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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tech has been a rough industry with a lot of layoffs in recent years, including software engineers.

FAANG companies over hired during the pandemic to provide shareholders with great "growth" numbers. Now that the economy has turned, they have been cutting staff like crazy for quite some time now.

Schools have also introduced or increase the size of tech related programs. It's just another oversaturated industry with candidates also having to compete with equally skilled off-shore talent working at a fraction of the cost.[/quote]
UMD halved their CS program size.  Went from 1400 to 700, with only 600 direct admit, and 100 for transfer, both internal end external.[/quote]

Do you think they did in anticipation of the drop in demand for CS graduates or did they do it to manage accessibility to classes?[/quote]

UMD did it (I believe) to manage accessibility.  If you admit kids to a major, they (shockingly) want to actually be able to get the courses they need and electives they want to graduate on time.  Funny how that works.  If you don't have the staff to provide it, it's smart to scale back

Just like UCB is great, but sitting in entry level CS courses where there are not even enough lecture hall seats for everyone registered is a bit off putting.  And the kids I know who attend complain about not being able to get the electives in CS that they want.  What's the point of a major if you cannot even focus on your interests?!?!?

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