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For many computer science roles, you'll have tens of thousands of graduates chasing the job, which now demands years of experience, an impressive GitHub...
Yeah, that's the takeaway. If a kid graduates and doesn't even have a github profile, they're not gonna get hired.
Just contribute to some FOSS projects (or make your own) and you'll stand ahead of the rest.
I think they're confusing unemployment with difficulty finding jobs.
It's true that a lot of software engineers get laid off and take unemployment while theyre between jobs
It's also true that its super easy to get a job if you're an experienced software engineer.
This says more about companies simultaneously laying off and hiring than it does about the availability of jobs in the market.