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NYT Podcast On Job Market For Recent CS Grads Raises Ire of Code.org

Friday October 3, 2025. 03:00 PM , from Slashdot
NYT Podcast On Job Market For Recent CS Grads Raises Ire of Code.org
Longtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: Big Tech Told Kids to Code. The Jobs Didn't Follow, a New York Times podcast episode discussing how the promise of a six-figure salary for those who study computer science is turning out to be an empty one for recent grads in the age of AI, drew the ire of the co-founders of nonprofit Code.org, which -- ironically -- is pivoting to AI itself with the encouragement of, and millions from, its tech-giant backers.

In a LinkedIn post, Code.org CEO and co-founder Hadi Partovi said the paper and its Monday episode of 'The Daily' podcast were cherrypicking anecdotes 'to stoke populist fears about tech corporations and AI.' He also took to X, tweeting: 'Today the NYTimes (falsely) claimed CS majors can't find work. The data tells the opposite story: CS grads have the highest median wage and the fifth-lowest underemployment across all majors. Journalism is broken. Do better NYTimes.' To which Code.org co-founder Ali Partovi (Hadi's twin), replied: 'I agree 100%. That NYTimes Daily piece was deplorable -- an embarrassment for journalism.'

Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/10/03/0426240/nyt-podcast-on-job-market-for-recent-cs-grads...

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