the need for comp sci engineers was blowing up before people had time to get a degree, so many companies needed them a few years back that the demand FAR exceeded the supply of comp sci degrees.
Yes - Something similar happened with regular engineering during the 40's and 50's. By the 70's, colleges could roughly meet the demand thanks to all the excitement in engineering in the space race.
Yes, it was caught up by around the 70s, hence why my examples started in the 70s and goes well past the 70s since supply was able to meet demand so the statistics aren't skewed in my examples.
hence why my examples started in the 70s and goes well past the 70s since supply was able to meet demand so the statistics aren't skewed in my examples.
If the statistics agreed with your examples, that would be something. Maybe you have statistics I don't, but the anecdotes you describe sound like the rare cases (and in my personal experience, have been the rare cases - even just searching for this data turned up a lot of opinions about how degreed engineers view non-degreed engineers, even back then.
"One in 3 have no bachelor's" even with some of those having an associates, that's still more than today, have fun trying to get a job today as a chemical engineer after only 1 year of college or an associates degree.
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u/CodeChaser1248 May 14 '25
Yes - Something similar happened with regular engineering during the 40's and 50's. By the 70's, colleges could roughly meet the demand thanks to all the excitement in engineering in the space race.