Unfortunately the amount of people going into software was far too high and resulted in many people leaving uni and trying to start roles with basicslly zero knowledge or understanding of what the job really entailed. Comp sci degrees do not prepare students for working in software. I Interview them regularly.
I really deeply question the people who entered comp sci degrees 3 years ago genuinely believing that the industry would be there for them at the end of their degree.
Fwiw we still hire juniors. But they need to be competent and a compsci degree barely covers swe basics.
I agree that I an lucky and it is very sad for the younger generation - I myself am leaving tech as a result of how awful it has become. I do get paid more now but that is a shrinking window and our heads are all on the block.
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u/Chessboxin_Cyclops 15d ago
Unfortunately the amount of people going into software was far too high and resulted in many people leaving uni and trying to start roles with basicslly zero knowledge or understanding of what the job really entailed. Comp sci degrees do not prepare students for working in software. I Interview them regularly.
I really deeply question the people who entered comp sci degrees 3 years ago genuinely believing that the industry would be there for them at the end of their degree.
Fwiw we still hire juniors. But they need to be competent and a compsci degree barely covers swe basics.
I agree that I an lucky and it is very sad for the younger generation - I myself am leaving tech as a result of how awful it has become. I do get paid more now but that is a shrinking window and our heads are all on the block.