Ask HN: Is there a point in me getting a CS degree anymore?
3 by vik0 | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I'm pursuing a CS degree right now. I used to do another major (I'm from Europe and had the equivalent of a little less than a 4.0 gpa), but I dropped out of there because I thought a CS major would be better. However with all the news surrounding tech lately, mainly the advancement of AI, I've become somewhat discouraged about this whole field, and as I result I haven't been putting a lot of effort into my studies, to put it lightly. I'm barely getting passing grades. Over the previous spring and summer, before switching majors, I did a Web Dev bootcamp and I really enjoyed programming with the abomination that is JavaScript, but now I don't even like programming anymore. I will not consider going back to my old major, since it's easily replaceable by AI. I'm thinking of getting into agriculture (I have the necessary capital) and going down that line of work/self-employment (which I vastly prefer over being a salaried employee.) Sure it can be physically demanding work (which I don't mind), but I don't see AI getting to that anytime soon (and to the extent that it's gotten into tech as we know it), and I have done that kind of work in the past and it's just inherently more fulfilling than staring into a computer screen, to me. Plus, it pays fine-ish and it can pay very well if, down the line, I open a food processing factory. Any advice or thoughts you have to offer?