AI Boom, Entry-Level Bust: Why College Grads Are Struggling to Land Jobs
Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/technology/coding-ai-jobs-students.html
As companies like Amazon and Microsoft lay off workers and embrace A.I. coding tools, computer science graduates say they’re struggling to land tech jobs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/technology/coding-ai-jobs-students.html
As companies like Amazon and Microsoft lay off workers and embrace A.I. coding tools, computer science graduates say they’re struggling to land tech jobs.
As AI swallows entry-level roles, candidates’ education qualifications matter less
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/08/18/the-paper-ceiling-in-hiring-is-being-ripped-open/
“The advantage now lies with graduates whose skills complement AI – judgment, problem-solving, leadership – not those in roles it can easily replace, such as coding and admin,” says economist Erik Hurst, of Chicago Booth School of Business.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/08/18/the-paper-ceiling-in-hiring-is-being-ripped-open/
“The advantage now lies with graduates whose skills complement AI – judgment, problem-solving, leadership – not those in roles it can easily replace, such as coding and admin,” says economist Erik Hurst, of Chicago Booth School of Business.
A machine took my tech job, so I became blue collar
https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/tech-ai-fired-blue-collar-jobs-mkzgvpxt9
About 250,000 Americans in tech have been laid off since last year. Some of them are thriving far, far away from a screen.
https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/tech-ai-fired-blue-collar-jobs-mkzgvpxt9
About 250,000 Americans in tech have been laid off since last year. Some of them are thriving far, far away from a screen.
My take from Feb 2025:
Is the Trump administration fighting the wrong economic battle?
https://thehill.com/opinion/5151848-generative-ai-economic-concerns/
Looking ahead, the rise of generative artificial intelligence poses a much bigger challenge for policymakers. Generative AI appears to truly upend prior assumptions regarding the stability of high-skill positions as it can easily and rapidly perform many cognitive and non-routine tasks. Suddenly, white-collar jobs appear vulnerable. Entry-level positions in information technology, law, finance, accounting, marketing and other professional services are already experiencing cutbacks.
The Need for Alternative Career Paths:
It’s time Britain realized that going to university is a scam
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/08/11/its-time-we-realised-that-university-is-a-scam/
Roger Bottle:
The evidence was plain that, on average, graduates earned more than non-graduates. Therefore, so the argument ran, if we turned out more graduates, we would increase average incomes. The national counterpart to this would be higher GDP.
Can you believe it? This logic was flawed right from the beginning. Just because graduates on average earn more than non-graduates, this does not mean that if you turn the marginal non-graduate into a graduate, their earnings will rise.
My take from Jan 2022:
Is the US higher education bubble about to burst?
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/590971-will-the-us-higher-education-bubble-finally-burst
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/08/11/its-time-we-realised-that-university-is-a-scam/
Roger Bottle:
The evidence was plain that, on average, graduates earned more than non-graduates. Therefore, so the argument ran, if we turned out more graduates, we would increase average incomes. The national counterpart to this would be higher GDP.
Can you believe it? This logic was flawed right from the beginning. Just because graduates on average earn more than non-graduates, this does not mean that if you turn the marginal non-graduate into a graduate, their earnings will rise.
My take from Jan 2022:
Is the US higher education bubble about to burst?
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/590971-will-the-us-higher-education-bubble-finally-burst
How do we get out of this mess? First and foremost, it is necessary to offer high school graduates multiple pathways to attain a well-paying career. Given that the U.S. economy is suffering from a significant and long-term skills mismatch and facing a massive shortage of truck drivers, welders, electricians, construction workers and a whole slew of various other skilled tradespeople, it is necessary to encourage more entrants into these fields.