@ Sista Africa - excellent post and excellent question. (I am glad that you are rising above the personal attack and keeping it real). I have asked myself this question for a couple of years now. More and more young people (and it is not just a black phenomema) are opting for computer science degrees rather than traditional "professional" degrees. It will definately affect us in the future.

@ Soul rebel - your insights on this were spot on. I think its exactly as you describe.

@ Saint - over here in the US, software engineers are NOT engineers....many dont even have degrees let alone an engineer degree. I am not saying that there are not those, like you, who have traditional engineering degrees and then go into IT but it is not a common path.