Zaelaa@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoBig Tech Told Kids to Code. The Jobs Didn’t Follow.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1274
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minus-squareKaChilde@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·3 months 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-squaremassive_bereavement@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoYep… I didn’t mean they weren’t lied to… But you’re right, they were lied to.
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months 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.
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”.
Yep… I didn’t mean they weren’t lied to… But you’re right, they were lied to.
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.