There has been article after article talking about the high unemployment rate for new CS grads (mostly due to AI taking entry-role positions), even at world leading universities like MIT and Stanford (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44157365)
As a junior CS student this is rather despairing
Before you tell me to ride the wave and learn about AI, I hate AI. I've used it, I've built with it, I've hacked it, but I simply refuse to work in it for my career.
It's not that I'm never going to use AI in my job, it's just that I don't want my career to revolve around it
But the thing is, I love computers. I'm not in it for the money, I'm not here to build the next Google, I just love building systems and seeing them work
I also want to go into cybersecurity, not just plain software development (but I do like building software on the side)
I have a number of side projects that I'm invested in, I'm in a number of CS and non-CS clubs at my university, I work in research on and off campus, I don't want to be super market-y in social media, I want to go to grad school, but I just can't shake the feeling that I'm not going to be able to get a job out of college and all of my work in CS will go to waste
So what can a CS student who hates AI prepare for the post-college post-AI work market?
As a junior CS student this is rather despairing
Before you tell me to ride the wave and learn about AI, I hate AI. I've used it, I've built with it, I've hacked it, but I simply refuse to work in it for my career.
It's not that I'm never going to use AI in my job, it's just that I don't want my career to revolve around it
But the thing is, I love computers. I'm not in it for the money, I'm not here to build the next Google, I just love building systems and seeing them work
I also want to go into cybersecurity, not just plain software development (but I do like building software on the side)
I have a number of side projects that I'm invested in, I'm in a number of CS and non-CS clubs at my university, I work in research on and off campus, I don't want to be super market-y in social media, I want to go to grad school, but I just can't shake the feeling that I'm not going to be able to get a job out of college and all of my work in CS will go to waste
So what can a CS student who hates AI prepare for the post-college post-AI work market?