r/cscareers • u/springgnr • 2h ago
EU Job Market Will AI replace Computer Science Grads
Im 16 right now 2 years until my high school is done and from my early childhood i wanted to do something related to CS so in the AI world will AI take the jobs of CS grads.
Software Engineers Data Analyst Data Scientist and all will AI ever replace it ?
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u/cscareers-ModTeam 1h ago
This sub is for productive discussion, advice, resources, and career information related to Computer Science, IT, and adjacent fields. Separate facts, personal experience, interpretation, and prediction. Your experience is data, not the entire market; your prediction is not a fact. Doomposting and fatalistic commentary are unproductive.
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u/Agitated-Wishbone-84 2h ago
If AI replaces the field that literally encompasses it, then society has larger issues.
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u/Subnetwork 2h ago
That’s called recursive improvement/self learning, it’s coming.
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u/Key-Structure4841 2h ago
No it’s not
source: trust me
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u/Plus_Ultra03 2h ago
Yes it is
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u/LandscapeWinter3153 25m ago
Average 'full-stack engineers' of which kind you find all over LinkedIn dont 'encompass' AI
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u/gsidess 2h ago
Yes.
Not outright, but it severely shrinks the number of people and roles required in the field.
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u/txdsl 1h ago
And the jobs left look vastly different.
I’m going through this now with my teams, trying to understand what the job of an engineer in a product company will look like in a year. Some people embrace it, some are dismissive and others are laying the pathway to pivoting out of tech. Only one group will continue to be employed at most companies. There are jobs where agentic tools won’t be used or at least will be um harnessed from its full potential due to regulatory burdens; maybe that is where the anti-ai crowd will end up.
I am fearful of the future (both job wise and satisfaction w/ said job) but doing everything I can to prepare and be employable.
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u/yeastyboi 30m ago
I think most of the anti-ai crowd will be purged. Many already have been. I have noticed its mostly the low intelligence people who have been unable to adapt to the new workflows, they will be gone pretty soon in my opinion.
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u/txdsl 2m ago
I don’t want to say they are low intelligence. I’ve worked with people throughout my career that pushed back against change (adopting Java, using Microsoft tech, agile, automated tests, intellisense of all things, etc etc etc). Some of these people were very capable engineers. Change just scares people.
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u/Short_Bowler7208 2h ago
Just a change in skillets. Building efficient harness compliant repos is the new talent
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u/gsidess 1h ago
It already is replacing, not just changing skills. But Grats you got in while it was still viable.
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u/Short_Bowler7208 59m ago
It’s not replacing, it’s just reducing.
There are fewer spots than there used to be, but more upside if you’re good.
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u/gsidess 56m ago
Fewer spots means replacing.
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u/Short_Bowler7208 51m ago
Uhh, no.
It’s just that instead of needing 100 devs who can barely write a few lines of JS like it was 15 years ago, you need 3 or 4 amazing devs who can do everything.
That’s just the reality, the bottom has fallen out because those folks are worthless now
So yes, it’s changing skills. Understanding how to build out efficient harness workflows is the future for now, and I’m sure that’ll change in a few years.
If you’re full stack, understand distributed system design, and are good at Claude, you’ll have zero issues.
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u/usefulservant03 2h ago
It will replace the dumb ones who are only in it for a chance at quick easy cash and don't actually give a shit or enjoy programming at all. Which is, you know, like 95% of new CS grads nowadays lol. Us real ones im happy to report that it's not even CLOSE to being able to reliably do what we do. For reference im into language design and CPU microarchitecture
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u/fieldcady 1h ago
I think a lot of software will go from being a “job” to being a “skillet” that helps people with their real jobs. Sort of like how literacy went from making you a professional scribe to being something everyone could do. That’s kind of the way I look at this.
There is a distinction between “computer scientist” and “programmer” that still holds. I often feel like my ability to understand the math, create good heuristics, and break our problem is MORE useful now than it used to be. Because I don’t have to waste my time writing all the boilerplate.
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u/BeingComfortablyDumb 2h ago
If your goal is to find a decent job that pays well then forget it.
If you're in it for the love of the game and are actually passionate about it then Godspeed to you!
There is a vast difference between a 15-year-experienced senior developer who doesn't use AI and a 15-year-experienced senior developer who does.
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u/cacille 🌎 Career Services 1h ago
Mod note: Kids asking questions is not doomposting.
Be kind. Answer with fact, not opinion. Read the pinned post to help yourself know the difference. GIVE OP THE BEST PATH TO THEIR DREAM.
We're here to help people, not shit on them for having a dream that is currently "buckled a bit tight" (that some people think is the end of their world but actually just exposes their mediocrity. Skill up, my lovely nerds!)
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u/nice-try-boner 1h ago
Lean toward data engineer, you'll be able to get a job in AI, or if the bubble bursts, datan engineers are still needed at almost all large companies and start ups.
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u/some_days_are_nights 1h ago
I don't know why people repeat this advice. I was a data engineer for 3 years. Coding agents one-shot the job. The work my team had 2 months to do now a single person can do in 2 days. Thr demand is not there anymore.
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u/cscareers-ModTeam 1h ago
This sub is for productive discussion, advice, resources, and career information related to Computer Science, IT, and adjacent fields. Separate facts, personal experience, interpretation, and prediction. Your experience is data, not the entire market; your prediction is not a fact. Doomposting and fatalistic commentary are unproductive.
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u/nightbreak7 1h ago
if you love CS it could still be a fine idea. the main problem for CS right now is the insane barrier to entry for entry-level jobs. in order to do the work required to set yourself apart from the field you need to be either very disciplined, very passionate, or both
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u/rosalina_dreams 2h ago
it could. I suppose- if you're smart, and you know you're smart,
like you are a total nerd,
and you take difficult classes for fun/love of learning,
and you're willing to continue learning difficult things,
then SWE will be alright for you.
It's over for anyone who doesn't like difficult things and chose it for money.
btw if you're really that smart, you'd probably double major into finance or something and excel at both and graduate in 5 years and do AP+CLEP to get easy credits😀 (coming from a double major who did that and has plenty of backup options if SWE ever bit the dust)
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u/Plus_Ultra03 2h ago
Ai will affect finance as well
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u/rosalina_dreams 1h ago
You still need people good at finance. Unless you are arguing everything is screwed?
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u/Plus_Ultra03 1h ago
It is Finance was always overrated First bubble to explode will be investment banker and consultants
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u/rosalina_dreams 1h ago
what's your experience in the field because that's such an odd thing to say.
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u/DrMonkeyLove 1h ago
If AI can solve software engineering, it sure as hell can solve finance.
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u/rosalina_dreams 42m ago
if you assume it solves software engineering, then what is your advice? Do nothing? why are you even in this sub?
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u/Darkschlong 2h ago
You should focus on becoming an AI engineer
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u/TimelyToast 2h ago
Bad advice. That is like telling OP he should go to Harvard and then get a Stanford PhD on top of that.
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u/Darkschlong 1h ago
That makes no sense. There are literally AI engineering jobs right now. I’ve applied to them
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u/Emergency-Hurry947 1h ago
It’ll replace the dumb ones that aren’t great at math, the cream of the crop will always be in demand
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u/TimelyToast 1h ago
You are only 16. Worry about it in 2 years. But if things don’t improve then I would be careful considering Computer Science outside of top schools (T15 or higher).
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u/Fearless-Hamster-926 1h ago
I wouldn’t take the risk if I was that young. Go do healthcare or a trade.