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My Parent doesn't want me doing CS, or CE, because they feel the job market will disappear come 7 years. (lemmy.world)
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Basically Title.
I love CS, I love designing systems, programming, some cyber and math.
The problem is, I am due to admit into CS this year (4 year program). My Parent's will be funding a majority of it (~2 years, + RESP). And one of my parents, thinks CS won't have many jobs come 7 years?
Why? Because AI will take them all (or is more likely to take them all). That AI is expanding at a rapid pace, and they will slowly but surely take the hardware designing jobs, the programming jobs, and pretty much all the jobs except the administration ones. I have a poor time putting into words what I would like to do in the future (cause I love lots of things related to CS) but I say thing a bit on the technical side, and this parent says that if I cant explain it to them than I don't understand it and that they understand (more to me) what will happen to the market due to their age

I am not saying they're wrong to any of this by the way, I'm just looking for advice on if they're right, and if not, why?

I don't think I'll ever give up doing CS because its something I love with all my heart.
But if I'm not able to convince them, they want me to take a gap and get a different degree (in a less likely to be taken job).
I might be rambling here, but I am genuinely soooo lost.

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[โ€“] Newsteinleo@infosec.pub 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I just want to say student lending is one of the most predatory forms of lending we have in this county and you should avoid them. It is better go to a community college or take a gap year to work and build savings. Also College is not the only path to success and before spending a lot of money think about what success looks like to you.

[โ€“] entwine@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

Sure, but the path of college->career is much easier to take when you're a young kid straight out of high school. Everyone I knew who "took a gap year" only ever managed to complete an associates degree (and way later), whereas most people who went straight to college did a full bachelors in the typical 4 years. Many (not all ofc) even did internships and had job offers while in their final year.

Student loans are predatory, but even though I don't have any data to back it up, I do think they're worth it if you actually finish your degree. The main mistake is to go to one of those expensive private schools. Even with rich parents paying it all, those are a rip off. The only value is networking potential (since most students have rich parents too), but the value of that tends to be overstated IMO