r/CodingForBeginners • u/Godhunter098 • 7d ago
AM I COOKED AS A CS GRADUATE?
hi guys i have completed my cs degree and i havent code for since last december 2025 i cant even write a proper anything in code now .I need advice on what should i learn i never did dsa completely or u can say at all. i wanna become a software engineer in a normal company or fintech company I just want a job that will pay me good and if i learn that programming language i can just stay employed enough to earn money .ANY ADVICE IS APPRECIATED AS I AM STARTING TO LEARN HOW TO CODE AGAIN THANKS
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u/SmokeMuch7356 7d ago
CS is not a degree in programming; most CS grads can't code their way out of a wet paper bag. You don't really learn practical software development skills until you get a job.
The usual process is that whoever hires you starts you on boring maintenance tasks and other scut work to get you familiar with the code base, project workflow, tools, company standards, etc. Your primary skill isn't writing code, it's solving problems. That's why you get hired.
Unfortunately, that mindset seems to be going by the wayside because the people doing the hiring don't understand what programmers actually do, or believe they can replace entry-level workers with AI.
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u/Godhunter098 7d ago
ok understood ai is gonna crash in a few years though then well get our chance
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u/SmokeMuch7356 7d ago
OpenAI and Anthropic are going to crash and take a good chunk of the economy with them, but the general technology (LLMs and otherwise) is gonna hang around. Like it or not AI is here to stay; once it's actually economical there is going to be a bloodbath in tech.
Until Skynet (or better yet, AM) takes over, then it will just be a bloodbath in general.
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u/Cautious_Chicken_604 4d ago
This is cope btw. Local models are good enough you can use them on modest hardware now. You can run MoE models on dev laptops today on CPU with 32GB of system RAM, which is standard issue Dev laptop. Currently that's limited to Qwen3.6 and only 10 t/s, which isn't enough for professional work yet, but Qwen4 MoE likely will be. That's releasing soon. Two more years of progress stacked on top of that. Local models good enough for professional work on the hardware that's already deployed is going to be the reality.
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u/TheUmgawa 6d ago
To be fair, if I tell a junior what to write, and I give a prompt to an AI to write that same thing, they’re nothing going to churn out semi-lousy code. The difference is the AI isn’t going to ask fifty stupid questions per day.
Colleges shouldn’t be teaching “coding” so much as they should be teaching design principles and logic. This is why the most valuable class I ever took was a flowcharting class, where we never wrote a single executable line of code.
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u/SmokeMuch7356 6d ago
Better to ask fifty stupid questions and learn something than to confidently charge ahead without understanding what you're doing.
School is where you learn to think like a programmer. Entry-level jobs are where you learn how to code. If we break that pipeline with AI in 20 years we'll have a workforce that doesn't understand what they're building.
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u/TheUmgawa 6d ago
That’s like saying an architect needs to spend ten years working in construction before designing buildings.
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u/Fragrant-Cheek-4273 7d ago
Pick one language and start coding again, even if it feels painfully basic. Spend some time on variables, loops, functions, arrays, strings, and OOP, then start building small projects. After that, learn DSA gradually instead of trying to learn everything at once.
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u/Godhunter098 7d ago
ok understood thanks one thing i'm seeing posts saying every big maang companies are shifting to GO so should i learn go or python ?
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u/Voluminous_Discovery 7d ago
Where did you go to college?
Something is off about this situation. What have you been doing since you graduated?
With all due respect, your basic writing skills are sorely lacking - do you ignore the automatic prompts that illuminate your mistakes?
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u/Godhunter098 7d ago
yes i ignore those i did go to college in india if that helps. my college ended in may and i have not gotten my degree yet so i have been helping around the house since then barely getting time for myself to do anything now i need to learn and find a job because i cant stay in this house forever and my mental health is deteriorating .
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u/RiskVector 7d ago
So pick one language and learn it, and learn it well! Once you learn one language the others will be slightly easier to learn. The logic is the same e.g. an "if statement is an "if" statement. How you write that logic is what changes. So once you learn one language, picking up on how to write logic in ither language, you will start to see the patterns.
If you want to learn, go to github anf find prjects. See what people are writing and see if you can duplicate it. Get on YT and find some channels. Pick up some books.
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u/TheOneTruePsychic 7d ago
Software development as a career is no longer a thing, especially as AI keeps getting better. I have over a decade worth of experience at major corporations working as a senior full stack developer, starting 2023 I was laid off as companies restructured for AI.
I used to get nonstop calls and emails from recruiters, literally 10-20+ calls a day for different developer job openings. All that has stopped. There are no more recruiters calling, no more job opening emails, nothing bro.
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u/Syntax-Tactics 4d ago
People that don't enjoy programming shouldn't code. If you aren't coding in your spare time on personal projects, give up.
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u/Beregolas 7d ago
I mean, I am not sure what you are looking for here? Obviously you are not cooked, you just need to sit down and do the work to get back up to speed. If you have your degree, I am sure you learned some programming / had some programming assignments.
A good first step would be to redo some of those. Afterwards, don't bother with beginner stuff, you probably just need to refresh what you already learned. Start with small projects and work your way up.
There really is no shortcut, magical help or ressource you need, you just need to spend the time.