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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...
Emerald stead
  03/21/26
He Won
White Hunting Ground
  03/21/26
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hot place of business office
  03/21/26
doesn't having a resume with experience do anything
Poppy Hyperventilating Stock Car Roast Beef
  03/21/26
it gets him the occasional interview but never an offer beca...
Emerald stead
  03/21/26
best thing about interviews at least for fake bullshit non E...
Poppy Hyperventilating Stock Car Roast Beef
  03/21/26
that's why i've been using quotes around the word "code...
Emerald stead
  03/21/26
No doubt his technical skills do suck, but interviews don't ...
Plum knife pervert
  03/21/26
not only do his technical skills probably suck, but he's too...
Emerald stead
  03/21/26
Engineering interviews are Engineering based. literally all ...
Poppy Hyperventilating Stock Car Roast Beef
  03/21/26
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flatulent medicated sanctuary masturbator
  03/21/26
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Poppy Hyperventilating Stock Car Roast Beef
  03/21/26
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Poppy Hyperventilating Stock Car Roast Beef
  03/21/26
That’s why I’m getting My MBA
Rose hairraiser roommate degenerate
  03/21/26
Maybe he should learn to code.
Lime Self-centered Church Building Cumskin
  03/21/26
interesting. should i suggest this?
Emerald stead
  03/21/26
gotta start vibe-coding your own AI-assisted projects and ma...
180 school bbw
  03/21/26
Why do you seem to always take glee in the failure of others...
Khaki aromatic area
  03/21/26
why do you think i take glee here? out of our entire friend ...
Emerald stead
  03/21/26
how many years of experience does he have? what has he been...
twisted box office toaster
  03/21/26
one decade, fucking around and not doing much and possibly d...
Emerald stead
  03/21/26
OP is a dreary morass
red hissy fit trump supporter
  03/21/26
Who cares. If you are a whiteboy whats the point of having a...
flatulent medicated sanctuary masturbator
  03/21/26
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Emerald stead
  03/21/26
You mean they don't give him interviews based on his BA degr...
green aphrodisiac ratface
  03/21/26
background checks show degree. you have to try for something...
Poppy Hyperventilating Stock Car Roast Beef
  03/21/26
Liberal arts is literally life ruining. If you have prole re...
Poppy Hyperventilating Stock Car Roast Beef
  03/21/26
Yes
flatulent medicated sanctuary masturbator
  03/21/26
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concupiscible base dingle berry
  03/21/26
It was always meant to be the leisurely pursuit of the upper...
Jade wrinkle orchestra pit
  03/22/26
I feel like things have tilted against this a bit, I see the...
Poppy Hyperventilating Stock Car Roast Beef
  03/22/26
He probably just sucks at programming. IQ based really.
yellow rehab double fault
  03/21/26
“Sucks at programming” is far more experience ba...
flatulent medicated sanctuary masturbator
  03/21/26
Yes
iridescent scourge upon the earth
  03/21/26
There are no jobs. New CS grads aren't being hired. Meanwhil...
Plum knife pervert
  03/22/26
wehre si the abstract class and then concrete class
sticky stage boiling water
  03/22/26
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Khaki aromatic area
  03/22/26
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flatulent medicated sanctuary masturbator
  03/22/26
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White Hunting Ground
  03/22/26
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Carnelian wonderful native stain
  07/10/26
i'm OP and my friend is still unemployed
Emerald stead
  07/10/26


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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:30 PM
Author: Emerald stead

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/en-en#49759920)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:30 PM
Author: White Hunting Ground

He Won

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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 7:22 PM
Author: hot place of business office



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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: Poppy Hyperventilating Stock Car Roast Beef

doesn't having a resume with experience do anything

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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:34 PM
Author: Emerald stead

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/en-en#49759929)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:35 PM
Author: Poppy Hyperventilating Stock Car Roast Beef

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/en-en#49759931)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:43 PM
Author: Emerald stead

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/en-en#49759950)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: Plum knife pervert

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/en-en#49759953)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:51 PM
Author: Emerald stead

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/en-en#49759958)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:05 PM
Author: Poppy Hyperventilating Stock Car Roast Beef

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/en-en#49759994)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:06 PM
Author: flatulent medicated sanctuary masturbator



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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 7:01 PM
Author: Poppy Hyperventilating Stock Car Roast Beef



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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 10:03 PM
Author: Poppy Hyperventilating Stock Car Roast Beef



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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:52 PM
Author: Rose hairraiser roommate degenerate

That’s why I’m getting My MBA

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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:53 PM
Author: Lime Self-centered Church Building Cumskin

Maybe he should learn to code.

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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:53 PM
Author: Emerald stead

interesting. should i suggest this?

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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:01 PM
Author: 180 school bbw

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

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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:01 PM
Author: Khaki aromatic area

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/en-en#49759985)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:05 PM
Author: Emerald stead

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/en-en#49759993)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:02 PM
Author: twisted box office toaster

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/en-en#49759988)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:08 PM
Author: Emerald stead

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/en-en#49760007)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:05 PM
Author: red hissy fit trump supporter

OP is a dreary morass

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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:07 PM
Author: flatulent medicated sanctuary masturbator

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/en-en#49759996)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:10 PM
Author: Emerald stead



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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:07 PM
Author: green aphrodisiac ratface

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/en-en#49759999)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:11 PM
Author: Poppy Hyperventilating Stock Car Roast Beef

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/en-en#49760013)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:37 PM
Author: Poppy Hyperventilating Stock Car Roast Beef

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/en-en#49760069)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:44 PM
Author: flatulent medicated sanctuary masturbator

Yes

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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 7:15 PM
Author: concupiscible base dingle berry



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



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 8:16 AM
Author: Jade wrinkle orchestra pit

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/en-en#49760721)



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 8:31 AM
Author: Poppy Hyperventilating Stock Car Roast Beef

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/en-en#49760730)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 6:44 PM
Author: yellow rehab double fault

He probably just sucks at programming. IQ based really.

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



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Date: March 21st, 2026 7:18 PM
Author: flatulent medicated sanctuary masturbator

“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/en-en#49760166)



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Date: March 21st, 2026 10:36 PM
Author: iridescent scourge upon the earth

Yes

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



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 8:33 AM
Author: Plum knife pervert

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/en-en#49760736)



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 8:42 AM
Author: sticky stage boiling water

wehre si the abstract class and then concrete class

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



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 8:47 AM
Author: Khaki aromatic area



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



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 11:09 AM
Author: flatulent medicated sanctuary masturbator



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



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 11:18 AM
Author: White Hunting Ground



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



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Date: July 10th, 2026 4:28 PM
Author: Carnelian wonderful native stain

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

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



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Date: July 10th, 2026 4:29 PM
Author: Emerald stead

i'm OP and my friend is still unemployed

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