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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There will be many "AI" companies that fail. CS remains the most closely associated major with AI but as its graduates are discovering that hardly guarantees employment as the sector eats itself.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/26/c3-ai-stock-layoffs-loss.html[/quote]
A lot of these companies are using AI as an excuse for laying people off as they restructure and/or because they over hired during the pandemic.  They all want to show that they are AI leaders and how using AI allows them to cut back on the workforce.   Obviously, no one knows the real numbers, but IMO, there is some of this AI washing going on.  There's also, of course, the crazy economy with the illegal tariffs that's impacting businesses.

Entry level today for CS majors looks a lot different than entry level even 5 years ago.  College grads must know how to use AI.  This is in part why the older SWE are being laid off; they are less apt to use AI in their work.

CS is going through a change, and every tech revolution causes dips and highs in hiring.

-signed someone who works with FAANGs and worked in Silicon Valley for 20 years, and whose DC is a math/CS major who had 5 internship offers this summer, including at a FAANG and quant firms.  They are at a state flagship.  Most of the CS majors they know also have some kind of internship lined up.[/quote]

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