UK CS graduates more likely to be unemployed

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If you're any good, I wouldn't worry about it

My first question is whether that study takes into account whether people were employed in their actual field of study?

Ie, does a job at McDonalds classify as being 'employed' or does every psychology major actually end up with a job in psychology?

Second, "I don?t know why computer scientists with all their skills could possibly not be needed or wanted."

There are tons of poor programmers pumped out of universities and they are just not in demand. If you're writing systems designed to automate processes, do you think those systems need to be as well developed as possible, or can they be poorly developed? Those in demand are top developers which good firms usually fight over, poor developers are usually left behind.

If you're any good, I wouldn't worry about it. I graduated in 2004 (albeit in Canada) with a degree in Software Engineering at the height of the e-commerce bust. Many of us were fearful that jobs were limited and that those that did exist were going to be outsourced to india/china. At the time I was wondering if I should seek out a different career and almost did. It took most of us a while to find a decent job but from those I've talked to, all of us who were decent developers ended up doing quite well, myself included.

As I've suggested, if you're any good, you won't have to be worried about being unemployed. It just might take some time to prove that you've got talent as often times, university knowledge alone doesn't cut it and you'll need to get some solid experience under your belt to add to your worth.

Posted by: Denis Pitcher   Posted on: 08/20/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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