friend's son taking CS in college

[ChanceCoffeeLover]

Friend son is senior in HS. He wants to do BS in CS. However, friend is worried about future job prospects in a over saturated market. But son is not interested in other fields. I suggested may be business as a minor as a backup. What other fields are good? 

[Sreeven]

Plumbing electrical work ilantivi never ending jobs..

[tollywood_hater]

6 minutes ago, ChanceCoffeeLover said:

Friend son is senior in HS. He wants to do BS in CS. However, friend is worried about future job prospects in a over saturated market. But son is not interested in other fields. I suggested may be business as a minor as a backup. What other fields are good? 

CS is not going away anytime soon but will change the direction , we don't need traditional programmers who code using existing programming languages , we need new programming languges customized for AI work loads , and we need new developers to develop new AI models , MCPs , agents , and so many AI / ML related .... so if that kid is interested in CS , understand the industry trend and go into that 

[yslokesh]

8 minutes ago, ChanceCoffeeLover said:

Friend son is senior in HS. He wants to do BS in CS. However, friend is worried about future job prospects in a over saturated market. But son is not interested in other fields. I suggested may be business as a minor as a backup. What other fields are good? 

Building work, building industry, Plumbing, Gas/Heat Engineering (if living in Northern hemisphere), Car repairing/servicing, Pharma retailing, Pharma auditing etc.

Each one of the above is worth in gold.

[baabaa]

18 minutes ago, tollywood_hater said:

CS is not going away anytime soon but will change the direction , we don't need traditional programmers who code using existing programming languages , we need new programming languges customized for AI work loads , and we need new developers to develop new AI models , MCPs , agents , and so many AI / ML related .... so if that kid is interested in CS , understand the industry trend and go into that 

CS work not going anywhere but salaries will come down once AI matures. It will become similar to civil engg. mechanical engg.

Till now even average CS students were earning a lot more compared to other engg graduates but future especially for new grads ala undadu. They will face competition from outsourcing and automation.

[enigmatic]

if he is good, going to some top university for cs he should be ok. i think cs major with minor in ai/ml or quant or computational finance should cover pretty much all the high paying fields. 

[Konebhar6]

He will excel if he chooses the path he loves and enjoys the most.

[aratipandu]

8 hours ago, ChanceCoffeeLover said:

Friend son is senior in HS. He wants to do BS in CS. However, friend is worried about future job prospects in a over saturated market. But son is not interested in other fields. I suggested may be business as a minor as a backup. What other fields are good? 

what makes you think son will listen to your suggestions?? American kids aathcare antaaru parents ni kuda...

ayna if the kid is really interested in CS, he should pursue it...future in IT will be tough for gorre pillal like us, genuine passionate people will always have a career in IT without any problems