This Day on Slashdot

2015	Los Angeles Raises Minimum Wage To $15 an Hour	1094
2012	Who’s Pirating Game of Thrones, and Why?	1004
2005	Critical Shortage of IT Workers in Coming Years	1339
2004	Can Star Wars Episode III Be Saved?	905
2003	Chimps Belong in Human Genus?	928

RE: IT Worker Shortage
“The Herald Sun reports that IBM and university officals are worried about the increasing demand for IT professionals and the decreasing supply of computer science students. From the article: ‘The slope shows an unbelievable decline in computer science majors,’ Astrachan said. ‘There are smart people no longer even signing up to take our introductory courses. We need to fix it, or there’s not going to be a U.S. work force in computer sciences.'”