Top Software Engineering Students Can’t Get a Job Because of AI
Joe Wilkins
created: Dec. 23, 2025, 2:01 p.m. | updated: Jan. 2, 2026, 2 p.m.
Graduates at some of the top universities are finding it nearly impossible to find new jobs in software engineering.
“Stanford computer science graduates are struggling to find entry-level jobs” with the most prominent tech companies, Stanford bioengineering professor Jan Liphardt told the LA Times.
Yet as compsci grads struggle to find jobs in this strange new world, research suggests AI isn’t technically ready to take the hot seat.
One study from earlier this year found that when software developers use AI tools to code, it actually makes them 19 percent slower.
“This suggests that current AI systems are generally enhancing worker productivity and shifting workers’ tasks toward higher-value activities,” reads the report.
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