Though this article is not about software engineers, the same thing is happening in this field as the article mentions: "All of this adds up to an incredibly t

Though this article is not about software engineers, the same thing is happening in this field as the article mentions: "All of this adds up to an incredibly tough entry-level job market. And the inability to land a solid role in a worker’s desired field right out of college can impact their careers in a major way, for a long time." In tech, it's a booming job market. However, because most companies get funding to build complex systems, or scale existing ones, and thanks to remote work - and most teams not being comfortable onboarding engineers with no experience remotely - the job market is very-very competitive. I wrote about advice for juniors on the tech market [1] - and some of it is suggesting to try to get/create experience while job hunting (e.g. via open source contributions, doing contracting on the side if they can, and so on). It's incredible that in the middle of the most heated tech job market, it seemingly has not been more competitive to get an entry-level engineering job. And, with the rise of bootcamps, and the promises they give on landing a highly-paying job after a few months' study, I don't think this will change the next few years. [1] https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/advice-for-tech-workers-to-navigate-a-heated-job-market/#advice-for-junior-tech-workers https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/advice-for-tech-workers-t...