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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...
cucumbers
  03/21/26
He Won
i can't, my MBA
  03/21/26
doesn't having a resume with experience do anything
cowgod
  03/21/26
it gets him the occasional interview but never an offer beca...
cucumbers
  03/21/26
best thing about interviews at least for fake bullshit non E...
cowgod
  03/21/26
that's why i've been using quotes around the word "code...
cucumbers
  03/21/26
No doubt his technical skills do suck, but interviews don't ...
'"'''''''''''''"'
  03/21/26
not only do his technical skills probably suck, but he's too...
cucumbers
  03/21/26
Engineering interviews are Engineering based. literally all ...
cowgod
  03/21/26
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a lifetime spent arguing with autistic men online
  03/21/26
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cowgod
  03/21/26
That’s why I’m getting My MBA
Jewish in substance but not in form
  03/21/26
Maybe he should learn to code.
....,....,.......,.........,....,.,....
  03/21/26
interesting. should i suggest this?
cucumbers
  03/21/26
gotta start vibe-coding your own AI-assisted projects and ma...
,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,.
  03/21/26
Why do you seem to always take glee in the failure of others...
Nude Karlstack
  03/21/26
why do you think i take glee here? out of our entire friend ...
cucumbers
  03/21/26
how many years of experience does he have? what has he been...
;;;.;,;...;..;;.,,,,.,.;.;.,.;..;.
  03/21/26
one decade, fucking around and not doing much and possibly d...
cucumbers
  03/21/26
OP is a dreary morass
Oaxacan crime rates
  03/21/26
Who cares. If you are a whiteboy whats the point of having a...
a lifetime spent arguing with autistic men online
  03/21/26
...
cucumbers
  03/21/26
You mean they don't give him interviews based on his BA degr...
..,..,..,..,,...,,..,..
  03/21/26
background checks show degree. you have to try for something...
cowgod
  03/21/26
Liberal arts is literally life ruining. If you have prole re...
cowgod
  03/21/26
Yes
a lifetime spent arguing with autistic men online
  03/21/26
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Pet Relief Area
  03/21/26
He probably just sucks at programming. IQ based really.
.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,..,.,.,.....,
  03/21/26
“Sucks at programming” is far more experience ba...
a lifetime spent arguing with autistic men online
  03/21/26


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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:30 PM
Author: cucumbers

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: i can't, my MBA

He Won

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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: cowgod

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: cucumbers

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: cowgod

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: cucumbers

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: '"'''''''''''''"'

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: cucumbers

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: cowgod

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: a lifetime spent arguing with autistic men online



(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: cowgod



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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:52 PM
Author: Jewish in substance but not in form

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: ....,....,.......,.........,....,.,....


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: cucumbers

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: ,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,.


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: Nude Karlstack (🧐)

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: cucumbers

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: ;;;.;,;...;..;;.,,,,.,.;.;.,.;..;.


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: cucumbers

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: Oaxacan crime rates

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: a lifetime spent arguing with autistic men online

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: cucumbers



(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: ..,..,..,..,,...,,..,..

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: cowgod

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: cowgod

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: a lifetime spent arguing with autistic men online

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: Pet Relief Area



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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:44 PM
Author: .,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,..,.,.,.....,


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: a lifetime spent arguing with autistic men online

“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)