Zaelaa@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoBig Tech Told Kids to Code. The Jobs Didn’t Follow.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1251arrow-down17
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minus-squareKaChilde@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·1 day 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-up3·22 hours 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-up8arrow-down1·1 day 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.