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Young graduates who studied computer science and related fields have been shut out of tech jobs since 2022 and are now working retail and fast food. AI adoption has crushed entry-level opportunities.
Graduates with degrees in computer science and AI-adjacent fields have been unable to find entry-level tech jobs since 2022. Many are now working in retail and food service, unable to launch careers in their field. The barrier isn't a lack of credentials—it's that AI adoption has collapsed entry-level hiring.
Companies that would have hired junior developers to write code or test systems are now using AI to do those jobs. The pipeline that turned recent graduates into mid-level engineers is broken. It's not temporary—this is now a three-year pattern. Without entry-level opportunities, there's no pathway into the field, which eventually creates a different shortage: mid-level engineers who learned the job by doing junior work.
For individuals, this means a four-year degree in computer science leads to retail work. For the industry, it means a lost generation of new talent.
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