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Computer science has one of the highest unemployment rates (www.newsweek.com)
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[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Boot camps and certs are scams

[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Professional training courses and certifications: all scams.

Expecting people to do unpaid spec work when they’re 16: not scams.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Expecting people to contribute to FOSS software to get a job, def

[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 1 points 4 days ago

Not only is this an out of touch and irresponsible expectation to put on high school kids, but if FOSS was nothing but a box ticking exercise for unpaid child labour, then the proportion of abandoned and unfinished projects would be worse than it is for Netflix Originals.