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My Parent doesn't want me doing CS, or CE, because they feel the job market will disappear come 7 years. (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by aunchers@lemmy.world to c/cs_career_questions@programming.dev

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Basically Title.
I love CS, I love designing systems, programming, some cyber and math.
The problem is, I am due to admit into CS this year (4 year program). My Parent's will be funding a majority of it (~2 years, + RESP). And one of my parents, thinks CS won't have many jobs come 7 years?
Why? Because AI will take them all (or is more likely to take them all). That AI is expanding at a rapid pace, and they will slowly but surely take the hardware designing jobs, the programming jobs, and pretty much all the jobs except the administration ones. I have a poor time putting into words what I would like to do in the future (cause I love lots of things related to CS) but I say thing a bit on the technical side, and this parent says that if I cant explain it to them than I don't understand it and that they understand (more to me) what will happen to the market due to their age

I am not saying they're wrong to any of this by the way, I'm just looking for advice on if they're right, and if not, why?

I don't think I'll ever give up doing CS because its something I love with all my heart.
But if I'm not able to convince them, they want me to take a gap and get a different degree (in a less likely to be taken job).
I might be rambling here, but I am genuinely soooo lost.

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[–] Krono@lemmy.today -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The CS job market is already a nightmare, and the effects of AI are just beginning.

I graduated with a Software Engineering degree from a prestigious public university in 2020. I have yet to find an entry level job using these skills.

Networking and applying for jobs consumed my life for 3 years. At the end of those 3 years I was seriously considering suicide.

I was once like you, passionate about CS. Sorry to say it, but a likely outcome at the end of your path is failure, depression, and suicide. Multiple classmates of mine have killed themselves already.

[–] heatofignition@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Did you really just tell this person dedicated to CS and looking for advice that there's no hope and they'll probably kill themselves? Wtf

[–] Krono@lemmy.today -1 points 3 days ago

No, you're putting words in my mouth. There is real hope, and they probably won't kill themselves. But there is a very real chance of failure, pumping them up with false hope is doing them a disservice.

A CS degree in this job market is about as valuable as a degree in philosophy or women's studies. I wish someone could have told me that years ago when I decided on CS.

If you can afford to get one of those degrees, that's great, but most of us have to work to support ourselves. I thought I was going to be an engineer and help support my aging parents, instead I have to listen to them cry as I beg them for rent money.

One of my good friends graduated with me in the CS/SE program, he also couldn't find a job. He killed himself a couple years ago. I often wonder, if someone had warned him about CS, would he still be alive?