问HN：你会给今天的计算机科学学生什么建议？
我经常被邀请去许多大学与计算机科学的学生交流。我非常喜欢这个！<p>我希望能够激励和引导他们，因为在我这个年龄时，我感到被忽视。<p>在昨天我在共享办公空间举办的关于科技创业失败的聚会上，我朋友的20岁儿子过来和我聊天。他正在大学三年级学习计算机科学。<p>这是一场典型的寒暄，他问我关于我的生意。“我记得你曾在科技和招聘领域工作，”他说。现在市场怎么样？<p>他巧妙地询问了关于他未来职业的建议。我很快意识到这对他来说是多么重要和有价值。<p>我总是能找到合适的话语来与像他这样的孩子交流，于是我开始谈论。<p>我谈到了市场的变化、需求的下降，以及裁员对局势的影响。<p>然后我突然感到完全瘫痪，脑子里一片空白。我有些悲观，但我想激励他。我不想通过告诉他市场对初级开发者来说很艰难而让他失望。<p>我意识到我不知道该告诉他什么。我完全不知道什么是“好”或“坏”，市场会如何变化，或者他需要哪些技能。在科技招聘领域工作了超过15年后，我仍然不知道该如何引导他。<p>我感到无助。在他的眼中，我看到了20年前那个年轻的自己，向我信任的人寻求建议。<p>经过短暂的停顿，我意识到我需要务实一些。我答应他，我会通过他的父亲尽快给他写一份回复。<p>那是我当时能做的最好的事情。诚实地承认自己并不知晓一切，感觉比假装知道要好得多。<p>此外，我也获得了一些时间，给这个孩子一些深入的反馈。<p>你今天会给计算机科学的学生什么建议呢？
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I was often invited to speak with CS students at many universities. I loved it!<p>I wanted to inspire and guide them since I felt overlooked when I was their age.<p>After yesterday's meetup at my coworking space on tech startup failures, my friend's 20-year-old son dropped by to chat. He is studying computer science in his third year of university.<p>It was a typical small talk, and he asked me about my business. “As I recall, you worked in technology and recruitment," he said. How's the market now?<p>He cleverly asked for advice about his future career. I quickly saw how important and valuable it was to him.<p>I always had the right words to say to kids like him, so I started talking.<p>I talked about how the market is changing, how demand is down, and how layoffs affected the situation.<p>Then I got fully paralysed, and I couldn't think of what to say. I was a bit pessimistic, but I wanted to motivate him. I didn't want to discourage him by telling him that the market is hard for junior developers.<p>I realized that I don't know what to tell him. I have NO clue what's "good" or "bad", or what the market will do, or which skills he needs. After working in tech recruiting for over 15 years, I don't know how to guide him.<p>I felt helpless. In his eyes, I saw my younger self from 20 years ago, seeking advice from someone I trusted.<p>After a brief pause, I realized that I needed to be practical. I promised him I would send him a written response via his father soon.<p>That was the best I could do at the time. Being honest about not knowing everything felt better than pretending I did.<p>Also, I gained some time to give this kid some thorough feedback.<p>What advice would you give to a CS student today?