Why does your kid want CS?
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Anonymous
| CS jobs are not in danger. People think CS is mostly about coding. It's not. |
Anonymous
Nobody likes to "work", and everyone wants to have "fun" at work. But alas, most of us don't get to do that. DS is a cs major, already accepted into college for CS. Has been taking CS classes since 9th grade, and summer camps doing coding since ES. Likes to think outside the box and wants to work on interesting projects. Whether or not they actually get to work on interesting projects at work remains to be seen. Most jobs are mundane. Very few jobs involve interesting projects. I've worked in the tech field for 20 years. I start out working on the mundane, then worked my way up to working on interesting projects. I have found that not everyone is cut out to work on projects. Some people are suited to mundane support tasks, and those are the jobs that are outsourced or taken over by AI. If you want to go into CS, you need to bring some creativity, thinking outside the box to survive in this field. |
Anonymous
Have you? writing based humanity majors seem to be in great danger on top of already mediocre job prospects ChatGPT can write very well. |
Anonymous
Different person here. Only someone who does not write well would say the ChatGPT writes “very well.” It’s formulaic garbage. I grant you that it will get better, but it’s not replacing a good writer right now. |
Anonymous
The average person may say ChatGPT writes very well because the average person does not write very well. So I guess it may help those people in some way. |
Anonymous
+1 |
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My kiddo self taught himself Javascript in 3rd grade over summer from Khan. He follows all the latest tech announcements and is deeply interested in cloud, preparing for USACO etc in his freshman year. We both are Asians (engineers) started with CS and I went on to do my MBA and move into Strategy & planning and hubby went on to tech marketing. We both encouraged him to look at other fields such as economics and law, but he was firm in his career choice since he was 7-8.
I believe no one knows what exactly future job market would look like. But I do know that CS knowledge will always be valuable whether you are analyzing large data sets for COVID resurgence in healthcare or as an economist predicting bond rates and recession. I almost think CS as building blocks of modern human civilization and has applicability and intersection in all fields. very much like learning Math and Language Arts |
Anonymous
Sorry, it is incorrect. I have been in Software Development since last 30 years, and when I started, I was nervous because I was thinking it may last only 5 or 10 years. It became stronger by day and here we are today. There are so many disruptive technologies like Java, Big Data, Cloud in the Industry for the last 30 years and today the new kid in the street is AI and Machine Learning. Point is we are just in the beginning of Computers and Technology age, not in the tail end. Reason My DC want to pursue CS is, DC has been in Cyber Security since 7th grade (Cyber Patriot program is offered by US Airforce Associates) and developed interest in the CS area. Don't forget that US depends on China and India for software developers since US doe not have enough CS resources/experts. Also Technology and IT is not going anywhere and it is here to stay for long time to come |
Anonymous
Maybe you are short sighted? It isn’t just CS jobs that will require fewer humans - it’s every job |
Anonymous
Machine Learning and AI applications like ChatGPT and GoogleBARD only laid the foundation for more CS experts. Now CS students/experts start developing further more applications. After ChatGPT and GoogleBARD, we need MORE CS experts not less. |
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A. AI will destroy every other industry before CS, except for personal care industry like massages, etc. B. There's as much upward mobility in CS as in any other job. Climbing up requires leading/managing people and there's fewer level positions higher up. C. Not anymore than any other job. |
Anonymous
Yes, it is the equivalent of the Premed students in theory, but some kids can't cut it in Premed, so their parents (the ones who wanted Premed for their kids) are making those kids major in CS, because they think that will make their kid rich. It won't. |
Anonymous
The problem with this logic, is that one can extend AI to dozens of fields: - AI could displace many junior accountants doing company audits...only the "creative" accountants will remain such as the ones creating tax shelters - AI could displace many paralegal and junior law jobs - AI could easily displace many creative jobs in advertising (writing copy as an example) or writing scripts for plays, television, movies...AI actually performs very well on creative writing assignments when those pesky facts don't get in the way The list is extensive and you could keep going...not sure where people think they will hide from a career standpoint. |
Anonymous
Who do you think the 'expert human writer' writes for? The same masses that are more than happy with the 'garbage' GPT puts out. The only thing I care about when reading content is that it is clear and communicates well. The only time I look for an esoteric level of writing is when reading novels or thought provoking literature. Do you think GPT 4 or 40 won't be able to get past (or even surpass) that boundary? Even more creative domains (more than writing) - art, music, etc - are easy target for GPT and will soon get decimated without legal protection. Don't you think people studying in all of those domains need to take care of their futures before CS kids are affected? |