I really dislike stats like these, because it doesn't show the odds of getting a cushy corporate job. About 10% of the people who did a diploma with me took a t

I really dislike stats like these, because it doesn't show the odds of getting a cushy corporate job. About 10% of the people who did a diploma with me took a technical job. Many went on to become insurance agents, HR, real estate agents, selling food, and so on. Some figured out that they can't make it as an architect or engineer, and start successful bakeries. If you choose to live outside a major town, your odds of getting a corporate job are probably lower than your odds of running a brewery. People today talk about FAANG jobs and such but right after I graduated, all of FAANG (except Apple) were crazy oversized startups losing money. I was one of the few who stuck it out in the tech industry because I just wanted to program for a living, and I was willing to take lower salaries doing PHP than I would working at KFC. I ended up freelancing for about 5 years because many employers couldn't figure out how to make apps profitably, right until venture capital came to the country and the first unicorns appeared.