I’m a senior in high school right now and definitely need to consider what I’m going to do in college and for work.

For a very long time I’ve been into computers, and am a developer with a few big projects under my belt (this is a burner account for privacy). So, my logical choice for a while was to become a software developer professionally.

Nowadays that plan doesn’t look too promising. AI has basically replaced junior developers (with dubious results) and the competition has gotten much fiercer. I’m not even in college yet so I have a good amount of time to potentially pivot to something else before choosing a major.

I’ve got quite a bit of experience with Linux and I manage a home server, but that probably doesn’t differentiate me much. I’m honestly interested in most things computer related, but don’t know of any specific fields to seek out. If it’s so hard for fresh CS graduates to get jobs, why would any other option be different?

  • UnderpantsWeevilEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Really the problem is not cs degrees being bad its that bachelors degrees are not all that useful in general any more.

    I’ve worked at a few places that won’t touch you without one. But the GPA also counts for a lot. Anything under a 3.0 regularly gets ignored. For the bigger firms, it can go up to 3.5

    I had a weak GPA and took a job at a real bottom of the barrel company. But after five years, it was just “oh, this guy can hold a steady job” and degree/GPA stopped mattering.