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Spurning Tech Jobs With Six-Figure Salaries
Third-grader Jaysean Erby raises his hands as he solves a coding problem as Apple CEO Tim Cook watches during a coding workshop at an Apple Store in New York. Entrepreneurs are jumping aboard the push to improve computer literacy in U.S. elementary school
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Software developers in their 20s are now treated like celebrities in pop culture. Surprisingly, the fame and fortune of internet entrepreneurs has done little to attract more Americans to this field. In fact, there is a critical shortage of talented software developers at a time when the tech industry is booming.
According to jobs website Glassdoor, there are currently more than 2,500 unfilled software jobs in Missouri. Despite generous compensation and exciting career paths, Missouri universities produce fewer than 900 computer science graduates a year. That's far below what's needed for companies looking to grow and remain competitive.
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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