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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just returned from a college reunion, and my friends' kids who majored in CS and graduated last year and this year are all un- or under-employed.  It seems pretty obvious to me that low-level CS jobs are the first to be gobbled up by AI.  If you go to a top school, it truly does not matter what you major in.  Most of those kids who want top jobs in tech, finance, consulting will get them.  Majoring in something skill-based is more important if you attend even a slightly lower-ranked school.  This is why people work so hard to secure spots in the Ivy-plus schools.[/quote]

I am a CIO and lead AI at my company. There is not a single job that has been "gobbled up by AI" in my company, no less the CS jobs. That is absurb. AI is nascent. Right now many tech firms are not on a hiring spree. Its not the "end of CS", it a cycle just like any others and kids with no experience are going to have to hustle to get jobs - or may have to wait.   Your new-grad CS is a lot of work generally, the ROI takes a while to kick in.  My own kid is a CS major (still in school) and I can't think of a better major - you will not find ANY major out there being courted by 10 firms right now. Its the hiring climate.   You think you will fare better as a history or english major? You wont.  The best advice for any major is try to get internships - that is insurance policy. Every year my kid gets an invite to return to his prior internship and it gives him real breathing room to pursue something with a different company because he knows he has a plan b. If you kid has never gotten in the door anywhere, that is going to be a little rougher getting that first job.  Work your connections.[/quote]

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