I always wanted to pursue CS as my majors but due to the recent news of SWE getting fired changed my mind
Now I’m confused about what to opt for my bachelors. Should I take CS or a Management degree?
Go after what you love.
If you want job security pursue database and Cobol.
What makes you happy to do? It may be neither.
I’m an Ops and HR manager (weird combo I know) because I love the #s game and clean processes and also get a kick out of helping people develop and succeed.
I love computers but didn’t want to kill my joy in tinkering so I didn’t pursue them in higher education. I’m self taught in that regard.
If you’ve always wanted to pursue CS, do CS.
Honestly, there’s a lot of hype around AI. Companies are trying to figure out how to incorporate LLMs into their workflows, but no one has meaningfully succeeded yet past using it as an automated StackOverflow (which is usually wrong or outdated, just like StackOverflow). Yeah, startups will claim that things like cursor have saved them hundreds or thousands of working hours, but then they get burned their AIs leave in their API keys and code security flaws into their services. In the best case, they’ve created a nightmare codebase that will raise the turnover rates for their software developers significantly.
If you are actually passionate about CS, get a CS degree and don’t use AI for problem solving. Maybe debugging/concept explanations if it gets better, but don’t let it solve problems for you. Designing solutions, to problems, critically thinking about their strengths/weaknesses, and working through them is exactly what a CS degree is supposed to teach you how to do, so don’t throw that away by having AI do your work for you.
I’ve read some takes that basically said the following:
The market for devs will shrink, but the market for senior devs will grow greatly.
Assuming that’s true, you won’t have to worry if you enjoy programming and are going to actively gain tons of skills in your free time.
If you won’t be that person, then I’m not sure if CS is good for you.
If your goal is money, become an investment banker. I kind of wish I knew about this option when I was young. Those people are all millionaires at age 30.
Your life will suck for 10 years but you’ll have enough of a nest egg you can retire at 35 if you want.
But for that you gotta be in one of the top 10-20 unis of the QS ranking. And I can’t be even in top 50 so investment banking isn’t a option for me
That’s what I heard and read from everywhere. If you know some other way then you may suggest some
What are you going to believe? Something you read everywhere or advice from a random trustworthy guy on the internet?
