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[quote=Anonymous]Why do we create a gold rush mentality around popular fields? As soon as a field is popular colleges/technical schools with companies in the background rush to create degrees and certificates to meet the so call high demand.

To me it seems that the demand is artificial and often short lived. First it was data science. Universities slapped data science in almost every department. Every STEM major has some kind of data science specialization. Then we witnessed a rebirth of computer science. Universities started pumping CS graduates by the thousands. The media complicit in this write articles in awe about these young kids making 200k/300k. Parents see their very bright kids who initially wanted to be aerospace engineers, chemical engineers or mathematicians rush into CS/data science programs so they can hopefully have the $150k salary as fresh grad..

Or is his just capitalism in action? Flood the market to lower the wages. And the media doesn't miss a chance to interview these capital owners who keep reinforcing this artificial demand that does not exist.   [/quote]

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