Economist pushes back: CS enrollment falling to 2023 levels isn't the era "dead"
besttrousers · x · 2026-09-04
- Economist besttrousers responds to FT's claim that the "learn to code" era is dead amid plummeting CS enrollment, arguing that declining to 2023 levels is not the same as being dead.
- The exchange highlights genuine uncertainty over whether AI is causing a structural collapse in coding careers or just a pullback from pandemic-era highs.
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