Are CS roles vanishing because of AI?
Hello everyone,
I studied CS myself so maybe I get to speak here.
So, with the current market in the world, did CS lose its value?
Short answer is Yes, a longer answer is.. Not in the way you think.
You have to know that since the humanity existed, jobs appear and disappear, when printers were invented, lots of writers lost their jobs because all they did was to manually write and copy books.
Another perspective for that is that: typewriters DO NOT type on their own! the demand one people who could use it MASSIVELY increased. and writing that was such a highly demanded craft became not a trend anymore.
The same pattern happened when calculators were created, when maps were invented.. etc. Markets have always shifted in history.
It's only hurting us now because it's happening to us!
So, CS jobs to answer your questions will not disappear, it will create newer roles:
1. Highly Specialized Software Architecture: AI is still bad when it comes to understanding complex, large-scale system architectures, legacy code integration, and hyper-specific business logic. The role of the "code monkey" who writes basic boilerplate code is fading, but the demand for System Architects and Engineers who can design secure, scalable, and robust systems is higher than ever.
2. AI & Data Engineering : AI models do not build or maintain themselves. There is a massive shift toward roles that focus on the infrastructure behind AI:
- Data Engineers: Cleaning, structuring, and pipeline-managing the massive datasets AI requires.
- MLOps (Machine Learning Operations): Deploying, monitoring, and scaling machine learning models in production environments.
- AI Integration Specialists: Connecting LLMs and AI agents to existing corporate software safely and efficiently.
3. Cyber Security & Resilience: Probably the most critical of all, as AI generated code is very vulnerable. AI cannot autonomously defend a network without human oversight.
4. Human-Centric Product Management: An AI can generate code based on a prompt, but it doesn't understand human frustration, market gaps, or user experience (UX). CS graduates who find the gaps and bridge that messy demand of the client to the AI system will never be unwanted in the market.
So let us know what roles are vanishing, and which ones are going to POP in the upcoming years?