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As the coding boom fades, computer science grads focus on AI skills in choppy job market

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As the coding boom fades, computer science grads focus on AI skills in choppy job market

The elevated jobless rate in the field - at around 7.1% for recent computer science and computer engineering graduates, according to an Associated Press analysis - reflects in part the huge numbers of students who enrolled during the coding boom.

Computer science student Jack Zemke was getting nowhere despite sending out hundreds of job applications that mostly disappeared into the void - ignored. With his graduation from Tulane University just days away, he was considering moving back in with his parents when he got a break thanks to a group project he had worked on involving an AI-powered search tool. As he touted it at an engineering conference, an employee at a civil engineering firm approached. "We're not like the most on top of trends, but we know that AI is becoming a big thing," he recalled the man saying. "We need somebody to be essentially an evangelist."

" It has been a difficult job market for new graduates, especially in fields like software development where artificial intelligence is shouldering more of the work. While college students majoring in computer science during the recent coding boom were getting job offers without even applying, graduates today in philosophy, art history and ethnic studies majors all have higher employment rates. But as the job market evolves with AI and entry-level jobs become harder to find, students and schools are adapting.


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