[gameprogrammer] Re: job field security

I'm curious why you think it would be cyclical in this case?  Unless you 
mean the US pay will drop to that of other countries and we get a hiring 
boom because of that.

> Glad you replied... It gives me the excuse to post something that I
> forgot the first time. I stated studying computer science during the
> engineering downturn in the early '70s. When I changed my major to CS my
> adviser warned not to do it. He said "A CS degree and 50 cents will get
> you a cup of coffee" (Yeah, you could get a cup of coffee for 50 cents
> then.) By the time I finished my degree the demand for CS people was so
> high that everyone of the people in my graduating class had as many
> offers as we wanted. 
> 
> This stuff is cyclical. It is bad now, but if you are just starting out
> there is a good chance that by the time you have the training you need
> the market will have changed. 
> 
> Of course, in 5 to 10 years after that it will stink again. 
> 
>                       Bob Pendleton



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