Don’t major in CS
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Anonymous
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A college major is a long term thing- it gives you a way to think. I majored in CS and graduated in 1999. That year, the jobs were insane. Two years later, the dot com bust hit hard. I went back to grad school.
25 years later, I could not be happier with my choice. Not because I am making millions, but I loved the way of thinking and it has prepared me for a lifetime of a career in just the way I hoped. I face AI and job craziness with intellectual arms. My job uses CS only peripherally. That said I graduated from a top program that understood that CS was about thinking and not a trade school to churn out programmers skilled in the language du jour. Seek that program out whatever your major. But stop seeing a $300k investment like it is a bigger version of an IIT infomercial from the 1990s... Life is 100 years these days, guys. |
Anonymous
Ok |
Anonymous
| If the kid is any good at computer science what difference does it make how many applications they had to fill out? |
Anonymous
Huh? |
Anonymous
Yeah you can write a code to populate all the forms automatically using speech. |
Anonymous
Cs is more than just writing code. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
Yup, and those posting about CS don't even understand its more than just coding. |
Anonymous
We understand recent graduates can’t get jobs. |
Anonymous
NRO.mil is hiring CS grads who are US citizens. Great place to get a start with hands-on experience. Did yours apply? |
Anonymous
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I know SOOO many places hiring CS grads.
Rigor matters. Students who take the rigorous upper-level elective classes, like compilers, real-time/embedded systems, C/UNIX programming, are not having a lot of trouble finding jobs. Students who focused on easier electives, such as web tools and web scripting, are in surplus and have a lot more trouble finding work. |
Anonymous
It would appear over 93% CAN get jobs. |
Anonymous
Yes. The problem is that the tech world, unlike other jobs, pivots very quickly, so your tech skills can become obsolete in a matter of a couple of years. It's high risk but high rewards. The low level programming jobs have mostly left the country to offshore or AI. That ship has sailed a long time ago. I've worked in tech since 1998, and pivoted to PM roles about 8 years ago. |
Anonymous
In CS? That’s a huge assumption. |
Anonymous
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If you love CS, major in CS.
If you just want a job, major in something else you might enjoy. |