/biz/ - Business & Finance

[Anonymous No.54564998]

Did I screw up?

>be me
>majored in CS
>one year away from graduating

Meanwhile,
>entire tech industry is dying
>AI is getting smarter
>inflation out of control

I thought I was doing the right thing by studying CS. But now I'm having my doubts... I just want a job that pays a living wage, bros.

[Anonymous No.54565009]

>>54564998
Tech dying is a meme if you can write a loop

[Anonymous No.54565023]

Tech is fine. It was just overly hot and is now correcting. No you won't get $150k starting anymore, take your $75k or so and be happy.

[Anonymous No.54565028]

>>54564998
Do you have internships and good personal projects? You'll be fine. I'm in the same boat anon, should be a while until shit really goes south for us.

[Anonymous No.54565034]

>>54564998
I don't think your average person knows what an API is and how it works.
That one concept is just the tip of the ice berg, some programs require you to comprehend how memory management works, if you're the one coding it. You need to explcitily tell the computer how you wish to manage that memory or else the compiler doesn't work. It's like a car, you still need to get your driver's license or you can't actually drive. In theory, you could drive around but you'll probably die if you needed to use a highway.

godspeed anon

[Anonymous No.54565626]

Well if you're planning to only get coding jobs with your CS degree, then yes you're screwed.

I recommend looking elsewhere. CS is a much broader degree than many initially think. There are all kinds of jobs you can get with the CS degree.

[Anonymous No.54565758]

>>54564998


white collar bubble just starting. There will be white collar jobs but not as much as in the past. The bubble just starting.

[Anonymous No.54565779]

new toss

[Anonymous No.54566091]

>>54565626
This. Graduated 2 years ago. Dont know how to code. Got a job as a business analyst, make 100k/year now just writing sql, talking to boomers, and making some dashboards in Tableau

[Anonymous No.54566122]

>>54564998
“Hmm did I fuck up by studying a field that’s declining slightly but will pay $200k/yr if I get a decent job, or should I have gotten a degree with much worse job prospects?”

[Anonymous No.54566129]

>>54564998
keep on trucking anon

[Anonymous No.54566139]

>>54564998
The ability to automate code monkeys’ jobs will make CS higher education more valuable. We will still need senior engineers to design architecture and vet the entrusted AI-generated code. The lower rungs of the career ladder are being destroyed. I expect masters degrees in CS to become much more common among Americans. It’s currently just for pajeets and changs to get H1B

[Anonymous No.54566222]

>>54566091
Did you get a CS degree?
I have an engineering degree and all I want is a semi-technical wfh job. My current wfh job is so reliant on soft skills (ie bullshit) that I worry about growth and my future

[Anonymous No.54566478]

>>54565034
This. Muh “ChatGPT will replace ALL ENTRY LEVEL CODEMONKEYS IN 2 WEEKS LEARN A TRADE” is getting old. Ironically all the FUD could actually drive tech wages up for a while because more zoomers have gotten scared and switched majors. A lot of this is marketing from AI companies just like every shitcoin says they will be the coin that gets mass adoption. I also wonder if there is an aspect of psy op to this to get zoomers to willingly go into the trades somehow because nobody wants to be a tradie despite a huge shortage of them.

[Anonymous No.54566670]

>>54565034
Retarted comparison, I've met plenty of people with no loicenses who drive all the time

[Anonymous No.54567209]

>>54564998
You are probably too young to remember the last two recessions, but the tech industry is always the first to fall, but also the first to recover. It's already been a good play to buy the nasdaq for quite a few months now (yeah a correction is happening soon). In a year or so, tech will already be hiring again. Get some AI portfolio experience in the meantime.

[Anonymous No.54568741]

>>54565779
There has never been a good webcomic.

[Anonymous No.54568890]

YAWN. A board full of crypto faggots dick riding CS yet complaining how financial services steals all their gains.

[Anonymous No.54568955]

>>54565626
> There are all kinds of jobs you can get with the CS degree

Yes. For example, waiting tables

[Anonymous No.54569113]

>tfw cybersecurity

[Anonymous No.54569258]

>>54564998
AI is the most deflationary force the planet has ever known.

[Anonymous No.54569342]

>>54564998
>CS
>in 2023
Oh no no

You're about 10-20 years late bro