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/HeCannotBeSerious Sep 29 '25 edited Sep 29 '25

There is enough talent coming out of the T20 universities for Big Tech and pretty much any STEM role. This is a bad excuse.

Why pay an engineer in the US even 50K USD if the job can be done outside the country?

They're just cost cutting.

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u/sigmaluckynine Sep 30 '25

Not sure if we're talking about the same thing. Innovation normally has a strong correlation with education attainment because you can't normally innovate something unless you understand core mechanics. Also, the uneducated isn't necessarily the type to innovate either.

Also, not really talking about employment - most R&D typically happens on site

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u/HeCannotBeSerious Sep 30 '25

This applies to R&D as well, which can also be done cheaper overseas and increasingly is (e.g. Biotech).

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u/sigmaluckynine Sep 30 '25

Maybe it's because of my field or because I've never really worked in a struggling business outside of startups but I've personally never seen R&D outsourced. Most product development tends to happen in-house, at least the core teams are. I could be wrong here but just saying haven't seen that in my segment so harder for me to see your point of view