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Wonderful advice from Joel for CS Students. Holds good for Indian students too.

During the tech boom, CS degrees had record admissions. But when I meet students at UG meets, I find they are not interested in programming but rather choose the degree due to job prospects. When the tech boom burst a lot of them were suddenly without a job. The admissions started coming down. Now that the technology space is improving, the admissions are going up again. But if you are into it for money, you are facing a very difficult life ahead of you...