Entry-level tech job search despair amid AI-focused market
Key claims
- Poster asks whether any software job opportunities exist that do not involve AI.
- A December graduate reports about 300 applications and only three interviews for apparent ghost jobs, asking whether to give up on entry-level tech roles.
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- /g/109565412 ↗ live · archive despairing evergreen 42 replies A December graduate reports about 300 applications and only three interviews for apparent ghost jobs, asking whether to give up on entry-level tech roles.
- /g/109565235 ↗ live · archive despairing evergreen 74 replies Poster asks whether any software job opportunities exist that do not involve AI.
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