# How to Spend Your 20s in the AI Era

**Author:** Y Combinator
**Type:** Video
**URL:** https://www.ycombinator.com/library/Me-how-to-spend-your-20s-in-the-ai-era
**YouTube ID:** ShYKkPPhOoc

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AI has upended the once "safe" CS career path.

New grads are facing unemployment rates twice those of art history majors, and a CS degree is no longer a surefire
ticket to wealth. At the same time, small, focused teams are scaling from zero to eight-figure revenue in months.

In a special Lightcone Live at AI Startup School, Garry, Diana, Harj, and Jared discuss why it's now more important than
ever to focus on building real skills, domain expertise, and agency rather than just chasing credentials.

