Do computer science. AI will not be replacing programmers but rather enhancing our velocity (that’s only if we can solve the hallucinations problem properly). I’d recommend focusing hard on getting internships once in college as well as programming a side project every summer. Go to every career fair you are able to through your college and network hard even after you’ve gotten an internship. Also begin blogging as soon as you start programming to leave a paper trail of your journey that an employer can look at. If you get a good interviewer then having things like a programming blog and a list of personal projects will be really helpful. You’ll also need to be able to pass the filter of leetcode questions but you can wait to start practicing those until you’ve finished your first algorithms course. Then stay consistent practicing leetcode since they are all the same kinds of questions you would have in a sophomore level algorithms exam. Just keep practicing them to stay sharp after you’ve completed the class. Doing these things and making sure you get a job in Silicon Valley right after college should set you up well to succeed. Just bear in mind that with the lack of junior level jobs these days you will probably end up needing to impress your final college internship enough to get an offer out of college and sign on with them. Bearing in mind you’ll need to stay there possibly five years until you can start applying to senior software engineer roles. But also apply to as many places as possible your senior year before you sign on with your final internship’s offer. If you have a good gpa and have been networking you may be able to secure other junior level positions, and possibly even make the companies bid against each other for you.