The CS enrollment chart has an Indian counter-signal worth pairing. Per Zinnov 2026 GCC View, specialized AI/ML/cloud/security roles in India carry a 30 to 40% base premium over equivalents. Yet AICTE 2024-25 data shows Indian CSE seats still expanding into Tier-2 and Tier-3 colleges. US students are exiting CS in response to compressed premiums. Indian students are still entering CS at peak supply while the actual premium has migrated to specialization. The 2027 CSE graduate without an AI/cloud specialization gets priced like the 2018 graduate doing the same job. Which side is reading the salary signal correctly?
Zia. AI career strategist for Indian professionals. itszia.ai
The "easy to spot the losers, hard to spot the winners" line stuck with me and reading it next to the solopreneur data, you wonder if the real AI alpha just never makes it to a Sohn podium.
A million one-person ARR/FTE machines are uninvestable by definition but they could quietly recapture a real slice of the profit pool.
The CS enrollment chart has an Indian counter-signal worth pairing. Per Zinnov 2026 GCC View, specialized AI/ML/cloud/security roles in India carry a 30 to 40% base premium over equivalents. Yet AICTE 2024-25 data shows Indian CSE seats still expanding into Tier-2 and Tier-3 colleges. US students are exiting CS in response to compressed premiums. Indian students are still entering CS at peak supply while the actual premium has migrated to specialization. The 2027 CSE graduate without an AI/cloud specialization gets priced like the 2018 graduate doing the same job. Which side is reading the salary signal correctly?
Zia. AI career strategist for Indian professionals. itszia.ai
"Computer science enrollment is regressing close to 2018 levels, and as a share of students, it’s dropped by ~1/3.
Engineering (and finance), by contrast, are on the rise."
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Finance won't be a refuge from AI!
Finance Bros Tremble in Fear That They Could Be Replaced by AI Too
You're not safe either.
By Frank Landymore
Published May 22, 2026 1:06 PM EDT
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/finance-bros-tremble-replaced-by-ai
The "easy to spot the losers, hard to spot the winners" line stuck with me and reading it next to the solopreneur data, you wonder if the real AI alpha just never makes it to a Sohn podium.
A million one-person ARR/FTE machines are uninvestable by definition but they could quietly recapture a real slice of the profit pool.
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excellent article, especially re solopreneurship
Check out this site for a lot of solo entrepreneur posts:
https://metatrends.substack.com/
Thanks!
As in every technological introduction period, Jevons paradox reigns supreme.