[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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