They graduated from Stanford. Due to AI, they can't find a job

[Zorro]

A Stanford software engineering degree used to be a golden ticket. Artificial intelligence has devalued it to bronze, recent graduates say.

The elite students are shocked by the lack of job offers as they finish studies at what is often ranked as the top university in America.

When they were freshmen, ChatGPT hadn’t yet been released upon the world. Today, AI can code better than most humans.

Top tech companies just don’t need as many fresh graduates.

“Stanford computer science graduates are struggling to find entry-level jobs” with the most prominent tech brands, said Jan Liphardt, associate professor of bioengineering at Stanford University. “I think that’s crazy.”

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-12-19/they-graduated-from-stanford-due-to-ai-they-cant-find-job

[tanyev]

1. Top executives CLAIM that "AI can code better than most humans".

They desperately want it to be true, and maybe someday it really will. But my code-writing husband, who is currently being aggressively pushed by his employer to use AI “assistance” is furious that everything now takes longer because he has to correct so many AI mistakes.

[anciano]

2. Historically, new technologies have always affected

some existing occupations, but new skills and career opportunities have invariably replaced the older ones. This is not an unusual situation.

[Borogove]

4. Somewhat ironic considering the role Stanford has played in the development of high tech.