BREAKING: University of Michigan coach Dusty May has agreed to become the new head coach of the Dallas Mavericks, sources tell me, @AdamSchefter, @PeteThamel. Major college-to-pro jump for the 2026 NCAA championship coach and swing for the Mavericks and Masai Ujiri.
A CS professor at a mid-tier state university just sent me their internal placement data
Fall 2023: 89% of their graduates had offers by graduation. Average starting salary $94k
Spring 2024: 71% placement rate. Average dropped to $78k
Fall 2024: 43% placement rate. Those who got offers averaged $61k
Spring 2025: 31% of graduates employed in software roles six months out
This semester? 19% placement rate and falling
Faculty meeting last Tuesday got heated when the department chair suggested "pivoting curriculum toward AI collaboration skills"
One professor stood up and said "we're teaching students to build the systems that eliminate their own jobs"
The career fair last month had 12 companies show up. Half were MLMs and insurance sales
Students keep asking why they're learning data structures when the job postings all say "3+ years experience with LLM integration"
Professor told me the hardest part is the parent meetings
"My daughter took out $140k in loans for this degree and she's working at Starbucks"
Meanwhile the university is still running ads promising "94% job placement rates in high-growth tech careers"
The disconnect is crushing everyone involved
Faculty knows the industry has fundamentally shifted but the marketing department is still selling the 2019 dream
These kids mortgaged their futures for careers that evaporated while they were in class
Today in Texas solar provided more than one-third of the power for 8 straight hours, peaking over 29,000 megawatts at 1:25 for the 3rd highest total ever.
Last night, batteries set an all time record @ 7.3 gigawatts.
Despite an 80 GW peak, prices have been <2.5c/kWh all day.
Thiessen: Just so people understand wind and solar only work when there is wind and sun. We don't have technology to store the energy from wind and solar…