The college I teach at saw a serious decline in computing enrollment last year, though it varied between majors. I haven't seen this year's numbers, but the school announced its first ever pay freeze. I don't think that's a good sign.
this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2026
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it cannot be a good sign if regression is consistent
Just looking at that screenshot on the post, it looks to me like companies are also taking advantage of older technology workers as well. Once you hit your 40s, your bargaining power dwindles dramatically.
They have said "Uuuhhh uni is not worth it anymore" since forever xdd, sure, for grifters and technobros.
I make 200k a year as a network engineer for a telecom and I dropped out of high school. Am I a technobro?
You're engineer as in having studied engineering?
in any case a lot of people are still sucessful in spite of not going to uni, but that doesn't mean is not important lol.
Its the job title, I still love learning but school wasn't for me. I got certs and have been doing it for decades.
yeah doesn't matter if you're phil spencer himself you will still get kick out (most of phil's problem were completely his fault)
WTF is a PhD in information technology? Sounds fake.
We hire PhD engineers and that's more like $100-150/hr.
what the fuck is higher than a PhD?! PhD+Ultra?!
Sometimes I wonder why jobs are being offered at all.
Wouldn't it be more efficient for the Gentry Class and the Enforcer Class to remove/relocate the other Classes? They can then claim all of the newly freed assets for themselves, giving them all a huge profit.
It just doesn't make sense.
I told my kid to skip college unless he wants to go over seas.