And the Horse You Code In On

For years, young people with aspirations for future employment were advised to get a computer science degree. The demand for coders was insatiable. But then the coders already in the business created AI that can do a lot of the coding itself. And just like that, for many the computer science major turned into a major bummer. NYT (Gift Article): Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle. Just consider how unimaginable these stats would have seemed back when today’s college graduates were choosing their majors. “Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1 percent and 7.5 percent respectively, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates, which is just 3 percent.” (Hey, it could be worse. I spent my life perfecting the art of providing quick, clear summaries of vast amounts of information spread across the internet.)