Now it is a great time to study whatever computer science will be in five years

Enrollment in computer science is declining, out of fear that AI will wipe out much of the demand for software engineers. So here are the jobs of the future:

• Real estate agent. Indeed, it will be pretty hard for AI to steal their added value: zero.
• Driver. We will always need a human to shuttle people to airports and drive food trucks coast to coast, obviously.
• Banker. Nothing can beat the personal touch of a slender banker, all smiles and a nice suit, meeting you in a brick-and-mortar branch to tell you which buttons to push on your phone — the service courtesy of your account fees.
• Electrician. So you can clean the vents in the data centers. If you are lucky, you get to install solar panels.

In 2008, when I was on the job market, computer science was at its nadir. The people behind the doors I was knocking on told me kids were told to study biology and law instead. What happened instead is that people entering the field precisely at that point were going to graduate at a very good time.