“I’m reaching out because I keep hearing concerns about AI and the future of (computer science) careers,” Magdalena Balazinska, director of Washington’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, wrote to more than 2,000 undergraduates. That doesn’t mean it’s going away,” said Amanda Richardson, the CEO of CoderPad, a hiring platform companies use to interview software engineers. Most computer science majors at the University of Washington are still taking full-time engineering positions in the tech industry after they graduate, Balazinska told students in her email. IBM, for example, is tripling entry-level hiring in the United States, including software developers. Magdalena Balazinska had a similar message to computer science students at the University of Washington.

Source: Egypt Independent April 08, 2026 14:14 UTC