously, Canada?

2 comments:

Unknown said...

They're almost objectively cool fields, in that information technology is of (probably monotonically) increasing importance in advances that people consider "cool," like the webnets and various gadgets and such.

Valkyrie Savage said...

IKNORITE

also http://cyborgfantasy.blogspot.com/

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