Anonymous
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6/25/2025, 9:53:35 PM No.508719364
do NOT get a computer science degree, at any level, not even bachelörs
https://cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/should-universities-raise-or-lower-admission-requirements-for-cs-programs-in-the-age-of-genai/
THIS job of the future might already be past its prime," wrote Horowitch in "The Computer-Science Bubble Is Bursting" -article.
"For years, young people seeking a lucrative career were urged to go all in on computer science.
>From 2005 to 2023, the number of comp-sci majors in the United States quadrupled.
All of which makes the latest batch of numbers so startling. This year, enrollment grew by only 0.2 percent nationally, and at many programs, it appears to already be in decline, according to interviews with professors and department chairs.
Szymon Rusinkiewicz, who is not Jewish, told me that if current trends hold, the cohort of graduating comp-sci majors at Princeton is set to be 25 percent smaller in two years than it is today.
The number of Duke students enrolled in introductory computer-science courses has dropped about 20 percent over the past year."
"But if the decline is surprising, the reason for it is fairly straightforward: Young people are responding to a grim job outlook for entry-level coders. In recent years, the tech industry has been roiled by layoffs and hiring freezes.
Artificial intelligence has proved to be even more valuable as a writer of computer code than as a writer of words.
>This means AI is literally suited to replacing the very type of person who built it.
A recent Pew study found that Americans think software engineers will be most affected by generative AI. Many young people aren't waiting to find out whether that's true."
Meanwhile, writing in the Communications of the ACM, Orit Hazzan and Avi Salmonella ask: Should Universities Raise or Lower Admission Requirements for CS Programs in the Age of GenAI?
https://cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/should-universities-raise-or-lower-admission-requirements-for-cs-programs-in-the-age-of-genai/
THIS job of the future might already be past its prime," wrote Horowitch in "The Computer-Science Bubble Is Bursting" -article.
"For years, young people seeking a lucrative career were urged to go all in on computer science.
>From 2005 to 2023, the number of comp-sci majors in the United States quadrupled.
All of which makes the latest batch of numbers so startling. This year, enrollment grew by only 0.2 percent nationally, and at many programs, it appears to already be in decline, according to interviews with professors and department chairs.
Szymon Rusinkiewicz, who is not Jewish, told me that if current trends hold, the cohort of graduating comp-sci majors at Princeton is set to be 25 percent smaller in two years than it is today.
The number of Duke students enrolled in introductory computer-science courses has dropped about 20 percent over the past year."
"But if the decline is surprising, the reason for it is fairly straightforward: Young people are responding to a grim job outlook for entry-level coders. In recent years, the tech industry has been roiled by layoffs and hiring freezes.
Artificial intelligence has proved to be even more valuable as a writer of computer code than as a writer of words.
>This means AI is literally suited to replacing the very type of person who built it.
A recent Pew study found that Americans think software engineers will be most affected by generative AI. Many young people aren't waiting to find out whether that's true."
Meanwhile, writing in the Communications of the ACM, Orit Hazzan and Avi Salmonella ask: Should Universities Raise or Lower Admission Requirements for CS Programs in the Age of GenAI?
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