This isn't entirely new. When I graduated in the mid nineties a lot of friends that took non technical degrees (history, english, psychology) did temp work and

This isn't entirely new. When I graduated in the mid nineties a lot of friends that took non technical degrees (history, english, psychology) did temp work and got "certificate" at a university which helped them secure work. They ended up doing pretty well. Of course the tech economy was just starting to take off back then....