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[โ€“] piecat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If there's no hope for getting a job, it doesn't mean they're not passionate.

[โ€“] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 2 points 1 day ago

It's really not like that, programmers will always be extremely sought after. Just not bad programmers that haven't really coded anything yet. Those are in quite an abundance. After giving the thirtieth intern a try and some lessons, it starts to feel hopeless when they turn in something that is using divisors on tick to solve a problem the engine already does and doesn't notice the cpu cap because they are on a monster beefy developer station