The College of Education is looking for a GA to perform web programming tasks for the 2012 Summer I & II semesters, with possible re-appointment for Fall and Spring semesters. Experienced with SQL and .asp/javascript. This position is responsible for maintaining an existing codebase as well as the development of new applications. Tuition and stipend. Please send inquiries, including CV and references to David Michaels – michaels@sc.edu – no telephone calls, please. David Michaels Director of Information Technology USC College of Education

Every year in May the Computing Research Association publishes the Taulbee Survey which is the principal source for information on the enrollment, production, and employment of Computer Science and Engineering majors in the US and Canada. That is, this is data you want to know. Check out the Computing Degree and Enrollment Trends report. The chart below is taken from that report:

From Computing Careers Market, based on Bureau of Labor and Statistics, we get the following chart: In other words:

For the foreseeable future, nearly 3 out of 4 new science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) jobs in the U.S. are going to be in computing! By contrast, just 16% will be traditional engineering jobs, and even fewer will be in the sciences or mathematics.

It looks like Pac-man. Awesome.