Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle By Jason Lofters

 

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Computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1 percent and 7.5 percent respectively, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates, which is just 3 percent.

Since graduating in 2023, however, Mr. Taylor said, he has applied for 5,762 tech jobs. His diligence has resulted in 13 job interviews but no full-time job offers.

“Some companies are using A.I. to screen candidates and removing the human aspect,” Ms. Roller, 22, said. “It’s hard to stay motivated when you feel like an algorithm determines whether you get to pay your bills.”

Microsoft, a major computing education sponsor, recently said it would provide $4 billion in technology and funding for A.I. training for students and workers. Last month, Mr. Smith, Microsoft’s president, said the company was also assessing how A.I. was changing computer science education.

" I knew stuff like this would happen that's way, I wanted to start an investment fund, the poor that will become poorer and the normal who will become poor, not to make money for myself, but I knew this would become so Uneven. Jason Lofters"