A popular college major has one of the highest unemployment rates
www.newsweek.com
"Every kid with a laptop thinks they're the next Zuckerberg, but most can't debug their way out of a paper bag," one expert told Newsweek.

Published earlier this year, but still relevant.

  • thedruid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    133·
    9 hours ago

    Yep. Been saying it for years because I was laid off over and over. Do not enter computer science.

    Become an welder, electrician, etc. ANYTHING but a computer scientist

    • innermachine@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      39 minutes ago

      The trades will ALWAYS be in demand. No matter where society goes, as long as it doesn’t collapse we will need running water, electricity, toilets, transportation, etc. I went to college for bio, switched to CS, graduated with business management degree and now I’m a mechanic. The hope is one day run my own garage perhaps, but untill then I love comfortably enough and know I can walk out tomorrow and find another job before I make it home.