Comments on: Is the STEM Shortage (and by implication computer science and information technology) a myth? https://blog.inroads.acm.org/2013/09/is-the-stem-shortage-and-by-implication-computer-science-and-information-technology-a-myth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-the-stem-shortage-and-by-implication-computer-science-and-information-technology-a-myth Paving the Way Toward Excellence in Computing Education Sun, 01 Mar 2015 09:41:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.34 By: Moti Ben-Ari https://blog.inroads.acm.org/2013/09/is-the-stem-shortage-and-by-implication-computer-science-and-information-technology-a-myth/#comment-20 Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:59:30 +0000 http://inroads.acm.org/blog/?p=242#comment-20 Leaving aside the political (visas) and economic (investment in educational initiatives) issues, my immediate reaction is “What’s the alternative?” The author should tell what professions are as interesting as STEM professions, but with significantly better prospects for steady employment and high earning capability! Otherwise, this is likely to have deleterious affects on students.

I wrote something relevant in a CACM Viewpoint (Non-myths about programming. CACM 54(7), 2011, 35-37), where I tried to show (with apologies to Winston Churchill) that computing is the worst profession, except for all the rest.

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