Fastcompany iconFastcompanySep 24, 2026 ~1 min source read

As the coding boom fades, AI is forcing colleges and computer science grads to adjust

Computer science student Jack Zemke was getting nowhere despite sending out hundreds of job applications that mostly disappeared into the void—ignored. As he touted it at an engineering conference, an employee at a civil engineering firm approached.

As the coding boom fades, AI is forcing colleges and computer science grads to adjust

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Computer science student Jack Zemke was getting nowhere despite sending out hundreds of job applications that mostly disappeared into the void—ignored.

As he touted it at an engineering conference, an employee at a civil engineering firm approached.

"We're not, like, the most on top of trends, but we know that AI is becoming a big thing," he recalled the man saying.

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Computer science student Jack Zemke was getting nowhere despite sending out hundreds of job applications that mostly disappeared into the void—ignored. As he touted it at an engineering conference, an employee at a civil engineering firm approached. "We're not, like, the most on top of trends, but we know that AI is becoming a big thing," he recalled the man saying.

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