By Samantha Dorisca
Publication Date: 2026-01-16 15:37:00
Google has been hiring “tons” of workers without college degrees, according to its co-founder.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin is a Stanford University graduate who studied computer science, according to Fortune.
Various students have also flocked to pursue their college studies in that field, as they’ve been told it will provide a good salary. However, those promises have looked more bleak of late. Forbes notes that 170,000 undergraduates majored in the field in 2024, which was double that of a decade before, and that those students are now facing some of the highest unemployment rates (6.1%).
The outlet also points out that there aren’t many six-figure starting salaries in big tech anymore. And though AI has raised concerns for many graduates, Brin suggests, per Fortune, that it doesn’t mean people should steer clear of pursuing their studies.
“I wouldn’t go off and switch to comparative literature because you think the AI is good at coding,” he said, according to…
