While I was still studying there, I volunteered for my alma mater's open day.
Pretty much every teenage boy told me his ambition was to make games. To them I said "study as much maths as your school will teach", which led to crestfallen faces.
To their parents I said "the games industry is terrible, but ours is a general computer science degree. Your boy will be able to get an entry-level job at any software firm".
The girls who came through seemed to be more interested in software as a professional career. It was an interesting contrast.
Pretty much every teenage boy told me his ambition was to make games. To them I said "study as much maths as your school will teach", which led to crestfallen faces.
To their parents I said "the games industry is terrible, but ours is a general computer science degree. Your boy will be able to get an entry-level job at any software firm".
The girls who came through seemed to be more interested in software as a professional career. It was an interesting contrast.