Computer Science in the USA
In what is arguably the most wired and technologically advanced country in the world, there is an interesting trend - Fewer Americans are choosing Computer Science as a major in college and in fact, the number of Computer Science majors has dropped by 60% between the years 2000 and 2004.
In an interesting conversation with Gargs, he suggested that Americans, in spite of being world leaders did not enjoy competition and preferred to monopolize markets by mergers, acquisitions and other brute force approaches.
I think the same fundamental concept applies to the drop in CS majors - An informal survey of students at my ex-University revealed that the reason for the reluctance to major in CS was because students felt that they would not be able to get a job because "Its going to get outsourced to India anyway"
Interesting ...
What about a scenario in which the number of CS graduates in the USA continues to plummet until there are hardly any CS engineers being produced ?
In a parallel example, with the advent of Chinese and Indian steel manufacturers, almost every steel plant in the US has been shit down - However, if China decided to stop supplying Steel to the US, these plants could be re-started in 6 months or so.
However, if 10 years down the line, India decided to stop software exports to the US, and the US didnt have any CS graduates, how long would it take for the US to become self-reliant again ? A long time ....
Thats how future wars are going to fought - With every country in nuclear stale-mate, wars will be fought in proxy by control of commodities and services.
In an interesting conversation with Gargs, he suggested that Americans, in spite of being world leaders did not enjoy competition and preferred to monopolize markets by mergers, acquisitions and other brute force approaches.
I think the same fundamental concept applies to the drop in CS majors - An informal survey of students at my ex-University revealed that the reason for the reluctance to major in CS was because students felt that they would not be able to get a job because "Its going to get outsourced to India anyway"
Interesting ...
What about a scenario in which the number of CS graduates in the USA continues to plummet until there are hardly any CS engineers being produced ?
In a parallel example, with the advent of Chinese and Indian steel manufacturers, almost every steel plant in the US has been shit down - However, if China decided to stop supplying Steel to the US, these plants could be re-started in 6 months or so.
However, if 10 years down the line, India decided to stop software exports to the US, and the US didnt have any CS graduates, how long would it take for the US to become self-reliant again ? A long time ....
Thats how future wars are going to fought - With every country in nuclear stale-mate, wars will be fought in proxy by control of commodities and services.
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