Medicine vs CS (Tech)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Med is always in demand. CS is not. Was hot soon to be cooler

This is wholly inaccurate. The layoffs were across jobs and a few big companies and the people with CS backgrounds all had new jobs within a week.

Just a beginning far from over. You make it sound like it’s over and done with.

It’s more that people are lumping all jobs at tech companies as CS, and they’re not even close to being accurate. Very many of those jobs were non-technical and had nothing to do with computer science. Also, it’s a field that is hired at very many companies that aren’t FAANG and many of those have a lot of openings to fill those hires for the technical roles. Stating there is some issue with CS graduates getting hired is inaccurate and will remain so for a long time.

Endless demand is what you are saying? Does that make sense to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Med is always in demand. CS is not. Was hot soon to be cooler

This is wholly inaccurate. The layoffs were across jobs and a few big companies and the people with CS backgrounds all had new jobs within a week.

Just a beginning far from over. You make it sound like it’s over and done with.

It’s more that people are lumping all jobs at tech companies as CS, and they’re not even close to being accurate. Very many of those jobs were non-technical and had nothing to do with computer science. Also, it’s a field that is hired at very many companies that aren’t FAANG and many of those have a lot of openings to fill those hires for the technical roles. Stating there is some issue with CS graduates getting hired is inaccurate and will remain so for a long time.

Endless demand is what you are saying? Does that make sense to you?

You’re making no sense. No one said endless demand. There is currently not concern that there will be not be jobs for new graduates. Demand for $400K salaries is a different discussion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Med is always in demand. CS is not. Was hot soon to be cooler

This is wholly inaccurate. The layoffs were across jobs and a few big companies and the people with CS backgrounds all had new jobs within a week.

Just a beginning far from over. You make it sound like it’s over and done with.

It’s more that people are lumping all jobs at tech companies as CS, and they’re not even close to being accurate. Very many of those jobs were non-technical and had nothing to do with computer science. Also, it’s a field that is hired at very many companies that aren’t FAANG and many of those have a lot of openings to fill those hires for the technical roles. Stating there is some issue with CS graduates getting hired is inaccurate and will remain so for a long time.

Endless demand is what you are saying? Does that make sense to you?

You’re making no sense. No one said endless demand. There is currently not concern that there will be not be jobs for new graduates. Demand for $400K salaries is a different discussion.

How about demand in 4 years when DC's kid graduates?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Med is always in demand. CS is not. Was hot soon to be cooler

This is wholly inaccurate. The layoffs were across jobs and a few big companies and the people with CS backgrounds all had new jobs within a week.

Just a beginning far from over. You make it sound like it’s over and done with.

It’s more that people are lumping all jobs at tech companies as CS, and they’re not even close to being accurate. Very many of those jobs were non-technical and had nothing to do with computer science. Also, it’s a field that is hired at very many companies that aren’t FAANG and many of those have a lot of openings to fill those hires for the technical roles. Stating there is some issue with CS graduates getting hired is inaccurate and will remain so for a long time.

Endless demand is what you are saying? Does that make sense to you?

You’re making no sense. No one said endless demand. There is currently not concern that there will be not be jobs for new graduates. Demand for $400K salaries is a different discussion.

How about demand in 4 years when DC's kid graduates?

Or 10 years or 20 years down the road? Will it be as good as medicine? I think not.

[Anonymous]

I am impressed your child is asking for advice 😀

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Med is always in demand. CS is not. Was hot soon to be cooler

This is wholly inaccurate. The layoffs were across jobs and a few big companies and the people with CS backgrounds all had new jobs within a week.

Just a beginning far from over. You make it sound like it’s over and done with.

It’s more that people are lumping all jobs at tech companies as CS, and they’re not even close to being accurate. Very many of those jobs were non-technical and had nothing to do with computer science. Also, it’s a field that is hired at very many companies that aren’t FAANG and many of those have a lot of openings to fill those hires for the technical roles. Stating there is some issue with CS graduates getting hired is inaccurate and will remain so for a long time.

Endless demand is what you are saying? Does that make sense to you?

You’re making no sense. No one said endless demand. There is currently not concern that there will be not be jobs for new graduates. Demand for $400K salaries is a different discussion.

How about demand in 4 years when DC's kid graduates?

Or 10 years or 20 years down the road? Will it be as good as medicine? I think not.

Nobody has a crystal ball. A lot of the "demand" in medicine is in places where people don't want to live and this will continue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Med is always in demand. CS is not. Was hot soon to be cooler

This is wholly inaccurate. The layoffs were across jobs and a few big companies and the people with CS backgrounds all had new jobs within a week.

Just a beginning far from over. You make it sound like it’s over and done with.

It’s more that people are lumping all jobs at tech companies as CS, and they’re not even close to being accurate. Very many of those jobs were non-technical and had nothing to do with computer science. Also, it’s a field that is hired at very many companies that aren’t FAANG and many of those have a lot of openings to fill those hires for the technical roles. Stating there is some issue with CS graduates getting hired is inaccurate and will remain so for a long time.

Endless demand is what you are saying? Does that make sense to you?

You’re making no sense. No one said endless demand. There is currently not concern that there will be not be jobs for new graduates. Demand for $400K salaries is a different discussion.

How about demand in 4 years when DC's kid graduates?

Or 10 years or 20 years down the road? Will it be as good as medicine? I think not.

Nobody has a crystal ball. A lot of the "demand" in medicine is in places where people don't want to live and this will continue.

That is simply not true. There are endless demands everywhere. Maybe what you are trying to say is certain areas have higher demands which is a true statement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am impressed your child is asking for advice 😀

To be honest I am trying to nudge her from premed to CS.
The time it takes and the student loan requirements concern me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am impressed your child is asking for advice 😀

To be honest I am trying to nudge her from premed to CS.
The time it takes and the student loan requirements concern me.

Once they finish medical training they are set for life. And unless you pick a very low paying specialty you can quickly knock off the loans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am impressed your child is asking for advice 😀

To be honest I am trying to nudge her from premed to CS.
The time it takes and the student loan requirements concern me.

Medicine is very hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Med is always in demand. CS is not. Was hot soon to be cooler

This is wholly inaccurate. The layoffs were across jobs and a few big companies and the people with CS backgrounds all had new jobs within a week.

Just a beginning far from over. You make it sound like it’s over and done with.

It’s more that people are lumping all jobs at tech companies as CS, and they’re not even close to being accurate. Very many of those jobs were non-technical and had nothing to do with computer science. Also, it’s a field that is hired at very many companies that aren’t FAANG and many of those have a lot of openings to fill those hires for the technical roles. Stating there is some issue with CS graduates getting hired is inaccurate and will remain so for a long time.

Endless demand is what you are saying? Does that make sense to you?

You’re making no sense. No one said endless demand. There is currently not concern that there will be not be jobs for new graduates. Demand for $400K salaries is a different discussion.

How about demand in 4 years when DC's kid graduates?

Goodness, just Google this. The DOL estimates increases a 14%+ increase in IT over the next several years. You simply have no idea what you’re talking about and should just stop the argument you’ve clearly solely based on the recent tech layoffs that involved many people who had no technical background and ChatGPT over which DCUM has clearly demonstrated shocking misunderstanding.

[Anonymous]

There is a career field of doing IT work on medical equipment. It is called BMET. Biomedical Equipment Technician. It is in high demand and pays well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your college student dc ask about the advantages and disadvantages of this careers, what would you tell them?

The type of education and the type of activities during these careers are very different —I can’t imagine someone truly having interest in both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am impressed your child is asking for advice 😀

To be honest I am trying to nudge her from premed to CS.
The time it takes and the student loan requirements concern me.

If pre med, definitely go to an instate or a private school with a big discount. Don’t waste your money during undergrad. Also, does she do great on standardized tests and can she memorize information quickly? Is she truly fascinated by biological science? If she’s not, or if she’s a slightly more social or business type person, then explore CS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am impressed your child is asking for advice 😀

To be honest I am trying to nudge her from premed to CS.
The time it takes and the student loan requirements concern me.

If pre med, definitely go to an instate or a private school with a big discount. Don’t waste your money during undergrad. Also, does she do great on standardized tests and can she memorize information quickly? Is she truly fascinated by biological science? If she’s not, or if she’s a slightly more social or business type person, then explore CS.

Yes,
She does very well on standardized test and likes math and science classes.
In high school she didn’t like the CS class because of the teacher but now she likes the CS course in college.