Zaelaa@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agoBig Tech Told Kids to Code. The Jobs Didn’t Follow.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1272arrow-down18
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minus-squareKaChilde@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·3 days agoMight not have been true, but has definitely been the narrative pedalled to young people for years. There is always some career that kids get pushed into with a promise of “jobs in demand” and “guaranteed salary”.
minus-squaremassive_bereavement@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·3 days agoYep… I didn’t mean they weren’t lied to… But you’re right, they were lied to.
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoIt was true around the .com boom, and the advice might have been good for a few years, but like everything else: following yesterday’s trends will get you lost in a crowd of the clueless and under-informed.
Might not have been true, but has definitely been the narrative pedalled to young people for years.
There is always some career that kids get pushed into with a promise of “jobs in demand” and “guaranteed salary”.
Yep… I didn’t mean they weren’t lied to… But you’re right, they were lied to.
It was true around the .com boom, and the advice might have been good for a few years, but like everything else: following yesterday’s trends will get you lost in a crowd of the clueless and under-informed.