AI /Reid Hoffman interview: “revenge of the English major”

[Anonymous]

Anyone catch the Fareed Zakaria interview today with Hoffman on the impact of AI on job market/new world order with AI, and that yrs the “revenge of the English major” - meaning it’s a valuable major now in a world where other tasks are commoditized and diminished in value?

[Anonymous]

Words are cheap (haha). Come back when companies start asking for English majors in their job descriptions

[Anonymous]

TV or podcast? Link?

[Anonymous]

Communication and writing skills have always been a must traits.
However that's on top of your your specialtie. English could be a good minor.

[Anonymous]

I think they already are asking for english, history, philosophy and classics.

No one wants a CS coder....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Words are cheap (haha). Come back when companies start asking for English majors in their job descriptions

Go to any job site. Look at any communications, marketing, public relations or community outreach job. Among the desired degrees listed will be English.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think they already are asking for english, history, philosophy and classics.

No one wants a CS coder....

This isn’t true. Everyone wants coders, there’s just a lot more of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Words are cheap (haha). Come back when companies start asking for English majors in their job descriptions

Go to any job site. Look at any communications, marketing, public relations or community outreach job. Among the desired degrees listed will be English.

Oh great, jobs that pay $40k!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they already are asking for english, history, philosophy and classics.

No one wants a CS coder....

This isn’t true. Everyone wants coders, there’s just a lot more of them.

We don't need many now with DeepSeek.....
AI will do the coding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think they already are asking for english, history, philosophy and classics.

No one wants a CS coder....

CS from the elites is still doing very well. English/classics/philosophy are more and more in demand every day. Though too it is much easier in those majors from elites.

[Anonymous]

Vocational CS degrees/bootcamp graduates are feeling the pain. Elite CS/math majors are as in demand as ever, probably more. There has probably been a slight correction towards humanities degrees after a long period of overweighting STEM, but only again at the elite level. The rich get rich and the poor have children, or major in accounting as the case may be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they already are asking for english, history, philosophy and classics.

No one wants a CS coder....

This isn’t true. Everyone wants coders, there’s just a lot more of them.

We don't need many now with DeepSeek.....
AI will do the coding.

Just like how AI has replaced accountants, teachers, doctors, and lawyers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they already are asking for english, history, philosophy and classics.

No one wants a CS coder....

CS from the elites is still doing very well. English/classics/philosophy are more and more in demand every day. Though too it is much easier in those majors from elites.

Evidence of those majors being more in demand? Classics departments across the country are crumbling. Philosophy departments hardly have any majors. English is and always will be popular.

[Anonymous]

Who is supposedly hiring these humanities majors and for how much $$s?

Yeah, I know that top Ibanks and consulting firms have always hired ones from elite schools, but still often in smaller numbers than kids with quantitative backgrounds.

There are always these announcements but the specifics are often murky to nonexistent.

My kid works for an AI company and they are desperate for ML engineers and the like…but not clamoring for humanities at all. Sure, they will hire in sales and non-tech stuff…but aren’t specifically looking for it, just don’t care so much about undergrad major.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they already are asking for english, history, philosophy and classics.

No one wants a CS coder....

CS from the elites is still doing very well. English/classics/philosophy are more and more in demand every day. Though too it is much easier in those majors from elites.

Evidence of those majors being more in demand? Classics departments across the country are crumbling. Philosophy departments hardly have any majors. English is and always will be popular.

Do your own research.
Check any Ivy’s handshake.
The data is there.