Communications of the ACM
You Don't Have to Major in Computer Science to Do It as a Career
Basic economics suggests that if college students see booming demand for specific skills, a stampede to major in such lucrative fields should ensue. So why aren't more U.S. college students majoring in computer science?
An extensive new study indicates that both students and employers are finding a way around the problem: making brisk use of less obvious career pathways that lead to software jobs anyway.
The study, "Putting Your Major to Work: Career Paths After College" by the Brookings Institution's Hamilton Project, found that many people working as computer scientists, software developers, and programmers used their college years not to major in computer programming or software development, but instead to major in traditional sciences or other types of engineering.
From Technology Review
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