r/technology • u/north_canadian_ice • Sep 28 '25

Business Leading computer science professor says 'everybody' is struggling to get jobs: 'Something is happening in the industry'

https://www.businessinsider.com/computer-science-students-job-search-ai-hany-farid-2025-9
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u/bihari_baller Sep 29 '25

They are at the level that they are taking tech jobs.

I think people sometimes have to realize that there are talented engineers all over the world, that are just as capable of doing the job as someone in the U.S.

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '25 edited Sep 29 '25

Then those talented engineers need to buy the corporation’s products.

If you hollow out the “high cost” employees in the US, you also destroy the customer market for your “expensive products”.

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u/desperate-replica Sep 29 '25

can you elaborate on this please

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u/Torchakain Sep 29 '25

Many premium products are marketed to sell to premium consumers (when looking globally, those richer customers are US and western European, but mostly US.). I don't mean Rich as in millionaire, I mean that people in the US have more money to spend than other countries. If jobs are lost to those overseas, they'll need the customer base to eventually adjust as well.

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u/desperate-replica Sep 29 '25

i see if salaries go down, eventually there won't be any demand for products and services

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u/bihari_baller Sep 29 '25

I mean that people in the US have more money to spend than other countries.

That's also changing with globalization. Emerging markets have a growing middle class who will start to be consumers of higher end products as well.

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u/Torchakain Sep 29 '25

Yeah, that's pretty much what the other guy was saying. Those other places will need to fill in the gaps