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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"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
They did.
Fresh computer science graduates are facing unemployment rates of 6.1% to 7.5% " more than double what biology and art history majors are experiencing,
#3 | Posted by zarnon at 2025-08-10 10:27 PM | Reply
They should learn to mine coal.
#4 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-08-10 11:32 PM | Reply
This is a lie.
About 400,000 H-1B applications for high-skilled foreign workers were approved in 2024. www.pewresearch.org
And Microsoft moving to India...
Microsoft is making a big move in India, with plans to invest $3 billion to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure. Satya Nadella, Microsoft's chairman and CEO, called this the company's largest expansion in India so far. The investment will focus on increasing Azure's capacity and building out regional infrastructure to support the growing demand for AI and cloud services. www.linkedin.com
Go figure, and Indian wanting to being jobs home to India.
#5 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-08-11 12:04 AM | Reply
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