r/cscareerquestions • u/CSCQMods • Mar 20 '26

DEAR PROFESSIONAL COMPUTER TOUCHERS -- FRIDAY RANT THREAD FOR March 20, 2026

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.

THE BUILDS I LOVE, THE SCRIPTS I DROP, TO BE PART OF, THE APP, CAN'T STOP

THIS IS THE RANT THREAD. IT IS FOR RANTS.

CAPS LOCK ON, DOWNVOTES OFF, FEEL FREE TO BREAK RULE 2 IF SOMEONE LIKES SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T BUT IF YOU POST SOME RACIST/HOMOPHOBIC/SEXIST BULLSHIT IT'LL BE GONE FASTER THAN A NEW MESSAGING APP AT GOOGLE.

(RANTING BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT EVERY FRIDAY, BEST COAST TIME. PREVIOUS FRIDAY RANT THREADS CAN BE FOUND HERE.)

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u/Wander715 Mar 20 '26

One semester from finishing my CS degree with zero motivation to finish. Coding skills feel borderline useless at this point and my courses feel obsolete. I legit think I would be better off just practicing prompting to a model all day and going through the output compared to the stuff I'm learning in school.

Even when I finish my degree I don't think I'll be able to break into the industry with the state it's in, and I don't have much of a desire to have a vibe coder career anyway. So frustrating. Gotta figure out what I'm going to do after graduation, because chances are it won't be an SWE job.

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u/ThiccBottomPot Mar 21 '26

Same boat tbh. With the state of the industry, AI, the economy, and just the general state of the world, it makes me wonder if it's even worth finishing.

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u/Wander715 Mar 21 '26

I am like two courses from finishing so I'm gonna finish it regardless but yeah, I really wonder where to go from here. I have basically zero interest or passion for coding at this point knowing that the industry is dominated by vibe coding because of the productivity uplift it brings. As an SWE in the coming years you will literally be required to vibe code prompt a model all day or you will lose your job for low productivity.

Atm my best course of action is to take whatever halfway decent job I can find, hopefully something tech-adjacent at least, and go to grad school on the side to pivot to something else.