[HN Gopher] 'A black hole': New graduates discover a dismal job ...
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       'A black hole': New graduates discover a dismal job market
        
       Author : koolba
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2025-08-03 21:45 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | techpineapple wrote:
       | I always find personal stories and quotes a weird way to tell
       | these kinds of stories. Someone is always frustrated trying to
       | find a job, right? Every field has ups and downs over time, and I
       | know people whose fields were having a down turn in 2021 when
       | tech was hotter than ever.
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       | AI engineers aren't in a slump I assume, nurses are classically
       | understaffed right?
        
         | fennec-posix wrote:
         | I think that's part of it, however it does seem the barrier to
         | entry for anything now is a lot higher. People can argue what's
         | causing that as they may, I cannot say for sure what causes it.
         | Could be economic, could be cultural/procedural within
         | corporates.
        
           | la64710 wrote:
           | Offshoring ... (not h1bs)
        
       | unencumberednut wrote:
       | I had graduated in 1984 and the market had dried up significantly
       | until 1985, then it was booming. But, that year I searched for
       | employment (crickets) and getting engaged in eventual very high
       | tech, it was a great time, and I look back fondly at the personal
       | journey. I dug ditches, painted apartments, and advanced myself.
       | And I still tell people out of school and searching, enjoy the
       | time to be un-interrupted as you will get fully engaged at some
       | point and find yourself busy for the next 40 years.
        
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