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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...
maniacal step-uncle's house kitty
  03/21/26
He Won
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  03/21/26
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Violent Marvelous Spot
  03/21/26
doesn't having a resume with experience do anything
180 personal credit line
  03/21/26
it gets him the occasional interview but never an offer beca...
maniacal step-uncle's house kitty
  03/21/26
best thing about interviews at least for fake bullshit non E...
180 personal credit line
  03/21/26
that's why i've been using quotes around the word "code...
maniacal step-uncle's house kitty
  03/21/26
No doubt his technical skills do suck, but interviews don't ...
Heady disrespectful set potus
  03/21/26
not only do his technical skills probably suck, but he's too...
maniacal step-uncle's house kitty
  03/21/26
Engineering interviews are Engineering based. literally all ...
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shivering generalized bond nibblets
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180 personal credit line
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180 personal credit line
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That’s why I’m getting My MBA
Brilliant sickened indirect expression
  03/21/26
Maybe he should learn to code.
Concupiscible abusive bbw range
  03/21/26
interesting. should i suggest this?
maniacal step-uncle's house kitty
  03/21/26
gotta start vibe-coding your own AI-assisted projects and ma...
walnut fragrant shrine blood rage
  03/21/26
Why do you seem to always take glee in the failure of others...
Charcoal Brethren School Cafeteria
  03/21/26
why do you think i take glee here? out of our entire friend ...
maniacal step-uncle's house kitty
  03/21/26
how many years of experience does he have? what has he been...
deranged effete becky
  03/21/26
one decade, fucking around and not doing much and possibly d...
maniacal step-uncle's house kitty
  03/21/26
OP is a dreary morass
adventurous rehab love of her life
  03/21/26
Who cares. If you are a whiteboy whats the point of having a...
shivering generalized bond nibblets
  03/21/26
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maniacal step-uncle's house kitty
  03/21/26
You mean they don't give him interviews based on his BA degr...
cerebral learning disabled juggernaut digit ratio
  03/21/26
background checks show degree. you have to try for something...
180 personal credit line
  03/21/26
Liberal arts is literally life ruining. If you have prole re...
180 personal credit line
  03/21/26
Yes
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Excitant cobalt national security agency
  03/21/26
It was always meant to be the leisurely pursuit of the upper...
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  03/22/26
I feel like things have tilted against this a bit, I see the...
180 personal credit line
  03/22/26
He probably just sucks at programming. IQ based really.
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  03/21/26
“Sucks at programming” is far more experience ba...
shivering generalized bond nibblets
  03/21/26
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Cerise Misunderstood Mood
  03/21/26
There are no jobs. New CS grads aren't being hired. Meanwhil...
Heady disrespectful set potus
  03/22/26
wehre si the abstract class and then concrete class
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Date: March 21st, 2026 5:30 PM
Author: maniacal step-uncle's house kitty

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: supple vengeful factory reset button immigrant

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: Violent Marvelous Spot



(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: 180 personal credit line

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: maniacal step-uncle's house kitty

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: 180 personal credit line

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: maniacal step-uncle's house kitty

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: Heady disrespectful set potus

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: maniacal step-uncle's house kitty

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: 180 personal credit line

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: shivering generalized bond nibblets



(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: 180 personal credit line



(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: 180 personal credit line



(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: Brilliant sickened indirect expression

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: Concupiscible abusive bbw range

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: maniacal step-uncle's house kitty

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: walnut fragrant shrine blood rage

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: Charcoal Brethren School Cafeteria

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: maniacal step-uncle's house kitty

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: deranged effete becky

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: maniacal step-uncle's house kitty

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: adventurous rehab love of her life

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: shivering generalized bond nibblets

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: maniacal step-uncle's house kitty



(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: cerebral learning disabled juggernaut digit ratio

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: 180 personal credit line

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: 180 personal credit line

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: shivering generalized bond nibblets

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: Excitant cobalt national security agency



(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: Rambunctious razzle box office masturbator

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: 180 personal credit line

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: Alcoholic stage selfie

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: shivering generalized bond nibblets

“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: Cerise Misunderstood Mood

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: Heady disrespectful set potus

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: turquoise mexican gas station

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: Charcoal Brethren School Cafeteria



(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: shivering generalized bond nibblets



(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: supple vengeful factory reset button immigrant



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