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A ‘demoralizing' trend has computer science grads out of work — even minimum wage jobs. Are 6-figure tech careers over? (www.yahoo.com)
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

I honestly think this is a lie because it's because people are mainly going for SWE or Game Dev. But literally everything else in the computer bubble is still doing fine

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    To some extent, yeah. I work in web development and there's no shortage of opportunities for someone good at reactive front end development and JSON APIs. But I think there is a shortage of grads who have the necessary skills.

    I've been trying to grow my business, and it's frankly depressing how many people graduate with computer science degrees without learning the basics of the field, the volume of vibe coders is too damn high.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    This was a problem before AI as well. I've been in so many interviews where someone w/ a CS degree can't deliver solutions to even basic problems. I'll ask them foundational CS theory, and they can only answer if I don't expect them to apply it. It's like they studied for the test instead of actually learning the material. Now w/ AI, they can't even answer those gimme theory questions, much less apply them.

    I used to look for github profiles as a "nice to have," but it's becoming more and more of a requirement now, because I just can't trust someone to actually know how to write code unless they've contributed to a larger FOSS project or built something themselves. I can usually tell when they've vibe-coded something, so I can disregard most of the nonsense applicants. Unfortunately, this makes it harder for people w/o copious time to get interviews, which sucks (I've been there).

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    I find the jobs are super picky. Had one with a laundry list except for one job scheduling software and I had experience in the one they wanted but the feedback I got back was that the other one was real important even though I had the other and everything else. So I had experience with job scheduling software in general. including one they used. but not the other. and in that laundry list is software way more complicated than job scheduling. Through most of my career having about half of what they wanted was fine and they got that picking up the rest was not going to be a big deal for anyone who had experience in the field.

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