A perusal of the graduation rates [1] in the US in the following fields in the 2014-2015 time frame:-
1. Computer and information sciences: 59,581
2. Engineering: 97,858
3. Engineering technologies: 17,238
4. Mathematics and statistics: 21,853
5. Physical sciences and science technologies: 30,038
Roughly 225,000+ people who can most easily pick up and practice the necessary advanced computer science skills needed for advanced software work.
This is not accounting for the fact that most other commercial computing needs, as in regular corporate IT work, can be met by people who have a basic understanding of logic, math and with sufficient additional computer training.
According to the latest BLS statistics [2] there are over 69,000+ jobs open in Feb 2017 in the Information sector alone. The cited source also includes total hires and separations.
The number of open computer positions in Feb alone are almost equal to the number of annual computer/information science graduates.
Am I wrong in assuming that there are far more job openings than can be met by the number of qualified college graduates in the space?
How is this gap addressed? Do the Indian IT companies fulfill this gap? Does the BLS statistics for unfilled computer job openings factor in both the domestically produced computer graduates and the ones provided by the IT outsourcing firms (H1Bs are onsite of course)?
If so there seems to be a big gap still remaining in the supply of domestic computer graduates.
I am honestly curious and not trying to take a position on what appears to be an inflammatory and highly emotional topic.
Please correct me if I am wrong and forgive me if I am incorrectly reading the statistics.
1. Computer and information sciences: 59,581
2. Engineering: 97,858
3. Engineering technologies: 17,238
4. Mathematics and statistics: 21,853
5. Physical sciences and science technologies: 30,038
Roughly 225,000+ people who can most easily pick up and practice the necessary advanced computer science skills needed for advanced software work.
This is not accounting for the fact that most other commercial computing needs, as in regular corporate IT work, can be met by people who have a basic understanding of logic, math and with sufficient additional computer training.
According to the latest BLS statistics [2] there are over 69,000+ jobs open in Feb 2017 in the Information sector alone. The cited source also includes total hires and separations.
The number of open computer positions in Feb alone are almost equal to the number of annual computer/information science graduates.
Am I wrong in assuming that there are far more job openings than can be met by the number of qualified college graduates in the space?
How is this gap addressed? Do the Indian IT companies fulfill this gap? Does the BLS statistics for unfilled computer job openings factor in both the domestically produced computer graduates and the ones provided by the IT outsourcing firms (H1Bs are onsite of course)?
If so there seems to be a big gap still remaining in the supply of domestic computer graduates.
I am honestly curious and not trying to take a position on what appears to be an inflammatory and highly emotional topic.
Please correct me if I am wrong and forgive me if I am incorrectly reading the statistics.
[1] https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d16/tables/dt16_322.10.a...
[2] https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.a.htm