Exactly! They have to. If they can't fill positions that must be filled, changes will be made. But we all have to demand that, all the time. And that also means

Exactly! They have to. If they can't fill positions that must be filled, changes will be made. But we all have to demand that, all the time. And that also means preaching this to everyone here who is just starting out in their careers. Lack of previous work to show is not permission to an interviewer to treat an aspiring developer like garbage. Everyone has to start somewhere.