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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...
drab base pocket flask
  03/21/26
He Won
rough-skinned stubborn volcanic crater
  03/21/26
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cerebral corn cake preventive strike
  03/21/26
doesn't having a resume with experience do anything
pungent razzle-dazzle pit
  03/21/26
it gets him the occasional interview but never an offer beca...
drab base pocket flask
  03/21/26
best thing about interviews at least for fake bullshit non E...
pungent razzle-dazzle pit
  03/21/26
that's why i've been using quotes around the word "code...
drab base pocket flask
  03/21/26
No doubt his technical skills do suck, but interviews don't ...
Swashbuckling messiness
  03/21/26
not only do his technical skills probably suck, but he's too...
drab base pocket flask
  03/21/26
Engineering interviews are Engineering based. literally all ...
pungent razzle-dazzle pit
  03/21/26
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Transparent frum institution
  03/21/26
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pungent razzle-dazzle pit
  03/21/26
...
pungent razzle-dazzle pit
  03/21/26
That’s why I’m getting My MBA
Titillating startling locale
  03/21/26
Maybe he should learn to code.
Vibrant Lettuce Site
  03/21/26
interesting. should i suggest this?
drab base pocket flask
  03/21/26
gotta start vibe-coding your own AI-assisted projects and ma...
Primrose Box Office
  03/21/26
Why do you seem to always take glee in the failure of others...
arousing gaming laptop
  03/21/26
why do you think i take glee here? out of our entire friend ...
drab base pocket flask
  03/21/26
how many years of experience does he have? what has he been...
mentally impaired spectacular idea he suggested
  03/21/26
one decade, fucking around and not doing much and possibly d...
drab base pocket flask
  03/21/26
OP is a dreary morass
Bright multi-colored sanctuary
  03/21/26
Who cares. If you are a whiteboy whats the point of having a...
Transparent frum institution
  03/21/26
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drab base pocket flask
  03/21/26
You mean they don't give him interviews based on his BA degr...
Milky galvanic people who are hurt
  03/21/26
background checks show degree. you have to try for something...
pungent razzle-dazzle pit
  03/21/26
Liberal arts is literally life ruining. If you have prole re...
pungent razzle-dazzle pit
  03/21/26
Yes
Transparent frum institution
  03/21/26
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Floppy Pale Stag Film
  03/21/26
It was always meant to be the leisurely pursuit of the upper...
Maroon church police squad
  03/22/26
I feel like things have tilted against this a bit, I see the...
pungent razzle-dazzle pit
  03/22/26
He probably just sucks at programming. IQ based really.
ungodly regret garrison
  03/21/26
“Sucks at programming” is far more experience ba...
Transparent frum institution
  03/21/26
Yes
Misunderstood odious masturbator
  03/21/26
There are no jobs. New CS grads aren't being hired. Meanwhil...
Swashbuckling messiness
  03/22/26
wehre si the abstract class and then concrete class
Tripping embarrassed to the bone church building
  03/22/26
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arousing gaming laptop
  03/22/26
...
Transparent frum institution
  03/22/26
...
rough-skinned stubborn volcanic crater
  03/22/26
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HMVEYo1WwAAJLrY?format=jpg&n...
Cracking hospital
  07/10/26
i'm OP and my friend is still unemployed
drab base pocket flask
  07/10/26


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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:30 PM
Author: drab base pocket flask

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...id.#49759920)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:30 PM
Author: rough-skinned stubborn volcanic crater

He Won

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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 7:22 PM
Author: cerebral corn cake preventive strike



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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: pungent razzle-dazzle pit

doesn't having a resume with experience do anything

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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:34 PM
Author: drab base pocket flask

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...id.#49759929)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:35 PM
Author: pungent razzle-dazzle pit

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...id.#49759931)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:43 PM
Author: drab base pocket flask

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...id.#49759950)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: Swashbuckling messiness

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...id.#49759953)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:51 PM
Author: drab base pocket flask

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...id.#49759958)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:05 PM
Author: pungent razzle-dazzle pit

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...id.#49759994)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:06 PM
Author: Transparent frum institution



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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 7:01 PM
Author: pungent razzle-dazzle pit



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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 10:03 PM
Author: pungent razzle-dazzle pit



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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:52 PM
Author: Titillating startling locale

That’s why I’m getting My MBA

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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:53 PM
Author: Vibrant Lettuce Site

Maybe he should learn to code.

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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:53 PM
Author: drab base pocket flask

interesting. should i suggest this?

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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:01 PM
Author: Primrose Box Office

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

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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:01 PM
Author: arousing gaming laptop

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...id.#49759985)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:05 PM
Author: drab base pocket flask

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...id.#49759993)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:02 PM
Author: mentally impaired spectacular idea he suggested

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...id.#49759988)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:08 PM
Author: drab base pocket flask

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...id.#49760007)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:05 PM
Author: Bright multi-colored sanctuary

OP is a dreary morass

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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:07 PM
Author: Transparent frum institution

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...id.#49759996)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:10 PM
Author: drab base pocket flask



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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:07 PM
Author: Milky galvanic people who are hurt

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...id.#49759999)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:11 PM
Author: pungent razzle-dazzle pit

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...id.#49760013)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:37 PM
Author: pungent razzle-dazzle pit

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...id.#49760069)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:44 PM
Author: Transparent frum institution

Yes

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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 7:15 PM
Author: Floppy Pale Stag Film



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



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 8:16 AM
Author: Maroon church police squad

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...id.#49760721)



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 8:31 AM
Author: pungent razzle-dazzle pit

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...id.#49760730)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:44 PM
Author: ungodly regret garrison

He probably just sucks at programming. IQ based really.

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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 7:18 PM
Author: Transparent frum institution

“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...id.#49760166)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 10:36 PM
Author: Misunderstood odious masturbator

Yes

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



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 8:33 AM
Author: Swashbuckling messiness

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...id.#49760736)



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 8:42 AM
Author: Tripping embarrassed to the bone church building

wehre si the abstract class and then concrete class

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



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 8:47 AM
Author: arousing gaming laptop



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



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 11:09 AM
Author: Transparent frum institution



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



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 11:18 AM
Author: rough-skinned stubborn volcanic crater



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



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Date: July 10th, 2026 4:28 PM
Author: Cracking hospital

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

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



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Date: July 10th, 2026 4:29 PM
Author: drab base pocket flask

i'm OP and my friend is still unemployed

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