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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...
Amethyst Unhinged Indian Lodge
  03/21/26
He Won
Comical honey-headed theater
  03/21/26
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Sadistic Glittery Elastic Band
  03/21/26
doesn't having a resume with experience do anything
mauve violent regret
  03/21/26
it gets him the occasional interview but never an offer beca...
Amethyst Unhinged Indian Lodge
  03/21/26
best thing about interviews at least for fake bullshit non E...
mauve violent regret
  03/21/26
that's why i've been using quotes around the word "code...
Amethyst Unhinged Indian Lodge
  03/21/26
No doubt his technical skills do suck, but interviews don't ...
pontificating hyperactive philosopher-king heaven
  03/21/26
not only do his technical skills probably suck, but he's too...
Amethyst Unhinged Indian Lodge
  03/21/26
Engineering interviews are Engineering based. literally all ...
mauve violent regret
  03/21/26
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hairless filthpig
  03/21/26
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mauve violent regret
  03/21/26
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mauve violent regret
  03/21/26
That’s why I’m getting My MBA
Vivacious main people
  03/21/26
Maybe he should learn to code.
hyperventilating plum plaza
  03/21/26
interesting. should i suggest this?
Amethyst Unhinged Indian Lodge
  03/21/26
gotta start vibe-coding your own AI-assisted projects and ma...
Brilliant deep market
  03/21/26
Why do you seem to always take glee in the failure of others...
olive impertinent stage
  03/21/26
why do you think i take glee here? out of our entire friend ...
Amethyst Unhinged Indian Lodge
  03/21/26
how many years of experience does he have? what has he been...
high-end depressive
  03/21/26
one decade, fucking around and not doing much and possibly d...
Amethyst Unhinged Indian Lodge
  03/21/26
OP is a dreary morass
irradiated pearl toaster keepsake machete
  03/21/26
Who cares. If you are a whiteboy whats the point of having a...
hairless filthpig
  03/21/26
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Amethyst Unhinged Indian Lodge
  03/21/26
You mean they don't give him interviews based on his BA degr...
territorial tank parlour
  03/21/26
background checks show degree. you have to try for something...
mauve violent regret
  03/21/26
Liberal arts is literally life ruining. If you have prole re...
mauve violent regret
  03/21/26
Yes
hairless filthpig
  03/21/26
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Yellow Athletic Conference
  03/21/26
It was always meant to be the leisurely pursuit of the upper...
glassy electric yarmulke
  03/22/26
I feel like things have tilted against this a bit, I see the...
mauve violent regret
  03/22/26
He probably just sucks at programming. IQ based really.
chrome point
  03/21/26
“Sucks at programming” is far more experience ba...
hairless filthpig
  03/21/26
Yes
Umber ape gaming laptop
  03/21/26
There are no jobs. New CS grads aren't being hired. Meanwhil...
pontificating hyperactive philosopher-king heaven
  03/22/26
wehre si the abstract class and then concrete class
disrespectful black woman
  03/22/26
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olive impertinent stage
  03/22/26
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hairless filthpig
  03/22/26
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Comical honey-headed theater
  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: Amethyst Unhinged Indian Lodge

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: Comical honey-headed theater

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: Sadistic Glittery Elastic Band



(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: mauve violent regret

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: Amethyst Unhinged Indian Lodge

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: mauve violent regret

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: Amethyst Unhinged Indian Lodge

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: pontificating hyperactive philosopher-king heaven

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: Amethyst Unhinged Indian Lodge

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: mauve violent regret

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: hairless filthpig



(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: mauve violent regret



(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: mauve violent regret



(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: Vivacious main people

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: hyperventilating plum plaza

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: Amethyst Unhinged Indian Lodge

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: Brilliant deep market

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: olive impertinent stage

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: Amethyst Unhinged Indian Lodge

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: high-end depressive

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: Amethyst Unhinged Indian Lodge

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: irradiated pearl toaster keepsake machete

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: hairless filthpig

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: Amethyst Unhinged Indian Lodge



(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: territorial tank parlour

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: mauve violent regret

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: mauve violent regret

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: hairless filthpig

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: Yellow Athletic Conference



(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: glassy electric yarmulke

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: mauve violent regret

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: chrome point

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: hairless filthpig

“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: Umber ape gaming laptop

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: pontificating hyperactive philosopher-king heaven

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: disrespectful black woman

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: olive impertinent stage



(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: hairless filthpig



(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: Comical honey-headed theater



(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)