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No, we are already seeing layoffs in the tech industry and the capabilities of AI are accelerating at breakneck speed. The talent pool of CS graduates is already saturated and many companies are increasing reluctant to hire entry-level talent. I expect the ROI for CS degrees to drop dramatically over the next few years.
I would recommend a generalist STEM degree like mathematics or statistics which will give him the critical thinking skills to pursue a variety of career paths. He can always minor in CS.
There is going to be a LOT more software being created in the next few years. And there is a reason the big 4 consulting firms are not laying off people, most companies don't trust themselves to do the coding or even want too and hire it out, even when they could do it themselves. Lots of opportunity coming, it's hard to say what it is, but understanding computers and coding will surely help!
Two things:
1. Does your son like computers/problem solving?
2. Does your son have a plan?
I think you need both to go to a CS route. You need at least the second one to make a decision for anything.
If they don't like problems or computers or aren't interested, they build a plan for something else.
Rising Star
Appreciate the advice!
yes but with a different emphasis than 5 years ago. the degree still teaches you how to think about systems and problems, which is exactly what you need to work effectively with AI. the students who'll struggle aren't the ones without CS degrees — they're the ones who can't evaluate whether the code an AI gave them actually does what it should
Rising Star
I wonder how junior engineers are gaining this skill nowadays - I'm thankful I can rely on my experience pre-ai to guide my thinking in this regard
Cybersecurity is on its all-time high.
Don't go to college become a plumber, electrician, or construction. Those jobs will not be replaced by AI, or out sourced. Eventually you can either join a union or become your own boss. You don't have to go to the same office everyday and basically do the same thig everyday, and get no appreciation for it.
Yes
SWE is a good path at learning the fundamentals, there’s a difference between a high school grad vibecoder and a college graduated vibecoder.
Rising Star
Is a degree still worthwhile though? I feel like you could just be self taught and learn from experience if you wanted to get into software engineering nowadays
Cmon man..if you actually work as a dev in any capacity you know the answer to this