Similar here. Grew up middle class, but there weren't really any jobs when I graduated. Malaysia just had bare basics PHP jobs until the app wave came in. Back

Similar here. Grew up middle class, but there weren't really any jobs when I graduated. Malaysia just had bare basics PHP jobs until the app wave came in. Back in the day, it paid worse than fast food jobs. It was only until the startups and the first unicorns that the money came in, and programming for a living was a viable career. I'm actually quite grateful and flattered to be paying taxes instead of back then when I needed government aid to buy a baby car seat. It looks like many unicorns are dying, and that could cause a shockwave, especially when others rely on them. But I don't think it will ever get as bad as when I first started.