>In 2019, there were more than 389,000 computing job openings but fewer than 72,000 computer science graduates to fill them.
I see this in many fields, where a job title or field is casually paired with a degree title to estimate 'demand'. It's not very good data--I mean, what is a 'computing job', exactly, and why does it automatically require a computer science degree?
Note that they are talking about "AP computer science _principles_." There is also an "AP computer science."
On the AP computer science exam, the questions are about reading and writing code that uses the more annoying features of Java such as static methods, interfaces, abstract classes, recursion, etc. If you pass the exam, you get college credit for an introductory CS course. I remember looking at a practice exam for AP computer science _principles_ exam back in highschool and laughing my ass off because they were so stupid. The questions were about things like "applications of virtual reality" and "benefits of 3d printing."
Their statistics that it somehow helps minorities smells like bullshit to me. I don't think any kids get inspired to enter STEM by a course where you have to write essays about "digital video" or whatever. It seems like they are quick to applaud themselves for doing something that has a plausible PC justification behind it without really thinking critically about the effects.
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[ 4.7 ms ] story [ 19.6 ms ] threadI see this in many fields, where a job title or field is casually paired with a degree title to estimate 'demand'. It's not very good data--I mean, what is a 'computing job', exactly, and why does it automatically require a computer science degree?
On the AP computer science exam, the questions are about reading and writing code that uses the more annoying features of Java such as static methods, interfaces, abstract classes, recursion, etc. If you pass the exam, you get college credit for an introductory CS course. I remember looking at a practice exam for AP computer science _principles_ exam back in highschool and laughing my ass off because they were so stupid. The questions were about things like "applications of virtual reality" and "benefits of 3d printing."
Their statistics that it somehow helps minorities smells like bullshit to me. I don't think any kids get inspired to enter STEM by a course where you have to write essays about "digital video" or whatever. It seems like they are quick to applaud themselves for doing something that has a plausible PC justification behind it without really thinking critically about the effects.