<p>How does outsourcing adversely affect the future job prospects of a computer science major? To what extent?</p>
<p>Thank you in advance to anyone willing to share their analysis.</p>
<p>The search button is a miracle worker. And better yet, search buttons don’t get outsourced! Whoop-Dee-Doo!</p>
<p>Looking at the BLS Software Engineers and Computer Scientists job will grow more then 20%</p>
<p>[Computer</a> Scientists](<a href=“http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos304.htm]Computer”>http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos304.htm)</p>
<p>and
[Computer</a> Software Engineers and Computer Programmers](<a href=“http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos303.htm]Computer”>http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos303.htm)</p>
<p>Computer science/ engineer jobs are not good to go into due to rampant age discrimination. Only 19% of computer science grads are employed in jobs related to their major 20 years after graduating.</p>
<p>Homer you posted the something about IT jobs…IT and CS are not the same…IT is about working technology( Windows/Linux, routers/switches…etc)…</p>
<p>Homer, your second sentence contradicted your first.</p>
<p>OP, there are growing demands for CS grads. Don’t buy into the outsourcing hype.</p>
<p>“Don’t buy into the outsourcing hype.”</p>
<p>Do you have links to support that statement? Because countless experts have done research into this and found that there is substantial job suppression due to outsourcing and H1B visas. </p>
<p>“Homer you posted the something about IT jobs”</p>
<p>Nope, I did not. My thread was titled “IT” but all of my data related specifically to COMPUTER SCIENCE majors. Here it is again:</p>
<p>“My own study found that the attrition
rates are striking. Five years after finishing
college, about 57 percent of
computer science graduates were working
as programmers; at 15 years the figure
dropped to 34 percent, and at 20 years—
when most were still only age 42 or so—it
was down to 19 percent.”</p>
<p><a href=“http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/CLER.pdf[/url]”>http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/CLER.pdf</a></p>
<p>Homer, do you know that there are more people in IT than there were during the dot com boom?</p>
<p>Homer that information is 4 years old. You need to get a life outside of this site.</p>
<p>You should also now that a Programmer is not a Software Engineer. </p>
<p>I work for a casual game company, and we are always looking for more developers.</p>
<p>The job market is always going to be strong for people with somewhat unique skills that can produce things people will buy. It’s that simple. </p>
<p>Yes, the industry faces intense foreign competition. This wouldn’t be the first time America had intense foreign competition. Did Henry Ford throw up his hands and say he couldn’t make cars because he’d have to compete with Europe and Japan?! No!</p>
<p>I don’t think Henry ford had to worry much seeing as how the first Japanese car sold in the U.S was in 1956…</p>
<p>Not to mention that Ford was founded and grew around a period of American isolationism, the Japanese were primarily interested in conquering Asia during Henry Ford’s time and didn’t even really start their automotive industry until ~1960, and much of Europe had been ravaged by two world wars and the eventual formation of the Soviet Union stifled much of Eastern Europe.</p>
<p>Eh, all right. The problem with such a subject is that you can’t help but get contradictory information. But anyway, thanks for the advice, guys!</p>
<p>I don’t believe outsourcing is a serious issue for anyone.</p>
<p>Regardless, it seems that everyone gives a strong opinion on this issue, no matter where they stand. I have yet to hear anyone state, “It’s a problem, but don’t worry about it toat much–just be cognizant.” Everyone either says “It’s a huge issue–don’t go into CS” or “No problem at all–it won’t bear any burden on your job prospects.”</p>
<p>So why does everyone either say it’s a huge issue or no issue at all? No middle-of-the-road opinions whatsoever?</p>
<p>uclacee, i have been telling that.</p>
<p>It;s 2010, not 1980. LOL
simple answer.
There is a thread right below you in this page about outsourcing.</p>
<p>The outsourcing problem is not as bad as we see. Again, the object in this program is the year, not the industry itself.
2010.</p>
<p>If you’re a good employee and you’re doing something that requires brain power you probably won’t be outsourced. And if you are, you should be able to get a new job soon. If you’re not pulling your weight and/or do something mindless then the chance of being outsourced is higher.</p>
<p>Totally untrue Purdue. Companies will outsource your job in a flash regarless of how good or bad of an employee you are. How can you possibly compete with a $12,000 a year engineer in India?</p>
<p>“The outsourcing problem is not as bad as we see.”</p>
<p>Where does this info come from? Source?</p>