🤖 So you studied computer science, graduated with honors, and helped build the future… 
Only to be replaced by it? 💼🚪

Welcome to the paradox of progress. Or as we like to call it:
From code to “goodbye” in 3 easy prompts. 👋

🎓 The AI Gold Rush (and Enrollment Boom)

Over the last decade, U.S. universities saw computer science majors multiply faster than AI can write a haiku. 📈💻

• From 51,696 bachelor’s grads in 2013-14
  → To 112,720 in 2022-23.

• That’s more than double in just 10 years! 🧠💥

• 82% of high school students now have access to CS classes.

It’s official: coding became the new cool. And who can blame them? The future was promising, six figures were calling, and "learning to code" was everyone’s favorite TED Talk takeaway. 🙌💸

📊 Data Science Is Hot. 🔥 But What About the Jobs?

A newly released report from higher education marketing and research firm Validated Insights shows fields like data analytics and AI have grown a whopping 195% annually over the past four years. That’s not just growth—it’s rocket fuel. 🚀📊

Even cybersecurity is strutting its digital stuff. 🔐💪

But here’s the twist…

🧊 Growth in CS degrees is slowing.

• Year-over-year completions were up just 4.3% in 2023, down from 14.6% in 2019.

• Meanwhile, entry-level tech hiring fell 25% year-over-year in 2024.

👀 Translation: more graduates, fewer open doors.

🧠 Built the Brain? Meet Your Replacement.

Here’s the existential AI joke no one is laughing at:

You train to build the AI.
You build the AI.
The AI trains itself.
The AI… applies for your job—with your résumé. 🤯

In a world increasingly run by LLMs, neural networks, and transformer models, even coders aren’t safe. Let’s break down the AI-tastrophe by industry:

🔁 Routine Roles — AI’s Favorite Snack:

• Customer Service: Replaced by cheery bots who never sleep or take lunch breaks. 🛎️🤖

• Data Entry & Admin: Goodbye Excel jockeys. Automation doesn’t forget semicolons.

• Financial Analysts: AI can crunch numbers faster than you can say “spreadsheet.”

• Radiologists: AI reads scans with freakish accuracy. That’s... comforting. 🧠🩻

• Writers, Designers, Coders: Yup, even the creatives are being “prompt-engineered” out of work.

💬 Did ChatGPT write this article?
We’ll never tell. (Okay fine, we helped.)

→ Still think your job’s safe? Brookings would like a word — and maybe a robot to deliver it. 

💼 But AI Creates Jobs Too… Right?

Yes. Kind of. Some. But most of those jobs… are building more AI. 🛠️🧬

Unless you’re:

• A prompt whisperer

• An AI ethics guru

• A multi-modal systems engineer

• Or fluent in TensorFlow during REM sleep...

You’re likely on the outside looking in.

Read the News Or Miss the World

⚠️ The Vicious Loop of Obsol-AI-scence

Let’s call it The L-AI-d Off Loop™:

1. 👨💻 Code.

2. 🤖 Build AI.

3. 🚫 Get replaced by AI.

4. 🛠️ Try to re-skill.

5. Repeat…?

→ OpenAI can now debug faster than you can type “WHERE did my job go?”

🔄 So What Now?

Not all is doom and gloom. But let’s be real:

• The job landscape is shifting faster than JavaScript updates.

• AI isn’t just augmenting; it’s replacing—quietly, consistently, and across roles.

• Entry-level roles are drying up. Independent consultants are at risk. Even startups are automating founding teams.

If you’re not integrating AI into your work… AI may integrate you out of it.

💡 Survive the Singularity

📚 Reskill. Upskill. Re-AI-lign.

• Embrace hybrid skills: coding + business, AI + ethics, logic + empathy.

• Don’t just code—design the AI systems, train them, guide them, guard them.

Because the irony of getting L-AI-d off after creating AI is…
You saw it coming. And maybe even helped ship the final update.

🧠 Final Prompt:

“Replace yourself with AI.”
—Worst career advice ever? Or just... the inevitable?

Disclaimer: Read at your own risk. Your job may or may not be safe. Your next employer may very well be named Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini.

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