[lotu]

I don't know how you could say the CS degree was winning the lottery. Everyone and their grandmother knew that a CS degree would result in high earning after graduation as far back as the late 90's. In fact many CS departments had the problem of too many unqualified students looking to get rich, most of whom failed out the first year.

Similarly the idea that a humanities degree would not lead to a wealthy lifestyle is not new either. The phase "starving artist" is not new at all. And US News and World Report and been publishing average starting salaries by degree for years.

[jakejake]

I can tell you that even in the 80's the writing was in the wall that CS was going to be a great field - even though nobody knew exactly what it would be like.