Is Computer Science Still Worth Studying in 2024?

Studying computer science is the popular choice for many students, and for good reason too. Cushy jobs, high salaries, great perks, etc.

But, is it actually worth studying computer science in 2024? Especially when the job market is tougher than ever and AI is looming...

Let's find out!

🏆 INTERN SUCCESS ACADEMY
The COMPLETE Program for landing an internship at a top tech company in which I help you PERFECT your resume, linkedin, behavioral interview, and technical skills

🧑‍💻 LEARN TO CODE:
Learn to code with bite-sized projects and an AI-bot to help answer your queries. I recommend you start with their python module, then check out java and javascript.

📄 FREE Resume Review

🍿 WATCH NEXT:
My Entire Computer Science Degree In 10 Minutes

⬇️ MY OTHER SOCIALS:

[SajjaadKhader]

Any comp sci majors here? Do you regret majoring in it?

[ripsky]

Im making the switch to electrical engineering. Less competition, you actually need the degree, less likely to be replaced by ai. Wish me luck🍀

[geraldmaravanyika]

I thought I was gonna be less enthusiastic about getting computer science to grab after watching this video but actually I need more enthusiastic as I think that I fit those four reasons well. Thank you bro

[mw]

Personally, I have studied bachelor of cs at university, but it never helped anything except online courses and certificates. You find pretty much better lessons online than universities.

[dogechannel]

the fact that AI itself made by programmers

[alans]

I think a broader issue is that people categorize CS as a STEM field while it really shouldn't be in the same category. Math, physics, and engineering have been around for millennia. CS has only existed as field for around 80 years and as a serious career for 40. So, with other STEM fields, it's clear what the fundamentals are and you can't get around learning them. Hence, the need for a degree. With CS, it's hard to say what the fundamentals even are. You'd think it would be assembly but most CS programs don't start with that and some barely cover it since it's much harder than modern programming languages and not essential for landing a job. Most CS programs would probably say OOP is the fundamental, but that's only been around for a few decades and might not remain the core programming paradigm for much longer.

Given how young the field is, university programs might not be able to keep up with new developments in the industry. For instance, banning students from using Stack Overflow and forcing them to only rely on textbooks would've been a huge disservice since being able to look things up online effectively is one of the most important skills a software developer needs. Could one argue the same about banning students from using ChatGPT? If there's plenty of coding jobs where you don't have to know anything about what's happening at the hardware level or even about memory management since all of that's taken care of for you, are there skills being taught at universities that will be useless fairly soon?

[dbzdbz-olet]

i am a registered RN. i really want to switch careers. I would love to do a computer science degree, but here in the UK, I would end up in more university depts. you have made some good points. I need to understand the difference between software engineer and programming. Nice vid.

[JBoya]

Loved that you pointed out a difference between software engineering and programming.

[slater]

It’s less-so about the inherent value of the degree, and more-so how you leverage it.

[chukwuebukanwabuzo]

Thanks man I really need this. I have not been coding for a while and it makes me feel that I am not serious. But with the video I am watching I will do my best to put myself in Track

[Zaidenn]

I think in the world we need more people in other areas like medicine, psychology, and other sciences way more than more software engineers to be very honest..

[pumpkinut]

I am currently doing computer engineering and I honestly don't know if this is a good choice or not. I did not want to do computer science because if something happens I at least have an engineering side to backup. But honestly idk if it's even worth it because usually most CE goes into software engineering anyway so its like a 360 degree turn from CS. I'm thinking of switching completely to electrical engineering.

[adamchoe]

In 2024. Bad economy. Yes it’s worth it. In 2020 it was still worth and some bootcamp graduate got nice opportunities too. In general new grads given a choice should start a career at big tech. Except a few exceptional case it is out of reach for boot campers

[Obzrve]

I got associates degree in engineering technology. With four years of control system experience. Now I’m back in college for my bachelors and Computer science . What am I thinking about? Now I know how the electronics were because of Computer science and how control system works using graph theory.😅

[kairu]

There are some just edit their certification in the bootcamp my coworker said to me when they are hiring people with only certification, they are more observant really testing the new worker.

No hate to those who don't have a degree btw, it's just that probably the previous employee messed up really bad and lie on his Resume.

[wakeuptoreality]

Is data analytics, cyber security, AI or networking worth it as fields? Or maybe anything that's close to them?

[PanteraEnjoyer]

I am in my sophomore year intended biochem major, but I have doubts about med school or being a professor. That seems to kill my chances of making six figures, I wanted to do research, but 70-80k median for something I likely need a master's for is kind of disappointing.
Would minoring or even switching majors to math be good? I know it isn't easy or magic, but math/tech jobs seem to pay a lot more despite not needing master's or phd in most cases and if I'm gonna have to work my ass off anyway and obtain all the skills I need to get a good job I want it to pay well.
I know doing what you are passionate about is what is best for you and it makes working less awful, but if I wanted to at least see if I like coding what would I need to do to get started? And could I integrate bio or chem knowledge for something like bio informatics?

[smav_is_swag]

The best Video that ever explained this Question

[pianoninja]

My major is mechanical engineering, I was thinking of minoring in CS but I’m not sure if they would correlate in the real world..

[Loveandpeaceonly]

Is getting a CS degree in order to build a strong foundation about the tech industry if you don’t have a background in tech a good idea?!