What are CS majors going to do...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are many threads about this on this forum. Please do searches and read. I am a recruiter for a major tech firm. You must not be in the field or from overseas. Many tech giant CEOs are also saying the same thing, they’re hiring more humanities majors with the strong critical thinking, writing, communication skills. There are many examples on this forum of kids graduating over the years with non STEM majors getting high paying jobs at the tech/consulting/banking firms (majors like history, IR, econ, poli sci, etc) wake up. Many many Fortune 500 CEOs have humanities majors.

https://www.fastcompany.com/40440952/why-this-tech-ceo-keeps-hiring-humanities-majors

https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2017/02/18/mark-cuban-dont-go-to-college-to-study-business-study-the-humanities/

Prominent Fortune 500 CEOs with Humanities Degrees:
Brian Moynihan (Bank of America): History
Alex Karp (Palantir): Philosophy
Michael Eisner (Former Disney): English Literature & Theater
Kenneth Chenault (Former American Express): History
Lloyd Blankfein (Former Goldman Sachs): History
Mark Parker (Nike): Political Science
Brian Cornell (Target): Political Science
Gail Boudreaux (Anthem): Psychology/Sociology

Please stop the nonsense. These people would have been successful regardless of the major. Not everyone can become a professional athlete, and not everyone can become CEO. CS major is going through a big shift. https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1314492.page

Listen. These are extreme examples. Read here on this forum or talk to people. I live it as a recruiter and have colleagues at other top firms. They do not hire only CS or STEM majors. Please wake up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are many threads about this on this forum. Please do searches and read. I am a recruiter for a major tech firm. You must not be in the field or from overseas. Many tech giant CEOs are also saying the same thing, they’re hiring more humanities majors with the strong critical thinking, writing, communication skills. There are many examples on this forum of kids graduating over the years with non STEM majors getting high paying jobs at the tech/consulting/banking firms (majors like history, IR, econ, poli sci, etc) wake up. Many many Fortune 500 CEOs have humanities majors.

https://www.fastcompany.com/40440952/why-this-tech-ceo-keeps-hiring-humanities-majors

https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2017/02/18/mark-cuban-dont-go-to-college-to-study-business-study-the-humanities/

Prominent Fortune 500 CEOs with Humanities Degrees:
Brian Moynihan (Bank of America): History
Alex Karp (Palantir): Philosophy
Michael Eisner (Former Disney): English Literature & Theater
Kenneth Chenault (Former American Express): History
Lloyd Blankfein (Former Goldman Sachs): History
Mark Parker (Nike): Political Science
Brian Cornell (Target): Political Science
Gail Boudreaux (Anthem): Psychology/Sociology

Please stop the nonsense. These people would have been successful regardless of the major. Not everyone can become a professional athlete, and not everyone can become CEO. CS major is going through a big shift. https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1314492.page

DCUM, where people are too stupid to understand outliers are not rules.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are many threads about this on this forum. Please do searches and read. I am a recruiter for a major tech firm. You must not be in the field or from overseas. Many tech giant CEOs are also saying the same thing, they’re hiring more humanities majors with the strong critical thinking, writing, communication skills. There are many examples on this forum of kids graduating over the years with non STEM majors getting high paying jobs at the tech/consulting/banking firms (majors like history, IR, econ, poli sci, etc) wake up. Many many Fortune 500 CEOs have humanities majors.

https://www.fastcompany.com/40440952/why-this-tech-ceo-keeps-hiring-humanities-majors

https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2017/02/18/mark-cuban-dont-go-to-college-to-study-business-study-the-humanities/

Prominent Fortune 500 CEOs with Humanities Degrees:
Brian Moynihan (Bank of America): History
Alex Karp (Palantir): Philosophy
Michael Eisner (Former Disney): English Literature & Theater
Kenneth Chenault (Former American Express): History
Lloyd Blankfein (Former Goldman Sachs): History
Mark Parker (Nike): Political Science
Brian Cornell (Target): Political Science
Gail Boudreaux (Anthem): Psychology/Sociology

Please stop the nonsense. These people would have been successful regardless of the major. Not everyone can become a professional athlete, and not everyone can become CEO. CS major is going through a big shift. https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1314492.page

DCUM, where people are too stupid to understand outliers are not rules.

Yes 100000000+

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What are any major going to do...

I guess some posters think being an English major is the way to go, as if AI can't replace writers faster than it can replace software programmers.

https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-president-ai-humanities-majors-more-important-2026-2#:~:text=Follow%20Henry%20Chandonnet,she%20said%20on%20ABC%20News.

Anthropic president Daniela Amodei said that AI was making humanities majors "more important than ever."
Amodei was a literature major. She told ABC News that she prizes "the things that make us human."
"At the end of the day, people still really like interacting with people," she said.

wait, so you have one humanities major in AI saying this, but I posted a link about how some tech companies are growing their entry level, but that doesn't matter? Where's the critical thinking skills here.

She doesn't regret her English major because she's now wealthy. How many English majors wish that they had picked a more marketable major compared to CS majors? Granted, I think too many people jumped on the CS bandwagon because they thought that was an easy avenue to get a good paying job, but I bet a lot of these people don't enjoy what they do, and at the end of the day, probably aren't that good at it.

Do you understand what exactly she's saying here? She's saying that humanities majors are still important, not that AI companies want to hire them.

things that make us human will become much more important,.. Amodei listed some things that make us human: understanding ourselves, our history, and what makes us tick.

Sure, we still need humanities majors, but she's not saying those majors will be able to get good paying jobs.

Look at the open jobs out there. How many tech companies are looking for humanities majors?

There are many threads about this on this forum. Please do searches and read. I am a recruiter for a major tech firm. You must not be in the field or from overseas. Many tech giant CEOs are also saying the same thing, they’re hiring more humanities majors with the strong critical thinking, writing, communication skills. There are many examples on this forum of kids graduating over the years with non STEM majors getting high paying jobs at the tech/consulting/banking firms (majors like history, IR, econ, poli sci, etc) wake up. Many many Fortune 500 CEOs have humanities majors.

https://www.fastcompany.com/40440952/why-this-tech-ceo-keeps-hiring-humanities-majors

https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2017/02/18/mark-cuban-dont-go-to-college-to-study-business-study-the-humanities/

Prominent Fortune 500 CEOs with Humanities Degrees:
Brian Moynihan (Bank of America): History
Alex Karp (Palantir): Philosophy
Michael Eisner (Former Disney): English Literature & Theater
Kenneth Chenault (Former American Express): History
Lloyd Blankfein (Former Goldman Sachs): History
Mark Parker (Nike): Political Science
Brian Cornell (Target): Political Science
Gail Boudreaux (Anthem): Psychology/Sociology

If you are a "hiring major" for a "major Tech firm" and you are hiring humanities majors, I truly feel bad for the company you work for.

[Anonymous]

In recruiting sessions, my CS major is told over and over, we don't care what you majored in, we don't even look at that, we are going to trian you anyway. They just want smart, educated people who can think and work hard.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are any major going to do...

I guess some posters think being an English major is the way to go, as if AI can't replace writers faster than it can replace software programmers.

https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-president-ai-humanities-majors-more-important-2026-2#:~:text=Follow%20Henry%20Chandonnet,she%20said%20on%20ABC%20News.

Anthropic president Daniela Amodei said that AI was making humanities majors "more important than ever."
Amodei was a literature major. She told ABC News that she prizes "the things that make us human."
"At the end of the day, people still really like interacting with people," she said.

wait, so you have one humanities major in AI saying this, but I posted a link about how some tech companies are growing their entry level, but that doesn't matter? Where's the critical thinking skills here.

She doesn't regret her English major because she's now wealthy. How many English majors wish that they had picked a more marketable major compared to CS majors? Granted, I think too many people jumped on the CS bandwagon because they thought that was an easy avenue to get a good paying job, but I bet a lot of these people don't enjoy what they do, and at the end of the day, probably aren't that good at it.

Do you understand what exactly she's saying here? She's saying that humanities majors are still important, not that AI companies want to hire them.

things that make us human will become much more important,.. Amodei listed some things that make us human: understanding ourselves, our history, and what makes us tick.

Sure, we still need humanities majors, but she's not saying those majors will be able to get good paying jobs.

Look at the open jobs out there. How many tech companies are looking for humanities majors?

There are many threads about this on this forum. Please do searches and read. I am a recruiter for a major tech firm. You must not be in the field or from overseas. Many tech giant CEOs are also saying the same thing, they’re hiring more humanities majors with the strong critical thinking, writing, communication skills. There are many examples on this forum of kids graduating over the years with non STEM majors getting high paying jobs at the tech/consulting/banking firms (majors like history, IR, econ, poli sci, etc) wake up. Many many Fortune 500 CEOs have humanities majors.

https://www.fastcompany.com/40440952/why-this-tech-ceo-keeps-hiring-humanities-majors

https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2017/02/18/mark-cuban-dont-go-to-college-to-study-business-study-the-humanities/

Prominent Fortune 500 CEOs with Humanities Degrees:
Brian Moynihan (Bank of America): History
Alex Karp (Palantir): Philosophy
Michael Eisner (Former Disney): English Literature & Theater
Kenneth Chenault (Former American Express): History
Lloyd Blankfein (Former Goldman Sachs): History
Mark Parker (Nike): Political Science
Brian Cornell (Target): Political Science
Gail Boudreaux (Anthem): Psychology/Sociology

If you are a "hiring major" for a "major Tech firm" and you are hiring humanities majors, I truly feel bad for the company you work for.

🤣🤣🤣 You are a sad human being. You do realize humanities include a wide range of majors including econ, gov, pol sci, IR, English, history…many of these kids combine majors with traditional stem ones. Please stop living in the 80s/90s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In recruiting sessions, my CS major is told over and over, we don't care what you majored in, we don't even look at that, we are going to trian you anyway. They just want smart, educated people who can think and work hard.

Recruiting sessions for what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In recruiting sessions, my CS major is told over and over, we don't care what you majored in, we don't even look at that, we are going to trian you anyway. They just want smart, educated people who can think and work hard.

Recruiting sessions for what?

1000000000+. DCUM parents with their STEM only mindset need to freaking wake up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In recruiting sessions, my CS major is told over and over, we don't care what you majored in, we don't even look at that, we are going to trian you anyway. They just want smart, educated people who can think and work hard.

Recruiting sessions for what?

1000000000+. DCUM parents with their STEM only mindset need to freaking wake up.

DCUM parents who have convinced themselves humanities degrees are the ticket to success need to stop being delusional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In recruiting sessions, my CS major is told over and over, we don't care what you majored in, we don't even look at that, we are going to trian you anyway. They just want smart, educated people who can think and work hard.

This is such nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In recruiting sessions, my CS major is told over and over, we don't care what you majored in, we don't even look at that, we are going to trian you anyway. They just want smart, educated people who can think and work hard.

The company I used to work for said pretty much the same thing, we don't care about their skills, we want to know that they will fit the corporate culture, we can train them. In other words they are looking for sheep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are many threads about this on this forum. Please do searches and read. I am a recruiter for a major tech firm. You must not be in the field or from overseas. Many tech giant CEOs are also saying the same thing, they’re hiring more humanities majors with the strong critical thinking, writing, communication skills. There are many examples on this forum of kids graduating over the years with non STEM majors getting high paying jobs at the tech/consulting/banking firms (majors like history, IR, econ, poli sci, etc) wake up. Many many Fortune 500 CEOs have humanities majors.

https://www.fastcompany.com/40440952/why-this-tech-ceo-keeps-hiring-humanities-majors

https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2017/02/18/mark-cuban-dont-go-to-college-to-study-business-study-the-humanities/

Prominent Fortune 500 CEOs with Humanities Degrees:
Brian Moynihan (Bank of America): History
Alex Karp (Palantir): Philosophy
Michael Eisner (Former Disney): English Literature & Theater
Kenneth Chenault (Former American Express): History
Lloyd Blankfein (Former Goldman Sachs): History
Mark Parker (Nike): Political Science
Brian Cornell (Target): Political Science
Gail Boudreaux (Anthem): Psychology/Sociology

Please stop the nonsense. These people would have been successful regardless of the major. Not everyone can become a professional athlete, and not everyone can become CEO. CS major is going through a big shift. https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1314492.page

Listen. These are extreme examples. Read here on this forum or talk to people. I live it as a recruiter and have colleagues at other top firms. They do not hire only CS or STEM majors. Please wake up.

I missed the beginning of this discussion, but interested in your experience. Can you elaborate your comment? My inclination is that firms hire people, not necessarily by major - that’s what graduate school is for - but the AI revolution has apparently led to two camps of parents: 1- avoid all CS and maybe finance etc, majors …. 2- avoid liberal arts degrees such as a language or philosophy etc. ?

[Anonymous]

Do companies want to use AI or do AI companies desperately need others to increase AI usage to justify their spending

Seems like the tail wagging the dog

https://gizmodo.com/yet-another-study-shows-that-most-companies-arent-making-any-money-off-ai-2000688655

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are any major going to do...

I guess some posters think being an English major is the way to go, as if AI can't replace writers faster than it can replace software programmers.

https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-president-ai-humanities-majors-more-important-2026-2#:~:text=Follow%20Henry%20Chandonnet,she%20said%20on%20ABC%20News.

Anthropic president Daniela Amodei said that AI was making humanities majors "more important than ever."
Amodei was a literature major. She told ABC News that she prizes "the things that make us human."
"At the end of the day, people still really like interacting with people," she said.

wait, so you have one humanities major in AI saying this, but I posted a link about how some tech companies are growing their entry level, but that doesn't matter? Where's the critical thinking skills here.

She doesn't regret her English major because she's now wealthy. How many English majors wish that they had picked a more marketable major compared to CS majors? Granted, I think too many people jumped on the CS bandwagon because they thought that was an easy avenue to get a good paying job, but I bet a lot of these people don't enjoy what they do, and at the end of the day, probably aren't that good at it.

Do you understand what exactly she's saying here? She's saying that humanities majors are still important, not that AI companies want to hire them.

things that make us human will become much more important,.. Amodei listed some things that make us human: understanding ourselves, our history, and what makes us tick.

Sure, we still need humanities majors, but she's not saying those majors will be able to get good paying jobs.

Look at the open jobs out there. How many tech companies are looking for humanities majors?

There are many threads about this on this forum. Please do searches and read. I am a recruiter for a major tech firm. You must not be in the field or from overseas. Many tech giant CEOs are also saying the same thing, they’re hiring more humanities majors with the strong critical thinking, writing, communication skills. There are many examples on this forum of kids graduating over the years with non STEM majors getting high paying jobs at the tech/consulting/banking firms (majors like history, IR, econ, poli sci, etc) wake up. Many many Fortune 500 CEOs have humanities majors.

https://www.fastcompany.com/40440952/why-this-tech-ceo-keeps-hiring-humanities-majors

https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2017/02/18/mark-cuban-dont-go-to-college-to-study-business-study-the-humanities/

Prominent Fortune 500 CEOs with Humanities Degrees:
Brian Moynihan (Bank of America): History
Alex Karp (Palantir): Philosophy
Michael Eisner (Former Disney): English Literature & Theater
Kenneth Chenault (Former American Express): History
Lloyd Blankfein (Former Goldman Sachs): History
Mark Parker (Nike): Political Science
Brian Cornell (Target): Political Science
Gail Boudreaux (Anthem): Psychology/Sociology

If you are a "hiring major" for a "major Tech firm" and you are hiring humanities majors, I truly feel bad for the company you work for.

🤣🤣🤣 You are a sad human being. You do realize humanities include a wide range of majors including econ, gov, pol sci, IR, English, history…many of these kids combine majors with traditional stem ones. Please stop living in the 80s/90s

I think we all realize that. Point is still the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are many threads about this on this forum. Please do searches and read. I am a recruiter for a major tech firm. You must not be in the field or from overseas. Many tech giant CEOs are also saying the same thing, they’re hiring more humanities majors with the strong critical thinking, writing, communication skills. There are many examples on this forum of kids graduating over the years with non STEM majors getting high paying jobs at the tech/consulting/banking firms (majors like history, IR, econ, poli sci, etc) wake up. Many many Fortune 500 CEOs have humanities majors.

https://www.fastcompany.com/40440952/why-this-tech-ceo-keeps-hiring-humanities-majors

https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2017/02/18/mark-cuban-dont-go-to-college-to-study-business-study-the-humanities/

Prominent Fortune 500 CEOs with Humanities Degrees:
Brian Moynihan (Bank of America): History
Alex Karp (Palantir): Philosophy
Michael Eisner (Former Disney): English Literature & Theater
Kenneth Chenault (Former American Express): History
Lloyd Blankfein (Former Goldman Sachs): History
Mark Parker (Nike): Political Science
Brian Cornell (Target): Political Science
Gail Boudreaux (Anthem): Psychology/Sociology

Please stop the nonsense. These people would have been successful regardless of the major. Not everyone can become a professional athlete, and not everyone can become CEO. CS major is going through a big shift. https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1314492.page

Listen. These are extreme examples. Read here on this forum or talk to people. I live it as a recruiter and have colleagues at other top firms. They do not hire only CS or STEM majors. Please wake up.

I missed the beginning of this discussion, but interested in your experience. Can you elaborate your comment? My inclination is that firms hire people, not necessarily by major - that’s what graduate school is for - but the AI revolution has apparently led to two camps of parents: 1- avoid all CS and maybe finance etc, majors …. 2- avoid liberal arts degrees such as a language or philosophy etc. ?

It's the same poster(s) who have been banging the CS and Tech thing on this board for months. Sad. Just ignore. Maybe didn't have the aptitude for Tech or Engineering who knows their motivation. So tiresome.