What are CS majors going to do...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My UMD CS kid has been completely fine finding internships since freshman year. No worries on our end. UMD is top notch, many graduate early and we haven't spent a fortune on any OOS school. (Fyi- got into MANY OOS schools and small privates, but very happy with the UMD choice.)

same for my DC. Going to quant firms. They know a few other UMD students headed to quant firms.

Most of the CS majors DC knows have had internships. Whether that translates into return offers, we'll have to see, but as for internships, they seem to be doing ok.

dev or trading? CS, math, or both?

[Anonymous]

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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.

AI is:

--developing apps
--testing the user interface of apps
--making changes to code based on the testing

So, right there, AI can replace coders and human software testers.

It supports those things but it's not 100% replacing people and much of the code and other things is not great. ALso, there have also been scripts for testing and automation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Make sure to go to at least T100
Podung schools are screwed regardless of majors.

My spouse went to a podung school no one has heard of and is doing very well. Has no trouble finding a new job when they want. You clearly have no clue.

[Anonymous]

They will get laid off like others in tech.

[Anonymous]

CS is becoming the new Gender Studies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Make sure to go to at least T100
Podung schools are screwed regardless of majors.

My spouse went to a podung school no one has heard of and is doing very well. Has no trouble finding a new job when they want. You clearly have no clue.

Sigh, that’s the point. It has always been about the combination of the school and the major.

However, CS used to be such a 'hot ticket' that you could go to pretty much any school and land a good job 20, 10, or even 5 years ago.
That was a unique period in time.

The framework has changed; for CS, the schools also got important again.
Regardless of the major, mediocre schools will get in trouble more and more.

CS at respectable schools is still the king.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My UMD CS kid has been completely fine finding internships since freshman year. No worries on our end. UMD is top notch, many graduate early and we haven't spent a fortune on any OOS school. (Fyi- got into MANY OOS schools and small privates, but very happy with the UMD choice.)

same for my DC. Going to quant firms. They know a few other UMD students headed to quant firms.

Most of the CS majors DC knows have had internships. Whether that translates into return offers, we'll have to see, but as for internships, they seem to be doing ok.

dev or trading? CS, math, or both?

cs/math swe. Not sure what they will be working on.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-president-ai-humanities-majors-more-important-2026-2#:~:text=Follow%20Henry%20Chandonnet,she%20said%20on%20ABC%20News.

Anthropic president Daniela Amodei said that AI was making humanities majors "more important than ever."
Amodei was a literature major. She told ABC News that she prizes "the things that make us human."
"At the end of the day, people still really like interacting with people," she said.

wait, so you have one humanities major in AI saying this, but I posted a link about how some tech companies are growing their entry level, but that doesn't matter? Where's the critical thinking skills here.

She doesn't regret her English major because she's now wealthy. How many English majors wish that they had picked a more marketable major compared to CS majors? Granted, I think too many people jumped on the CS bandwagon because they thought that was an easy avenue to get a good paying job, but I bet a lot of these people don't enjoy what they do, and at the end of the day, probably aren't that good at it.

Do you understand what exactly she's saying here? She's saying that humanities majors are still important, not that AI companies want to hire them.

things that make us human will become much more important,.. Amodei listed some things that make us human: understanding ourselves, our history, and what makes us tick.

Sure, we still need humanities majors, but she's not saying those majors will be able to get good paying jobs.

Look at the open jobs out there. How many tech companies are looking for humanities majors?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They will get laid off like others in tech.

It will be OK. Not everyone has the aptitude for Tech or be an Engineer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My UMD CS kid has been completely fine finding internships since freshman year. No worries on our end. UMD is top notch, many graduate early and we haven't spent a fortune on any OOS school. (Fyi- got into MANY OOS schools and small privates, but very happy with the UMD choice.)

UMD is definitely a good school. Don't need to go to a Top 5 CS school to do well.

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Anonymous wrote:Liberal arts from the top schools are best bet with AI, per experts.

Yes, because their job prospects were bad before AI.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Liberal arts from the top schools are best bet with AI, per experts.

Yes, because their job prospects were bad before AI.

LOL why these morons suddenly think that liberal arts majors are better in the age of AI.
Who knows AI the best? CS majors.

History major at Harvard vs CS major at MIT.
What do you think LOL

CS majors from the top schools are best bet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Liberal arts from the top schools are best bet with AI, per experts.

Yes, because their job prospects were bad before AI.

LOL why these morons suddenly think that liberal arts majors are better in the age of AI.
Who knows AI the best? CS majors.

History major at Harvard vs CS major at MIT.
What do you think LOL

CS majors from the top schools are best bet.

What people fail to understand is that even in the Anthropic example above...I guarantee you that if you haven't spent a good 100 hours working with Claude and other Anthropic tools, and understanding Open AI and Google tools...well they aren't hiring you.

Anthropic may in fact not care you are an English major, but only after you have convinced them that you are innately familiar with their tools.

The problem is that you don't find many English majors that have taken the time to good deep into the AI tools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-president-ai-humanities-majors-more-important-2026-2#:~:text=Follow%20Henry%20Chandonnet,she%20said%20on%20ABC%20News.

Anthropic president Daniela Amodei said that AI was making humanities majors "more important than ever."
Amodei was a literature major. She told ABC News that she prizes "the things that make us human."
"At the end of the day, people still really like interacting with people," she said.

wait, so you have one humanities major in AI saying this, but I posted a link about how some tech companies are growing their entry level, but that doesn't matter? Where's the critical thinking skills here.

She doesn't regret her English major because she's now wealthy. How many English majors wish that they had picked a more marketable major compared to CS majors? Granted, I think too many people jumped on the CS bandwagon because they thought that was an easy avenue to get a good paying job, but I bet a lot of these people don't enjoy what they do, and at the end of the day, probably aren't that good at it.

Do you understand what exactly she's saying here? She's saying that humanities majors are still important, not that AI companies want to hire them.

things that make us human will become much more important,.. Amodei listed some things that make us human: understanding ourselves, our history, and what makes us tick.

Sure, we still need humanities majors, but she's not saying those majors will be able to get good paying jobs.

Look at the open jobs out there. How many tech companies are looking for humanities majors?

There are many threads about this on this forum. Please do searches and read. I am a recruiter for a major tech firm. You must not be in the field or from overseas. Many tech giant CEOs are also saying the same thing, they’re hiring more humanities majors with the strong critical thinking, writing, communication skills. There are many examples on this forum of kids graduating over the years with non STEM majors getting high paying jobs at the tech/consulting/banking firms (majors like history, IR, econ, poli sci, etc) wake up. Many many Fortune 500 CEOs have humanities majors.

https://www.fastcompany.com/40440952/why-this-tech-ceo-keeps-hiring-humanities-majors

https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2017/02/18/mark-cuban-dont-go-to-college-to-study-business-study-the-humanities/

Prominent Fortune 500 CEOs with Humanities Degrees:
Brian Moynihan (Bank of America): History
Alex Karp (Palantir): Philosophy
Michael Eisner (Former Disney): English Literature & Theater
Kenneth Chenault (Former American Express): History
Lloyd Blankfein (Former Goldman Sachs): History
Mark Parker (Nike): Political Science
Brian Cornell (Target): Political Science
Gail Boudreaux (Anthem): Psychology/Sociology

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are many threads about this on this forum. Please do searches and read. I am a recruiter for a major tech firm. You must not be in the field or from overseas. Many tech giant CEOs are also saying the same thing, they’re hiring more humanities majors with the strong critical thinking, writing, communication skills. There are many examples on this forum of kids graduating over the years with non STEM majors getting high paying jobs at the tech/consulting/banking firms (majors like history, IR, econ, poli sci, etc) wake up. Many many Fortune 500 CEOs have humanities majors.

https://www.fastcompany.com/40440952/why-this-tech-ceo-keeps-hiring-humanities-majors

https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2017/02/18/mark-cuban-dont-go-to-college-to-study-business-study-the-humanities/

Prominent Fortune 500 CEOs with Humanities Degrees:
Brian Moynihan (Bank of America): History
Alex Karp (Palantir): Philosophy
Michael Eisner (Former Disney): English Literature & Theater
Kenneth Chenault (Former American Express): History
Lloyd Blankfein (Former Goldman Sachs): History
Mark Parker (Nike): Political Science
Brian Cornell (Target): Political Science
Gail Boudreaux (Anthem): Psychology/Sociology

Please stop the nonsense. These people would have been successful regardless of the major. Not everyone can become a professional athlete, and not everyone can become CEO. CS major is going through a big shift. https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1314492.page