I’m a senior in high school right now and definitely need to consider what I’m going to do in college and for work.
For a very long time I’ve been into computers, and am a developer with a few big projects under my belt (this is a burner account for privacy). So, my logical choice for a while was to become a software developer professionally.
Nowadays that plan doesn’t look too promising. AI has basically replaced junior developers (with dubious results) and the competition has gotten much fiercer. I’m not even in college yet so I have a good amount of time to potentially pivot to something else before choosing a major.
I’ve got quite a bit of experience with Linux and I manage a home server, but that probably doesn’t differentiate me much. I’m honestly interested in most things computer related, but don’t know of any specific fields to seek out. If it’s so hard for fresh CS graduates to get jobs, why would any other option be different?
The meta is job experience > skills > certifications > education
Typically, if you look for computer related job, they ask for comp sci or some equivalent degree + relevant experience + skills. If you’re going for SWE or Game Dev, you’re majorly fucked. I’m in IT but I started a couple years ago but I do occasionally look at job listings nowadays and I can tell it’s competitive. I got multiple friends in comp sci and comp eng having tough times
and i know 2 people before and early never found a cs related job. think they are doing something adjacent. i also looked at pots from other forums, platforms same issue no jobs. i know someone who graduated recently try to be a game dev, no jobs there too.