This essay, as told, corresponds to a transcribed verbal exchange with James O’Brien, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. The following has been edited for length and clarity.
I have been a professor of computer science at UC Berkeley since 2000.
Recently, I realized how complicated it is now for tech graduates to enter the homework market.
At least in technology, the picture is very different from the past. It’s just about my students; It’s a complicated time for everyone right now.
Over the years, academics I have worked with, taught with, or met at other schools have had no difficulty finding employment after earning a generational degree.
There were many opportunities. Very often, recent graduates won offers and had to try to choose between two very smart options.
But now things have changed. There is a demand for staff and some other people are looking for work, but not in the entire sector. Our view from Berkeley is also a little distorted because we are one of the most productive schools, so most of our students get offers.
But instead of receiving five wonderful offerings of being, they may only get one wonderful offering of being or one wonderful offering of their choice at the time. In fact, this is not what we have noticed in the past.
There are also other people who come from other schools who don’t have the same reputation as Berkeley, and who don’t get homework for them.
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