If you turn on any screen, all you get is AI grifters telling you that whatever your purpose may be, it's surely going to be replaced by AI soon™.
If (when) that doesn't materialize, you can bet there's a visa designed to make sure your chosen career path will have its wages eroded into the ground by the time you're ready to enter the market.
If you even manage to enter the market, that is. That's becoming an increasingly big if, because your country's colleges are enrolling more competition from foreigners than ever, and many of them will be taking advantage of the F-1 visa/STEM opt (now the primary route into the country for 71% of H1-Bs[2]), in order to compete directly against you for entry level jobs.
That's if you even really get to compete. Increasingly, middle management in tech is being dominated by foreigners, many of whom practice extreme ethnic nepotism when hiring. Hope you're prepared to read job listings in rural towns' physical newspapers. Get your tongue ready to lick a lot of stamps, because you'll have to find job postings in rural towns' physical newspapers, which only list a PO Box for you to mail your resume to[3].
[1] https://wol.iza.org/news/tech-giant-accused-of-hiring-bias-i...
https://nypost.com/2022/08/15/tech-giants-confront-ancient-i...
[2] https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/reports/o...
[3] https://www.newsweek.com/h1b-job-ads-green-cards-targeted-im...
Icing on the cake: https://x.com/avidandiya/status/1982231594791325903?s=46
https://defencepk.com/forums/threads/frustrated-google-emplo...
Might as well goon?
techblueberry•4h ago