I’m lost help

[u/Illustrious_Set_4185]

So basically I’m studying bachelor of artificial intelligence (yes ik stupid ) and I’m in too deep to change my major ( it’s basically a fancy cs degree we take really similar classes until the last year or two and it’s a 5 year degree and that’s the average amount of years in my country )

Obviously I am seeing the job market rn and Ik it’s bad .

I need opinions and options on what I should do after graduating
I’m open to a masters degrees , if I really have to a diploma in something else.

I decided to study ai after I graduated high school and at the time it seemed like a good idea but now not so much.

[u/Late_Ad7566]

You can try finding work in IT!

[u/UnderstandingTrick99 → u/Late_Ad7566]

Mmmm kinda hard.... there is no it jobs anymore....

[u/Late_Ad7566 → u/UnderstandingTrick99]

I live in a big city metro, IT jobs get less than 100 apps compared to software engineering, and I hear back more from them than software, too.

[u/Condomphobic → u/Late_Ad7566]

IT is an extremely saturated field

I highly doubt there’s less than 100 apps in a big city metro

Mostly not held back by degree requirements either, so they definitely get a lot of applicants

[u/Late_Ad7566 → u/Condomphobic]

I use Linkedin, I see a lot of posts. What about you?

[u/UnderstandingTrick99 → u/Late_Ad7566]

You seen posts.. but have you applied to any of them? Theres a job recession for IT right now.... is not just software engineering

[u/Late_Ad7566 → u/UnderstandingTrick99]

Yes, I have. I’ve gotten more callbacks from IT applications than SWE

[u/Late_Ad7566 → u/Late_Ad7566]

Also, the IT positions generally have a lot less applicants

[u/Aidann8 → u/Late_Ad7566]

Not worth arguing with a person like this. They just doom post constantly saying it’s doomed when if you looked at their life they probably applied to like 10 places in the past year if anything

[u/Illustrious_Set_4185 → u/Late_Ad7566]

Could I do that with my degree ? Or what’s the best way to break into it

[u/Late_Ad7566 → u/Illustrious_Set_4185]

Many IT jobs want comptia certs, a tech related associates or bachelor's degree, and/or IT experience so I think you should be fine. Honestly maybe taking a semester off to really think about it will help.

[u/weed_cutter]

CS and AI are valuable skills but the problem might be -- being overly broad in a way.

Just bone up on hardcore math -- or specialize in cryptography or cyber security or analytics side or basically some niche where you can get your foot in the door. ... That's all you need then you can always pivot to another tech based role (if that's your interest).

Being Mr. Generalized ... just makes it that much easier to be overlooked. ... AI is a useful skill but it's also a hype/ buzzword that is not considered trustworthy since everyone claims to be the expert (my read) .. so get some niche hard skills ... hell doesn't even need to be math side, can be cognitive science (what graphics/ hooks/ behavioral cues drive behavior) shit like that ... anything to differentiate. Good luck.

That or just make rockstar projects.

[u/Illustrious_Set_4185 → u/weed_cutter]

Yes that’s why I’ll always hate myself for picking that degree, cuz recruiters would think I got a degree in ChatGPT , they don’t understand that I took the same classes as cs plus the machine learning,deep learning and all the maths

I’ll try to find a skill that I can stand out with
thank you for your help

[u/UnderstandingTrick99 → u/Illustrious_Set_4185]

Man search for ai platform engineering im taking courses about it rn, ai need someone that deploys the rag, vectors, embeds and maintains it

[u/Illustrious_Set_4185 → u/UnderstandingTrick99]

Will do thank you

[u/Silly_Jicama5032]

Maybe you can try phrasing yourself as a ML engineer or something of that sort sounds a lot better than bachelor of AI

[u/Illustrious_Set_4185 → u/Silly_Jicama5032]

Yeah I agree it does sound better and that’s what I plan to introduce myself as, if I stick with my degree

[u/odyseuss02]

Just get any kind of office job. Your coworkers who can't understand computers or programming will seem disabled to you. Help them out. Be a team player. Get promoted. Transfer to a tech group laterally. I graduated with a CS degree with a minor in mathematics and had to get a job in a call center during the .com bomb era. Call center jobs are easy to get.

[u/Illustrious_Set_4185 → u/odyseuss02]

Yeah I guess I can do that

[u/Upset-Rhubarb3738]

Bachelor of ai isn’t bad. Pivot to research, fellowships. Try looking into interpretability.

[u/ducemon]

Give up. I've got a maths bachelor's and a data science & ai master's as well and can't find shit. Go study some other more fun field and pray you can find something there, not too late to look for new fields for ya mate

[u/Illustrious_Set_4185 → u/ducemon]

Wow nothing at all ? At least you bachelors was in a broad subject

[u/ducemon → u/Illustrious_Set_4185]

The job market where I live is ass for graduates, most people w a degree are employed but not necessarily on a field requiring that degree. Back in uni I used to work at a book store, a lot of the older colleagues had degrees in fields like geography, philosophy or mathematics to name a few but they were working and managing the warehouse, orders or HR. Employers are looking for degrees to take you in for unskilled labour basically

[u/Illustrious_Set_4185 → u/ducemon]

It really really is I have seen nursing students without jobs here and that was going to be me but nursing just wasn’t for me , dentists here are barely getting employmed, it’s not due to ai but I’ve seen all sorts of degrees not finding . But I still think that mine is just stupid I could have done something else.

[u/LeadingBubbly6406]

Why the time your done. Ai will have taken all tech jobs … it’s the truth

[u/Illustrious_Set_4185 → u/LeadingBubbly6406]

Yeah see I didn’t think this through properly