CS enrollment plummets: FT's Burn-Murdoch declares the "learn to code" era over
jburnmurdoch · x · 2026-09-04
- FT's John Burn-Murdoch, citing a chart from his newsletter on AI and the labor market, says the "learn to code" era is officially dead: big declines in CS enrollment over the past year or two.
- He clarifies coding itself isn't dead — only the era when CS degrees and bootcamps were seen as a sure future bet.
- Economist besttrousers pushes back, arguing a decline to 2023 levels isn't quite "dead"; debate continues.
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