Despite fears that AI would automate entry-level coding and trigger mass joblessness, data for summer 2026 shows recent college graduates overall weren't significantly worse off finding work than in recent summers, even when including those who want a job but aren't actively searching.
At the same time, hiring has slowed in highly AI-exposed occupations like programming, where computer science graduates are taking longer to land first roles and more often starting in lower-paying industries, reflecting not just AI but also trade policy, rates, and broader uncertainty, and pushing engineering work toward directing, evaluating, and improving AI output with stronger emphasis on domain knowledge, creativity, communication and leadership i.e. Ontology Economy
https://funginstitute.berkeley.edu/news/computer-science-after-ai/
At the same time, hiring has slowed in highly AI-exposed occupations like programming, where computer science graduates are taking longer to land first roles and more often starting in lower-paying industries, reflecting not just AI but also trade policy, rates, and broader uncertainty, and pushing engineering work toward directing, evaluating, and improving AI output with stronger emphasis on domain knowledge, creativity, communication and leadership i.e. Ontology Economy
https://funginstitute.berkeley.edu/news/computer-science-after-ai/
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Computer Science After AI - Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership
As AI reshapes computer science, creativity and effective communication are becoming increasingly essential to the industry’s future.
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