/r/cscareers/

r/cscareers

40k members
r/cscareers is a subreddit with 40k members. The community frequently discusses career, job, software, tech, and cs, and the most common flair used is usa job market, get in to tech, india job market, getting into tech, and career switch.
For discussion of computer science careers, software development, software engineering. All discussions about CS careers are encouraged not just those beneficial to recruiters and interviewers. Sharing job-finding information, tips/tricks is welcome. Part of the Reddit Safe Community Network.

Popular Topics in r/cscareers

#1

Career

116 posts
#2

Job

99 posts
#3

Software

58 posts
#4

Tech

54 posts
#5

Cs

47 posts
#6

Internship

37 posts
#7

Interview

37 posts
#8

Engineering

34 posts
#9

Advice

28 posts
#10

Ai

27 posts

Flair Used in r/cscareers

#1
USA Job Market
: "AI killed my love for this industry"
90 posts
#2
Get in to tech
: "Setting expectations for those who want to get into tech"
24 posts
#3
India Job Market
: "Title: People who landed their first tech job recently, what actually made the difference?"
21 posts
#4
Getting into tech
: "How does one learn to build industry level software if they can’t even get a job?"
16 posts
#5
Career switch
: "Software developers"
10 posts
#6
UK Job Market
: "How times have changes; my job search in 2000"
8 posts
#7
EU Job Market
: "Do fully async software development jobs actually exist?"
7 posts
#8
Career switching
: "Pivoting as a CS newgrad"
6 posts
#9
Asian Job Market
: "Applied for 600+ jobs didnt get the single interview call, my current work env is so toxic and there is no job security as well"
6 posts
#10
Get out of tech
: "Developers with 15–20+ YOE (40+), how hard is it to switch jobs today?"
3 posts

Member Growth in r/cscareers

Yearly
+17k members(77.0%)

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Last updated: August 15, 2026