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Computer Science, a popular college major, has one of the highest unemployment rates (www.newsweek.com)
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Published earlier this year, but still relevant.

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[–] 15 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Damn. Didn’t know about that at all. I’m genuinely glad the direction where I live (Germany) is the opposite, that way more people are needed and searched for than there is demand.
(I would have enough private projects without a job though lol.)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    From by experience, that doesn't exactly equate to forced unemployment here. I do know of a friend from computer science in the UK who struggles to get past any interview, but I don't perceive the market to be this hostile in Germany, even if not quite as vast as in the past.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Because at the moment we don't have a "hostile" job market yet - as written in the article, the market is only rapidly cooling down. As the market before was massively undersaturated it just means that people currently have less choices - but they still have their share of opportunities. But tbh, pure anecdotal, it pretty much reflects what I hear from graduates atm. The market for newly graduated has cooled down definitely, unless they have a ITsec background or have a fair share of experience already.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Same issue here. My company is freezing any hiring this year. And next year won't be looking good either. And to add on top of that, most big companies are outsourcing to Eastern Europe short-term because it's cheaper, or directly to India, as was the case with Amazon Romania that laid off a bunch of its workforce and then hired back a few of them to make workshops for the people in India that are going to pick up their jobs to do the exact same thing.

    Also the pay in the sector in Germany sucks ass. It's really bad

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