Zaelaa@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-220 hours agoBig Tech Told Kids to Code. The Jobs Didn’t Follow.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1175
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minus-squareKaChilde@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·14 hours agoMight not have been true, but has definitely been the narrative pedalled to young people for years. There is always some career that kids get pushed into with a promise of “jobs in demand” and “guaranteed salary”.
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoIt was true around the .com boom, and the advice might have been good for a few years, but like everything else: following yesterday’s trends will get you lost in a crowd of the clueless and under-informed.
minus-squaremassive_bereavement@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 hours agoYep… I didn’t mean they weren’t lied to… But you’re right, they were lied to.
Might not have been true, but has definitely been the narrative pedalled to young people for years.
There is always some career that kids get pushed into with a promise of “jobs in demand” and “guaranteed salary”.
It was true around the .com boom, and the advice might have been good for a few years, but like everything else: following yesterday’s trends will get you lost in a crowd of the clueless and under-informed.
Yep… I didn’t mean they weren’t lied to… But you’re right, they were lied to.