Of the 10 most valuable companies in the world, 7 employ more software engineers than any other role (NVIDIA, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta), 2 are hardware (Broadcom, TSMC) and 1 is oil (Saudi Aramco). Getting into any of these is still "easiest" as a software eng.
Shriram Krishnamurthi (primary: Bluesky)
Shriram Krishnamurthi (primary: Bluesky)20.7. klo 04.49
Prediction: a year from now, US computer science departments will find their enrollment at 50% of what they have been the past few years. I'm willing to bet a peppercorn on it for someone who really wants to hold me to it. (-:
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