Archive: https://archive.today/YmlXa From the post: >>A lot of students took the advice to learn to code. Since the Great Recession left technology as a rare spot of optimism in American industry, computer science has been among the fastest-growing college majors in the country, according to indispensable degree data from the National Center for Education Statistics. From 2008 to 2024, the number of four-year computer science degrees granted rose about fivefold. That’s more than double the pace of the next fastest-growing large majors: exercise science, nursing and mechanical engineering.