Tragically, I suspect maybe what students might really want is more money.
Finance preferentially hires Economics and Mathematics grads.
And Finance pays the largest salaries and is thus poaching a lot of talent from other fields.
Certainly so in the UK, where Finance is arguably too dominant in our economy.
(Rumours online argue that many CS grads in recent years only studied the subject to chase a Big Tech salary without having a real passion for the subject.)
Parents who are financing their children to university education must think about their ROI too. They are reading all the hype by AI companies about how great their AI coding tools are.
In some ironic twist of fortunate, we are swept by the AI wave we created.
There are many reasons why people choose to major in CS, algorithms, optimization, UX, coding. If coding is the main reason, students are uncertain about their future job prospective given how AI agents are coding very well. But other reasons are the main motivation for pursuing a CS degree, they are not as affected. I hope.
Tragically, I suspect maybe what students might really want is more money.
Finance preferentially hires Economics and Mathematics grads.
And Finance pays the largest salaries and is thus poaching a lot of talent from other fields.
Certainly so in the UK, where Finance is arguably too dominant in our economy.
(Rumours online argue that many CS grads in recent years only studied the subject to chase a Big Tech salary without having a real passion for the subject.)
Parents who are financing their children to university education must think about their ROI too. They are reading all the hype by AI companies about how great their AI coding tools are.
In some ironic twist of fortunate, we are swept by the AI wave we created.
Yes, it will be interesting to see how it develops.
Klarna dangerously overestimated AI's current abilities and is scrambling to rehire after firing so many people: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/klarna-slashed-40-its-staff-ai-now-theyre-scrambling-rehire-humans-after-customer-backlash-1734771
But Dr. Yeh! What are the sources for such a major shift?
There are many reasons why people choose to major in CS, algorithms, optimization, UX, coding. If coding is the main reason, students are uncertain about their future job prospective given how AI agents are coding very well. But other reasons are the main motivation for pursuing a CS degree, they are not as affected. I hope.