Anonymous
Post 12/06/2025 17:37     Subject: Don’t major in CS
If you love CS, major in CS.

If you just want a job, major in something else you might enjoy.
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2025 17:10     Subject: Don’t major in CS
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Anonymous wrote:Computer Science has one of the highest unemployment rates for recent graduates. Everyone thought it was a lock for highly compensated jobs right out of school. Colleges and universities currently have overpopulated CS pipelines that dump new grads into an economy and workforce that don’t want employees without years of real world experience. Couple that with the influence AI is currently exerting on the profession and it makes it very risky to pay hundreds of thousands for a degree that could be incredibly devalued by 2030.


Similar threads every month:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1287015.page


Yup, and those posting about CS don't even understand its more than just coding.


We understand recent graduates can’t get jobs.

It would appear over 93% CAN get jobs.


In CS? That’s a huge assumption.
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2025 17:05     Subject: Don’t major in CS
Anonymous wrote: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.

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
Post 12/06/2025 16:48     Subject: Don’t major in CS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Computer Science has one of the highest unemployment rates for recent graduates. Everyone thought it was a lock for highly compensated jobs right out of school. Colleges and universities currently have overpopulated CS pipelines that dump new grads into an economy and workforce that don’t want employees without years of real world experience. Couple that with the influence AI is currently exerting on the profession and it makes it very risky to pay hundreds of thousands for a degree that could be incredibly devalued by 2030.


Similar threads every month:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1287015.page


Yup, and those posting about CS don't even understand its more than just coding.


We understand recent graduates can’t get jobs.

It would appear over 93% CAN get jobs.
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2025 16:33     Subject: Don’t major in CS
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
Post 12/06/2025 16:26     Subject: Don’t major in CS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Computer Science has one of the highest unemployment rates for recent graduates. Everyone thought it was a lock for highly compensated jobs right out of school. Colleges and universities currently have overpopulated CS pipelines that dump new grads into an economy and workforce that don’t want employees without years of real world experience. Couple that with the influence AI is currently exerting on the profession and it makes it very risky to pay hundreds of thousands for a degree that could be incredibly devalued by 2030.


Similar threads every month:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1287015.page


Yup, and those posting about CS don't even understand its more than just coding.


We understand recent graduates can’t get jobs.


NRO.mil is hiring CS grads who are US citizens. Great place to get a start with hands-on experience. Did yours apply?
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2025 15:14     Subject: Don’t major in CS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Computer Science has one of the highest unemployment rates for recent graduates. Everyone thought it was a lock for highly compensated jobs right out of school. Colleges and universities currently have overpopulated CS pipelines that dump new grads into an economy and workforce that don’t want employees without years of real world experience. Couple that with the influence AI is currently exerting on the profession and it makes it very risky to pay hundreds of thousands for a degree that could be incredibly devalued by 2030.


Similar threads every month:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1287015.page


Yup, and those posting about CS don't even understand its more than just coding.


We understand recent graduates can’t get jobs.
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2025 14:41     Subject: Don’t major in CS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Computer Science has one of the highest unemployment rates for recent graduates. Everyone thought it was a lock for highly compensated jobs right out of school. Colleges and universities currently have overpopulated CS pipelines that dump new grads into an economy and workforce that don’t want employees without years of real world experience. Couple that with the influence AI is currently exerting on the profession and it makes it very risky to pay hundreds of thousands for a degree that could be incredibly devalued by 2030.


Similar threads every month:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1287015.page


Yup, and those posting about CS don't even understand its more than just coding.
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2025 14:40     Subject: Don’t major in CS
Anonymous wrote:Computer Science has one of the highest unemployment rates for recent graduates. Everyone thought it was a lock for highly compensated jobs right out of school. Colleges and universities currently have overpopulated CS pipelines that dump new grads into an economy and workforce that don’t want employees without years of real world experience. Couple that with the influence AI is currently exerting on the profession and it makes it very risky to pay hundreds of thousands for a degree that could be incredibly devalued by 2030.


Similar threads every month:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1287015.page
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2025 13:39     Subject: Don’t major in CS
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Anonymous wrote:If the kid is any good at computer science what difference does it make how many applications they had to fill out?

Huh?


Yeah you can write a code to populate all the forms automatically using speech.


Cs is more than just writing code.
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2025 13:11     Subject: Don’t major in CS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If the kid is any good at computer science what difference does it make how many applications they had to fill out?

Huh?


Yeah you can write a code to populate all the forms automatically using speech.
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2025 21:41     Subject: Don’t major in CS
Anonymous wrote:If the kid is any good at computer science what difference does it make how many applications they had to fill out?

Huh?
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2025 21:37     Subject: Don’t major in CS
If the kid is any good at computer science what difference does it make how many applications they had to fill out?
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2025 20:50     Subject: Don’t major in CS
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Anonymous wrote:People sending their kids off to major in CS with massive price tags should really be smarter about doing the research. Every major tech CEO is out there telling you NOT to do that. Every.single.one. In every chat they have with podcasters or conference fireside chats or general briefings, they are saying the world is changing for entry-level talent in CS, and to skip it altogether. If you don't want to pay attention, then it's on you. Internships do not equate to job offers. Job offers do not equate to actually starting when they say they'll start. Jensen was recently at the CSIS forum (yesterday!) and again conveyed the exact same message. Karp, Musk, Zuckerberg, Pichai, Altman, Cook ... all of them are saying the exact same thing!! Focus away from surfing college admissions stats and insights on how to get into the T20, and instead follow some of these people on major platforms where they are giving you the playbook for what they'll be looking for in hiring talent. They are not shying away from giving you that insight.


Applied math. Honestly a grounding in applied math is a life long investment. I would much much rather my kid focused on the fundamentals in college rather than a CS degree.

Ok
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2025 20:41     Subject: Don’t major in CS
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.