[HN Gopher] Number of CS degrees on the verge of suprassing all ...
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       Number of CS degrees on the verge of suprassing all humanities
       degrees
        
       Author : lofatdairy
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2023-01-21 21:40 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | dnissley wrote:
       | I wonder if we'll see another bust period like the two preceding
       | ones due to the recent "macroeconomic headwinds" and resultant
       | layoffs at large tech cos.
        
       | rumdonut wrote:
       | Since this downward trend started around 2010, when I was in
       | middle school and it seemed people where first getting on the
       | internet en masse, I wonder if this trend is due to higher
       | internet exposure in kids bringing widespread awareness to the
       | financial reality of a humanities degree. It's common to hear
       | humanities degrees being derided on social media sites, but
       | social media is also the only place I really hear these
       | attitudes. I think this trend could be due to being more
       | informed, as well as social pressure.
        
         | jimbo9991 wrote:
         | I think it's partly that, and mostly a reaction to the
         | recession. We're a similar age and all my decisions and the
         | decisions of my peers about what to do after high school were
         | based primarily off of what we had seen during the recession.
         | 
         | I'm not sure if that will be enough to explain it in another
         | couple of years though if similar trends continue, as it's
         | getting to the point where college graduates will soon not have
         | been old enough to remember their parents getting laid off and
         | older siblings not being able to get their careers started.
         | 
         | If the current "tech recession" gets bad enough maybe things
         | will even out.
         | 
         | Additionally, I'm not sure the financial reality of humanities
         | degrees was always terrible. I haven't looked into it but
         | surely there must have been a point where it was a more viable
         | option? Otherwise it's tough to explain where the market for
         | those degrees came from. That assumes that there is some sort
         | of free market dynamic that impacts what people end up
         | studying, which I believe to be the case.
        
       | darepublic wrote:
       | I work as a programmer but started off in humanities. I found the
       | only way available to me to compose text for a living.
        
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