I’m a first year Information Technology student in Australia and I don’t have any hope in the future of the technology industry. I’m currently in my first semester but I honestly cannot say I understood anything during these 10 weeks, I dread going to class with every fibre of my being. Seeing the current job market really scares me because finding a job was already hard but now because of Ai I probably won’t even get a job in the industry. I heard someone say online once “the job market is so cooked I might as well follow my dreams” and that stuck with me. Ive been thinking about what other careers I could pursue but obviously nothing is easy and everything requires struggle, also the familial pressure to just go to uni get a good job is definitely not helping. If I seriously were to drop out I considered becoming a hairdresser because honestly that is my dream job if money didn’t matter, flight attendant but I’m too short, or something in entertainment as a technician. All I know is that i cannot stay in this degree because the way I’m going I’m just going to end up 40k in debt with a degree I hate and probably end up in a job outside IT anyway.
tldr: I want to drop out but I don’t really know what specifically I can do or if it’s unrealistic and dumb to drop out