It is absolutely, without question, easier for a decent dev to find a job than for a non-tech giant to hire devs. I have done both and talk to companies as part

It is absolutely, without question, easier for a decent dev to find a job than for a non-tech giant to hire devs. I have done both and talk to companies as part of my current job about their hiring and attrition every month. We are in one of the most in-demand industries in the world. If you are a decent developer, and you can't find a job, one of two things is happening: 1) You are being too picky: You're applying for jobs out of your league or that aren't a good fit for you (yet) 2) You need to fix up some skills. These could be coding, or they could be working with people, interviewing, presentation, etc. When I applied for jobs, I fired out 140 applications in the space of 7 days and had multiple offers to talk (and then jobs) two weeks later, and I have no degree. But I didn't have fantasies about FAANG and driving a Tesla in two years, I applied at small companies that needed people like me. 5 years after that, I'm making very comfortable money from moving up gradually to better work and now have an hourly that is FAANG competitive. (I did freelance for 10 years previous to that, so the FAANG competitive compensation was 15 years in the making). People are impatient and don't want to look at their own assumptions and decisions critically.