There may be loads of people signing up, but I bet you've also seen a lot of people dropping out. Once you graduate, you'll see a lot of kids unable to find any

There may be loads of people signing up, but I bet you've also seen a lot of people dropping out. Once you graduate, you'll see a lot of kids unable to find anything. Maybe not so many from your elite school, but for sure many people study CS without "getting it". Or liking it. Ultimately, you are gaining skills that will benefit you whatever you get up to next. Just the simple fact that you know a bit about how computers work will put you ahead in just about any white collar job, since pretty much all those jobs have people staring at a computer all day. This is a lot more than can be said for most majors. If you do decide to be a coder, there's lots of stuff to do. There's no walk of life that's far away from software these days. If you're there for sheer joy, my guess is you'll find something you like and where someone values your contribution. I wouldn't worry so much about FAANG internships, the exagerrated focus on that seems to be something that's bled from finance internships, where it is indeed important.