71
My Parent doesn't want me doing CS, or CE, because they feel the job market will disappear come 7 years. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by aunchers@lemmy.world to c/cs_career_questions@programming.dev
51 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Krono@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month 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?

this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2026
71 points (97.3% liked)

CSCareerQuestions

2404 readers
1 users here now

A community to ask questions about the tech industry!

Rules/Guidelines

Related Communities

Credits

Icon base by Skoll under CC BY 3.0 with modifications to add a gradient

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
ericjmorey@programming.dev
odium@programming.dev