Darpa Chief: Fix America’s Critical Geek Shortage(wired.com)
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Darpa Chief: Fix America’s Critical Geek Shortage
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i hope this is a bad april fool's joke...
I agree, it seems odd to complain about a geek shortage at a time when there are plenty of out-of-work geeks around. Hire some of them.
That said, the article mentions cuts in Darpa's funding for research at universities makes me wonder if they're hoping more for geeks with grad degrees. Hard to tell for sure.
That said, the article mentions cuts in Darpa's funding for research at universities makes me wonder if they're hoping more for geeks with grad degrees. Hard to tell for sure.
It's true there are plenty of out-of-work geeks, but I believe she is referring to the future. It is my understanding that the number of American students entering 'geeky' degrees is declining rapidly, which is certainly concerning for DARPA in both medium- and long-term P.O.V.'s.
Also, stop the War on the Unexpected, where people with home-built electronics are immediately under suspicion as "terrorists", model rockets get considered to be SAMs, and any home chemistry at all is a WMD. You can't make children who have been savagely discouraged from experimenting since birth into curious, problem-solving experimenters in college.
Oh, and you should stop the whole "Intellectual Property" thing in its tracks. Ideas aren't "property", and attempting to imbue, say, mathematics/programs with legal attributes of "property" will kill all possible innovation, and the desire to innovate.