"There definitively is a shift,"
"Now you just Google it, or you can ask Claude how to do it,"
""busting out books" and having to read about how to write code."
""ultra-nerdy" career path for "super introverted people,""
Computer-science enrollment has expanded dramatically since 2001, with University of Wisconsin-Madison CS enrollment rising from about 260 to roughly 2,500 by fall 2025. Nationally, computer and information science bachelor's degrees in 2021–2022 were up 115% from two decades earlier. The field has shifted from a niche, "ultra-nerdy" path to a mainstream career with greater competition. Readily available online resources and AI tools make coding knowledge more accessible. Early-career engineers now show markedly stronger skills, while overall mentorship opportunities have declined. Firms are responding with structured onboarding, including buddy systems to build entry-level coding experience.
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