They graduated from Stanford. Due to AI, they can't find a job

Michie said:

A Stanford software engineering degree used to be a golden ticket. Artificial intelligence has devalued it to bronze, recent graduates say.

The elite students are shocked by the lack of job offers as they finish studies at what is often ranked as the top university in America.

When they were freshmen, ChatGPT hadn't yet been released upon the world. Today, AI can code better than most humans.

Top tech companies just don't need as many fresh graduates.

“Stanford computer science graduates are struggling to find entry-level jobs" with the most prominent tech brands, said Jan Liphardt, associate professor of bioengineering at Stanford University. "I think that's crazy.”

While the rapidly advancing coding capabilities of generative AI have made experienced engineers more productive, they have also hobbled the job prospects of early-career software engineers.

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They graduated from Stanford. Due to AI, they can't find a job

A Stanford software engineering degree used to be a golden ticket.

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mindlight said:

Seasoned IT professionals with decades of programming experience are increasingly using AI themselves to do all the simple stuff. It still requires a coders brain to finish the advanced programs and to customise them to specific business purposes but you no longer need a supporting team of interns. You can error check everything using the AI. it is all so much faster. When the current generation of programmers dies out though there is the risk that noone will really be able to test the outputs of the AI. Right now senior professionals are in that sweet spot that knows how to do the job without an AI and being able to check the results of an AI that does everything so much faster. Only the best and the brightest will have these kinds of jobs in the future.

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hedrick said:

Right. I supervise a small programming group, with heavy AI use. The human part is essential. However if companies have existing staff and can train them to use AI properly, they will become more productive. That might mean they don’t need new staff.

I agree that the days where anyone who could claim to be a programmer would be hired are over. However we now have the problem of figuring out which applicants are the good ones. Ai generated applications being screened by AI recruiting agents is not going to lead to much good.

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