Combine a bunch of factors: 1) fewer students are studying computer science, I'm faculty at a top CS program and we saw our enrollment decline for the first ti

Combine a bunch of factors: 1) fewer students are studying computer science, I'm faculty at a top CS program and we saw our enrollment decline for the first time ever. Other universities are seeing similar slowdowns of enrollment [1] 2) fewer immigrants coming to the united states to work and live, US is perhaps looking at its first population decline ever [2] 3) Current juniors are being stunted by AI, they will not develop the necessary skills to become seniors. 4) Seniors retiring faster because they don't want to have to deal with this AI crap, taking their knowledge with them. So we're looking at a negative bubble forming in the software engineering expertise pipeline. The money people are hoping that AI can become proficient enough to fill that space before before everything bursts. Engineers, per usual, are pointing out the problem before it becomes one and no one is listening. [1]: https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/06/computer-science-bubble-ai/683242 https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/06/computer... [2]: https://nypost.com/2025/09/03/us-news/us-population-could-shrink-for-first-time-ever-in-2025-alarming-data-shows https://nypost.com/2025/09/03/us-news/us-population-could-sh...