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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid just graduated from William and Mary with a double major in CS and Math.  He has a job lined up with the Federal Gov't paying about 80K.  He feels very fortunate, as most of his CS friends are still looking for jobs.  I agree with many of the above posters that the current problems are likely just cyclical, but its a problem right now for new CS grads.  Also, the ability to show personality is a huge advantage, one which my son and his friends don't really have.[/quote]

Congrats to your kid.  Mine just graduated from UVA with a CS degree with 3.8 GPA and he is still looking for a job.  It is very tough out there.[/quote]

Thanks.  Congrats to your kid as well.  Mine got invited to do an internship after doing well in a competition sponsored by the gov't agency that he is now going to work for (that he wouldn't have done had it not been for the encouragement of one of CS professors).  It really was very fortunate.  He sent out tons of resumes (and had a GPA of 3.98), but didn't really get any other bites.  But he's not the most outgoing person.[/quote]

Congrats to both kids! Amazing achievers with 3.8 and 3.98 GPA! My son just completed his first year at VT, majoring in EE. It is so difficult to get As.  He managed to get on the dean's list but not "dean's list with distinction". 
I hope the 3.8 GPA kid will land a great job soon! He deserves it![/quote]

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