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"coder" friend with a liberal arts degree has been unemployed for three years

he's still applying for tech jobs despite three years of not...
angry piazza
  03/21/26
He Won
ruddy volcanic crater plaza
  03/21/26
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talented grizzly ape
  03/21/26
doesn't having a resume with experience do anything
odious background story market
  03/21/26
it gets him the occasional interview but never an offer beca...
angry piazza
  03/21/26
best thing about interviews at least for fake bullshit non E...
odious background story market
  03/21/26
that's why i've been using quotes around the word "code...
angry piazza
  03/21/26
No doubt his technical skills do suck, but interviews don't ...
silver fear-inspiring party of the first part
  03/21/26
not only do his technical skills probably suck, but he's too...
angry piazza
  03/21/26
Engineering interviews are Engineering based. literally all ...
odious background story market
  03/21/26
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racy stage yarmulke
  03/21/26
...
odious background story market
  03/21/26
...
odious background story market
  03/21/26
That’s why I’m getting My MBA
Mind-boggling fuchsia turdskin love of her life
  03/21/26
Maybe he should learn to code.
charismatic doctorate psychic
  03/21/26
interesting. should i suggest this?
angry piazza
  03/21/26
gotta start vibe-coding your own AI-assisted projects and ma...
razzle-dazzle cuckoldry
  03/21/26
Why do you seem to always take glee in the failure of others...
stirring aquamarine organic girlfriend
  03/21/26
why do you think i take glee here? out of our entire friend ...
angry piazza
  03/21/26
how many years of experience does he have? what has he been...
soul-stirring flickering new version
  03/21/26
one decade, fucking around and not doing much and possibly d...
angry piazza
  03/21/26
OP is a dreary morass
iridescent twinkling uncleanness
  03/21/26
Who cares. If you are a whiteboy whats the point of having a...
racy stage yarmulke
  03/21/26
...
angry piazza
  03/21/26
You mean they don't give him interviews based on his BA degr...
Ocher medicated black woman
  03/21/26
background checks show degree. you have to try for something...
odious background story market
  03/21/26
Liberal arts is literally life ruining. If you have prole re...
odious background story market
  03/21/26
Yes
racy stage yarmulke
  03/21/26
...
titillating sticky depressive
  03/21/26
It was always meant to be the leisurely pursuit of the upper...
floppy mood property
  03/22/26
I feel like things have tilted against this a bit, I see the...
odious background story market
  03/22/26
He probably just sucks at programming. IQ based really.
Coral Temple Ceo
  03/21/26
“Sucks at programming” is far more experience ba...
racy stage yarmulke
  03/21/26
Yes
Appetizing Potus
  03/21/26
There are no jobs. New CS grads aren't being hired. Meanwhil...
silver fear-inspiring party of the first part
  03/22/26
wehre si the abstract class and then concrete class
Cream 180 kitty
  03/22/26
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stirring aquamarine organic girlfriend
  03/22/26
...
racy stage yarmulke
  03/22/26
...
ruddy volcanic crater plaza
  03/22/26
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HMVEYo1WwAAJLrY?format=jpg&n...
CapTTTainFalcon
  07/10/26
i'm OP and my friend is still unemployed
cucumbers
  07/10/26


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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:30 PM
Author: angry piazza

he's still applying for tech jobs despite three years of nothing. i'm not sure how to tell him It's Over for liberal artists like him who were able to get coding jobs 5+ years ago when they still had a chance.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49759920)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:30 PM
Author: ruddy volcanic crater plaza

He Won

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49759923)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 7:22 PM
Author: talented grizzly ape



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49760174)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: odious background story market

doesn't having a resume with experience do anything

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49759924)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:34 PM
Author: angry piazza

it gets him the occasional interview but never an offer because Liberal Artist "coders" can't hack it in the modern job market unless they're a woman or minority.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49759929)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:35 PM
Author: odious background story market

best thing about interviews at least for fake bullshit non Engineering jobs is you literally never know why you didn't get it, you always have to make some shit up to fill in the blanks. sometimes you find out the person who got it and are like holy shit lmao. like when olds say they get passed over because of age discrimination. they're literally just making that up. they might just suck for totally unrelated reasons.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49759931)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:43 PM
Author: angry piazza

that's why i've been using quotes around the word "coder" here. haven't worked with him professionally but i assume his technical skills just suck, which is unsurprising given his BA in Political Science.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49759950)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: silver fear-inspiring party of the first part

No doubt his technical skills do suck, but interviews don't reward skills, just phenotype. If he was a Nerd, his phenotype would cause them to assume that a BA in Political Science was only due to autistic interests.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49759953)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:51 PM
Author: angry piazza

not only do his technical skills probably suck, but he's too attached to what appears to be a professional dead-end for him. he regularly attends tech meetups and spams his resume. someone needs to tell him to give up and try something different.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49759958)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:05 PM
Author: odious background story market

Engineering interviews are Engineering based. literally all other interviews no one asks you anything about anything they just kill time and assess phenotype

have you ever done the ones where they talk about the company for a really really long time and there's no way for you to interject and make it more of a back and forth for the entire 20 minutes they spend on it? are these good or bad? they're terrible. it's like they just want to make it phenotype and not even give you a chance to express your talking phenotype.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49759994)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:06 PM
Author: racy stage yarmulke



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49759995)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 7:01 PM
Author: odious background story market



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49760124)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 10:03 PM
Author: odious background story market



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49760618)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:52 PM
Author: Mind-boggling fuchsia turdskin love of her life

That’s why I’m getting My MBA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49759960)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:53 PM
Author: charismatic doctorate psychic

Maybe he should learn to code.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49759962)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:53 PM
Author: angry piazza

interesting. should i suggest this?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49759964)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:01 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle cuckoldry

gotta start vibe-coding your own AI-assisted projects and marketing those.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49759983)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:01 PM
Author: stirring aquamarine organic girlfriend

Why do you seem to always take glee in the failure of others

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49759985)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:05 PM
Author: angry piazza

why do you think i take glee here? out of our entire friend group, i've gotten him many more referrals than anyone else. i'm just commenting on how the coding job market has changed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49759993)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:02 PM
Author: soul-stirring flickering new version

how many years of experience does he have?

what has he been doing the past three years?

why are you such a shithead?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49759988)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:08 PM
Author: angry piazza

one decade, fucking around and not doing much and possibly drinking, i like eating poo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49760007)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:05 PM
Author: iridescent twinkling uncleanness

OP is a dreary morass

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49759992)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:07 PM
Author: racy stage yarmulke

Who cares. If you are a whiteboy whats the point of having a "job"? Entire existence revolves around being a sex-toy for black men and thats where the enjoyment comes in too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49759996)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:10 PM
Author: angry piazza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49760011)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:07 PM
Author: Ocher medicated black woman

You mean they don't give him interviews based on his BA degree?

Can't he just tweak it and list a BS degree in CS? If all they need is coding skills and he has them, he can simply pretend he got a STEM degree 10 years ago.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49759999)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:11 PM
Author: odious background story market

background checks show degree. you have to try for something that doesn't do one. why doesn't he do 1099 Engineering shit or something....

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49760013)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:37 PM
Author: odious background story market

Liberal arts is literally life ruining. If you have prole relatives and that’s your Major they’re like “stop. Final Warning” meanwhile you’re like “an educated populace is the Crux of a free society” and “degree holders make $66,950 on average versus hs grads $46,500”

But in reality proles are wise as fuck. They know all through Intuition but can’t explain it with words so they’re like “your a fag”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49760069)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:44 PM
Author: racy stage yarmulke

Yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49760093)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 7:15 PM
Author: titillating sticky depressive



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49760155)



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 8:16 AM
Author: floppy mood property

It was always meant to be the leisurely pursuit of the upper classes, not some random LoserBag. They even wrote novels like Jude the Obscure that depicted the folly of this. All the same, there were plenty of Fake Jobs in the early aughts that “required” a fake undergraduate degree iirc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49760721)



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 8:31 AM
Author: odious background story market

I feel like things have tilted against this a bit, I see them specifying “Business, Engineering, or related discipline” or something. Businessmen are retarded but sometimes they have OCI. And if interviewers hear that a candidate aced OCI, it’s intoxicating. They’re like, “I’m listening.”

Anyway ITE pushed liberal arts’ shit in or was the kill shot imo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49760730)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:44 PM
Author: Coral Temple Ceo

He probably just sucks at programming. IQ based really.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49760092)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 7:18 PM
Author: racy stage yarmulke

“Sucks at programming” is far more experience based than IQ based. Tons of midwits are senior engineer level. Tons of top percentile iqs dont program at all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49760166)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 10:36 PM
Author: Appetizing Potus

Yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49760685)



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 8:33 AM
Author: silver fear-inspiring party of the first part

There are no jobs. New CS grads aren't being hired. Meanwhile your plumber is writing this with Claude:

https://x.com/RG_Leachman/status/2035537289812816128?s=20

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49760736)



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 8:42 AM
Author: Cream 180 kitty

wehre si the abstract class and then concrete class

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49760751)



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 8:47 AM
Author: stirring aquamarine organic girlfriend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49760762)



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 11:09 AM
Author: racy stage yarmulke



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49761009)



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 11:18 AM
Author: ruddy volcanic crater plaza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49761028)



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Date: July 10th, 2026 4:28 PM
Author: CapTTTainFalcon

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HMVEYo1WwAAJLrY?format=jpg&name=large

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49991409)



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Date: July 10th, 2026 4:29 PM
Author: cucumbers

i'm OP and my friend is still unemployed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5848335&forum_id=2),#49991416)