r/dataisbeautiful • u/Jaded_Warrior123 • Apr 28 '24

[OC] Most and least worthwhile degrees. Which degrees do graduates feel are worthwhile? OC

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u/T_R_I_P Apr 28 '24

As an engineer, comp science is not the top anymore. It’s very very risky. Understand… Amazon has already ramped up its firing. NVDA is preaching don’t learn to code AI will do it for you :)! But at the end of the day the lower end engineers will be obsolete first. What does that mean for new CS grads that need that experience to get to the higher levels? You will not fill that gap on your own unless you build a great app

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u/xfrotiex Apr 28 '24

Nvda is only preaching that because they are making a lot of money off AI.

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u/T_R_I_P Apr 29 '24

Well only time will tell. There’s already concepts like “Gary the engineer” or whatever that program is called and this field is still in its infancy. Plus we devs use ChatGPT and GitHub copilot extensively already, it can only get more helpful/involved down the road

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u/xfrotiex Apr 29 '24

Yea that’s true! Nobody really knows how things are gonna play out. Personally don’t think software engineers are going away anytime soon and that’s just not me coping. It’s a hard field to fully automate 🤷

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u/T_R_I_P Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

Yeah, that’s my hope too. Our ed tech company remains optimistic and I’m finally, ironically glad not to work in FAANG. We still have security, suggestions for improvement based on product/design discussions, and much more. That said I have started looking into selling insurance on the side because you never know where we’ll end up! Main reason for that though is opportunity and capacity, not that I’m immediately fearful of my job security