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> Unfortunately, it's been an absolutely brutal market for new graduates. Furthermore, more and more companies are looking for "professional" devs using AI too

> Unfortunately, it's been an absolutely brutal market for new graduates. Furthermore, more and more companies are looking for "professional" devs using AI tools such as Claude Code. By "professional" I mean proficient in using those AI tools, not actual knowledge. And they don't even specify this in the job offer and you learn this during the interview.

jjmarr 7mo ago
I don't understand why you're downvoted. Many of my 2025 graduate friends are seeing this problem. Unlimited token-based usage of Claude Code is not in the budget for many students and employees. At the same time, companies are demanding experience with these tools. This is stratifying the industry. I have many talented classmates that can only use free GitHub Copilot. They're likely being screened out in favour of rich classmates with $200/month Claude subs. As a result, they'll be more likely to get low-paying jobs that don't provide access to top-tier AI tools and the effect will compound. I think this'll be even worse as Claude phases out subsidies. If $2000/month subscription to Claude for 4 years of university is the minimum required for a Big Tech job, this field is going to become law/finance levels of cliquey. Nobody is talking about that because it's bad for both AI booster and skeptic narratives but it's happening.
- 8note 7mo ago
  i expect students have or will get claude access via their university, pr at a discount if they register with their university email? students generally get specific subsidized/free tiers for all kinds of tech
  - jjmarr 7mo ago
    Claude has partnerships with specific universities but not the one I attended. I don't believe there's a general student discount for Claude.
- gowld 7mo ago
  $2000/month is cheaper than university tuition. Why attend the university?
LAC-Tech 7mo ago
This field really is doomed. We are entering a dark age of software. Github reaching zero 9s of availability is only the beginning.

jjmarr 7mo ago

I don't understand why you're downvoted. Many of my 2025 graduate friends are seeing this problem. Unlimited token-based usage of Claude Code is not in the budget for many students and employees. At the same time, companies are demanding experience with these tools. This is stratifying the industry. I have many talented classmates that can only use free GitHub Copilot. They're likely being screened out in favour of rich classmates with $200/month Claude subs. As a result, they'll be more likely to get low-paying jobs that don't provide access to top-tier AI tools and the effect will compound. I think this'll be even worse as Claude phases out subsidies. If $2000/month subscription to Claude for 4 years of university is the minimum required for a Big Tech job, this field is going to become law/finance levels of cliquey. Nobody is talking about that because it's bad for both AI booster and skeptic narratives but it's happening.

8note 7mo ago
i expect students have or will get claude access via their university, pr at a discount if they register with their university email? students generally get specific subsidized/free tiers for all kinds of tech
- jjmarr 7mo ago
  Claude has partnerships with specific universities but not the one I attended. I don't believe there's a general student discount for Claude.
gowld 7mo ago
$2000/month is cheaper than university tuition. Why attend the university?

LAC-Tech 7mo ago

This field really is doomed. We are entering a dark age of software. Github reaching zero 9s of availability is only the beginning.