What are CS majors going to do...

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Anonymous wrote:What are any major going to do...

I guess some posters think being an English major is the way to go, as if AI can't replace writers faster than it can replace software programmers.

[Anonymous]

Nah they study English because they have been told that's one of the top subjects for those interested to go into pre-med. And because they don't know what else to study with the fear of ai

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems like every CS major, or the parent of one, on this forum is the exception.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know. My kid who just got into VT for CS is freaking out after the post on X. He wants to switch but is having a hard time trying to figure out what will be least impacted. I wish I can help him but having a hard time myself trying to figure it out.

Can you please share this X post?

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Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of the rich kids/private schools have almost totally abandoned the CS path already.

Are you talking about private HS? Your comment really doesn’t make much sense.

BTW everyone…all these AI companies getting billions in funding as well as all the Y Combinator companies getting funded as we speak are like 90% founded by either CS majors or kids with extensive CS backgrounds.

It’s just flinging shit against a wall and seeing if something sticks. The funding involved is peanuts. Think of these things as senior projects.

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Anonymous wrote:First off, what is AI doing besides sorting through natural language and patching together words and numbers? Thats it.

Seriously?!! Are you under a rock?? Good grief! Get off of DCUM and go read what's going on with AI and coding jobs. There isn't a news or media (incl social) outlet that isn't covering this topic.

Did you get rejected from a top CS program or something? CS students at kid's school getting internships and jobs galore.

I hire SWEs at a major tech company, very major tech company. Internships are still flowing and highly competitive but return offers are going way down. First few years are also becoming much harder and many more will get weeded out. CS will still be great for the best but the average employee is going to suffer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of the rich kids/private schools have almost totally abandoned the CS path already.

Are you talking about private HS? Your comment really doesn’t make much sense.

BTW everyone…all these AI companies getting billions in funding as well as all the Y Combinator companies getting funded as we speak are like 90% founded by either CS majors or kids with extensive CS backgrounds.

It’s just flinging shit against a wall and seeing if something sticks. The funding involved is peanuts. Think of these things as senior projects.

There are many successful Y Combinator alum companies…many accepted into the program end up receiving seed and VC funding at the end of the program.

Not really sure you have a point. All tech companies start with an angel/seed round.

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I will turn the question around…what will all the humanities and non-STEM majors do?

If every job is going to want AI experts and CS kids are at the leading edge of using AI tools…how will all the kids who can’t use AI at an expert level manage to get a professional job?

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Haha ha you think there will be jobs ??

Women won’t be working so I guess that opens up some possibilities
However give. The Trump Econ disaster and project 2925 not only will there be no jobs in any sector if there are there will be low pay no Ben

You all didn’t read it did you ?? Project 2025 and the heritage foundation web site

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Haha ha you think there will be jobs ??

Women won’t be working so I guess that opens up some possibilities
However give. The Trump Econ disaster and project 2925 not only will there be no jobs in any sector if there are there will be low pay no Ben

You all didn’t read it did you ?? Project 2025 and the heritage foundation web site

Are you drunk-typing?

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I’m a recruiter. We posted a job in IT. We had 200 applicants in 36 hours. It’s not good out there.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a recruiter. We posted a job in IT. We had 200 applicants in 36 hours. It’s not good out there.

How many were basically bot applicants and/or people not remotely qualified?

The online job application process is horribly broken.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Haha ha you think there will be jobs ??

Women won’t be working so I guess that opens up some possibilities
However give. The Trump Econ disaster and project 2925 not only will there be no jobs in any sector if there are there will be low pay no Ben

You all didn’t read it did you ?? Project 2025 and the heritage foundation web site

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a recruiter. We posted a job in IT. We had 200 applicants in 36 hours. It’s not good out there.

Same here but most our h1bs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Haha ha you think there will be jobs ??

Women won’t be working so I guess that opens up some possibilities
However give. The Trump Econ disaster and project 2925 not only will there be no jobs in any sector if there are there will be low pay no Ben

You all didn’t read it did you ?? Project 2025 and the heritage foundation web site

Go into law enforcement that pays overtime. It’s as AI proof as you get right now.