A major in Computer Science was a natural choice for former Georgia Southern student Jacqueline Chambers. ‘‘You gotta pick a major for college,’’ her father told her. “I liked computer science okay, everything else was terrible,” she recounted over a Zoom with me. Her experience in coding was next to none when she first started.
going to be waiting for me there. any other situation, that person would have been fired on the spot. yet here they would not confirm that they were going to fire him. after she pressed the company, they confirmed they deactivated the driver, something they only do in extreme cases. i reach out again. and tilkin was invited to headquarters as a tour for computer science majors given by company recruiters. she told them her story. i started crying, even though i practiced not crying. then i was like what are you planning to do to fix this. the recruiter, first thing he said is our first priority is safety. she said discussions with the company hit a dead end. so she wrote an op-ed for stanford student paper, then received an email from the then coo, john mcneal. would you, we will bring you in, come in, give us more
streets. reporter: and in a town like mckeesport, coding gives students access to skills necessary in a changing employment landscape. we are an old steel mill town where the steel mills have closed down and we are trying to come back from that. i think that code.org is a wonderful opportunity. reporter: computing jobs are now the number one source of new wages in the u.s. with over 500,000 open jobs nationwide. and the sector is projected to continue growing at twice the rate of all other jobs. computing jobs are ahead of health care, manufacturing, sales. reporter: it s also one of the highest paying jobs with a lifetime earnings average of $1.67 million for computer science majors, 40% more than the average college graduate. so the students of twin rivers may have a competitive advantage and a new friend. thanks for playing with me today. you re welcome. code.org stresses that coding is not just necessary for the tech industry, it s becoming vital in many other areas
going on. luke, that you think. a new report shows the average starting salary for all bachelor degree graduates is $45,600. but who is making the most? engineering grads, $62,600. but that is $100 less than a year ago. computer science majors make the second most. business grads are next. switzerland comes out on top in a new report on life expectancy. on average the swiss live 82.8 years. americans live almost 79 years on. a, but that is only 26th highest. you can t manage how excited i am to finally meet you. that was a great movie. it s tom hanks as walt disney in saving mr. banks with emma thompson. hanks has been named as