The Computer Science Dream Has Become a Nightmare
TechCrunch: Well, the coding-equals-prosperity promise has officially collapsed. Fresh computer science graduates are facing unemployment rates of 6.1% to 7.5% ...
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Corky
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"The alleged culprits?
AI programming eliminating junior positions, while Amazon, Meta and Microsoft slash jobs.
Students say they're trapped in an "AI doom loop" " using AI to mass-apply while companies use AI to auto-reject them, sometimes within minutes."
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#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-10 04:23 PM | Reply
Should have done Liberal Arts.
#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-08-10 09:38 PM | Reply
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