Why does your kid want CS?
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Anonymous
| So… seems like every other child applying to college wants to major in computer science. If you have one of these kids, what are their specific reasons for wanting this major? Are all of these kids engaging in computer science activities currently or are they thinking that they will just try it out as a major and see what happens? It seems like the biology major equivalent for all of the premed students. |
Anonymous
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Some of these kids are going to have a rude awakening in the job market in a few years. Only the very best will have the coveted jobs, and the rest will be cannibalized by AI. |
Anonymous
| He really likes video games. |
Anonymous
| Everyone I know just wants to make alot of money when they graduate. Short sighted in my view because A. AI and B. the entry level salaries may be high but not alot of upward mobility from there. C. Boring as hell. |
Anonymous
AI is very good in writing |
Anonymous
Artificial Intelligence will write the code for other programs. Hence no more humans needed, except the ones programming the AI, and those need to be exceptionally intelligent. We're on the cusp of a revolution and those CS majors will have to be flexible and adaptable. |
Anonymous
Why do you associate CS degrees with coding? |
Anonymous
Short-hand. It's not just coding, but management and operations as well. The entire chain will be revamped and need less humans. |
Anonymous
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Ours has always been deeply drawn to logic, puzzles, languages, and the creativity and imagination associated with a virtual world, with a healthy dose of math and philosophy. CS is perfect for all of this.
Also, he built his first PC at age 10 and never stopped digging into the world of what the technology side of science can do and may do. |
Anonymous
| It does seem like everyone wants to major in CS these days. I think a strong job market and high paying starting salaries have made it appealing. I do think we are coming into a period of time where it will be harder to get a job with a CS degree and the salaries will decrease. Too many graduates with the same degree. |
Anonymous
So you mean IT, not CS. |
Anonymous
NO |
Anonymous
| If your kids don't know how to code by age 13 and take CS learning to code in college, they are chasing money and are not going to make it. |
Anonymous
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AI has issues with general things. It's been 15 years since the last spewing of AI taking over coding from humans.
Actually if anything AI helps programers from making stupid mistakes but that's it at least for now. So plenty of CS jobs around. |
Anonymous
| Oh gosh |