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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...
Concupiscible Brass National Security Agency Box Office
  03/21/26
He Won
Rusted Knife Hunting Ground
  03/21/26
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ungodly travel guidebook mother
  03/21/26
doesn't having a resume with experience do anything
Fragrant lodge
  03/21/26
it gets him the occasional interview but never an offer beca...
Concupiscible Brass National Security Agency Box Office
  03/21/26
best thing about interviews at least for fake bullshit non E...
Fragrant lodge
  03/21/26
that's why i've been using quotes around the word "code...
Concupiscible Brass National Security Agency Box Office
  03/21/26
No doubt his technical skills do suck, but interviews don't ...
Supple set
  03/21/26
not only do his technical skills probably suck, but he's too...
Concupiscible Brass National Security Agency Box Office
  03/21/26
Engineering interviews are Engineering based. literally all ...
Fragrant lodge
  03/21/26
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lilac tripping point
  03/21/26
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Fragrant lodge
  03/21/26
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Fragrant lodge
  03/21/26
That’s why I’m getting My MBA
180 federal dilemma candlestick maker
  03/21/26
Maybe he should learn to code.
Plum Soul-stirring Church Background Story
  03/21/26
interesting. should i suggest this?
Concupiscible Brass National Security Agency Box Office
  03/21/26
gotta start vibe-coding your own AI-assisted projects and ma...
ivory range
  03/21/26
Why do you seem to always take glee in the failure of others...
diverse bespoke idiot cruise ship
  03/21/26
why do you think i take glee here? out of our entire friend ...
Concupiscible Brass National Security Agency Box Office
  03/21/26
how many years of experience does he have? what has he been...
Massive circlehead dingle berry
  03/21/26
one decade, fucking around and not doing much and possibly d...
Concupiscible Brass National Security Agency Box Office
  03/21/26
OP is a dreary morass
Marvelous Duck-like Orchestra Pit Toilet Seat
  03/21/26
Who cares. If you are a whiteboy whats the point of having a...
lilac tripping point
  03/21/26
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Concupiscible Brass National Security Agency Box Office
  03/21/26
You mean they don't give him interviews based on his BA degr...
rough-skinned twinkling doctorate
  03/21/26
background checks show degree. you have to try for something...
Fragrant lodge
  03/21/26
Liberal arts is literally life ruining. If you have prole re...
Fragrant lodge
  03/21/26
Yes
lilac tripping point
  03/21/26
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Exciting Fluffy Stead
  03/21/26
It was always meant to be the leisurely pursuit of the upper...
puce national
  03/22/26
I feel like things have tilted against this a bit, I see the...
Fragrant lodge
  03/22/26
He probably just sucks at programming. IQ based really.
Zombie-like pisswyrm
  03/21/26
“Sucks at programming” is far more experience ba...
lilac tripping point
  03/21/26
Yes
bearded digit ratio
  03/21/26
There are no jobs. New CS grads aren't being hired. Meanwhil...
Supple set
  03/22/26
wehre si the abstract class and then concrete class
Stubborn galvanic university prole
  03/22/26
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diverse bespoke idiot cruise ship
  03/22/26
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lilac tripping point
  03/22/26
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Rusted Knife Hunting Ground
  03/22/26
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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: Concupiscible Brass National Security Agency Box Office

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: Rusted Knife Hunting Ground

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: ungodly travel guidebook mother



(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: Fragrant lodge

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: Concupiscible Brass National Security Agency Box Office

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: Fragrant lodge

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: Concupiscible Brass National Security Agency Box Office

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: Supple set

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: Concupiscible Brass National Security Agency Box Office

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: Fragrant lodge

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: lilac tripping point



(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: Fragrant lodge



(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: Fragrant lodge



(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: 180 federal dilemma candlestick maker

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: Plum Soul-stirring Church Background Story

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: Concupiscible Brass National Security Agency Box Office

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: ivory range

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: diverse bespoke idiot cruise ship

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: Concupiscible Brass National Security Agency Box Office

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: Massive circlehead dingle berry

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: Concupiscible Brass National Security Agency Box Office

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: Marvelous Duck-like Orchestra Pit Toilet Seat

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: lilac tripping point

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: Concupiscible Brass National Security Agency Box Office



(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: rough-skinned twinkling doctorate

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: Fragrant lodge

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: Fragrant lodge

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: lilac tripping point

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: Exciting Fluffy Stead



(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: puce national

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: Fragrant lodge

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: Zombie-like pisswyrm

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: lilac tripping point

“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: bearded digit ratio

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: Supple set

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: Stubborn galvanic university prole

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: diverse bespoke idiot cruise ship



(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: lilac tripping point



(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: Rusted Knife Hunting Ground



(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)