Recession-proof majors?

Another update on computer science majors: A recent article from ZDNet considers majoring in computer science a recession-proof plan because "no matter how much the economy stinks, we need computers and we need them to work better, more efficiently and in ways that make people more productive."

The story also said that the demand for application programmers — those who create spreadsheets, data programs and word processors, as well as accounting programs, according to PC magazine — will increase by more than 100 percent by next year.