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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.

Uh huh and the least of it is writing code. So what are we crying about here

Unemployment and underemployment for recent graduates.

Not an issue at top schools (top20 private, T5-6 public).

I keep forgetting everyone here has exceptional children that all go to T-20s and land first jobs at a FAANG making $500k-$1M.

Now do the other 375 schools that real people go to.

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Anonymous wrote:Tech bust of the century coming… the CS salaries, for those employed , will converge w/ other engineering fields

Well, engineers get paid pretty well, so..

They’re paid like cops.

They generally have decent work life balance, unlike cops.

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Anonymous wrote:Tech bust of the century coming… the CS salaries, for those employed , will converge w/ other engineering fields

Well, engineers get paid pretty well, so..

They’re paid like cops.

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Anonymous wrote:The H-1B visa was sold as a “high-skilled immigration” program.

Instead, companies are applying to use it for jobs like…7/11 cashiers.

Here are a few of the absurd H-1B applications that companies have recently filed.

ok, that's not good, but a 7/11 cashier isn't gunning for CS jobs so this is irrelevant to the thread. But, thanks for sharing.

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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.

Uh huh and the least of it is writing code. So what are we crying about here

Unemployment and underemployment for recent graduates.

Not an issue at top schools (top20 private, T5-6 public).

I keep forgetting everyone here has exceptional children that all go to T-20s and land first jobs at a FAANG making $500k-$1M.

How could you forget that DCUM is in Lake Wobegon where all the children are above average?

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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.

Uh huh and the least of it is writing code. So what are we crying about here

Unemployment and underemployment for recent graduates.

Not an issue at top schools (top20 private, T5-6 public).

I keep forgetting everyone here has exceptional children that all go to T-20s and land first jobs at a FAANG making $500k-$1M.

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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.

Uh huh and the least of it is writing code. So what are we crying about here

Unemployment and underemployment for recent graduates.

Not an issue at top schools (top20 private, T5-6 public).

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Anonymous wrote:Tech bust of the century coming… the CS salaries, for those employed , will converge w/ other engineering fields

Well, engineers get paid pretty well, so..

Anonymous wrote:Tech bust of the century coming… the CS salaries, for those employed , will converge w/ other engineering fields

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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.

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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.

Uh huh and the least of it is writing code. So what are we crying about here

Unemployment and underemployment for recent graduates.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop with the nonsense. Do you even get what cs is?

No experience, no luck. The market is awash in RIFed workers with experience. New graduates need not apply.

https://www.cengagegroup.com/news/perspectives/2025/computer-science-grads-facing-a-lack-of-entry-level-jobs-and-a-career-readiness-gap/

https://www.synergisticit.com/why-tech-companies-dont-hire-recent-cs-graduates/

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/computer-science-college-graduates-jobs

https://www.thecollegefix.com/computer-engineering-grads-face-double-the-unemployment-rate-of-art-history-majors/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/technology/coding-ai-jobs-students.html

https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2025/06/06/computer-science-majors-were-promised-six-figures-so-why-are-they-unemployed/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm21dvg8l1go

This is what our May 2025 CS grad has found. The only people he knows with CS jobs are those who got them through nepotism. I think if you can’t land that first internship, it is incredibly difficult because one internship leads to the next once you have experience.

NP here. My DS is a CS Major class of 2025. He did not have an internship that he was selected for, but in his junior year joined an AI club at school that led to joining a startup. DS put in over 1000 apps and joined Google as a SWE July 2025. No nepotism, no internal referral either. He says that the smart CS kids he graduated with have jobs....he was not at a a top 5 CS program either. There is hope!