Bootcamps and CS degrees used to be the golden ticket to a tech career. 10 years ago.
Remember what you were doing 10 years ago? That’s a long time ago.
These days?
They're churning out generic coders into an oversaturated market.
I’ve seen this happening with every “lucrative” profession from law to MBAs - I saw this happening right before the Great Financial Crisis of 2007 and I saw it happening after 2016 as well.
Huge demand causes Universities and Bootcamps to sell more degrees.
This causes an oversupply of graduates.
The supply continues to rise because the demand is still growing … except the supply of low quality skill does not meet the demand.
This is why so many coding jobs get listed but not many people get hired
And then add to this the blistering pace of change.
What the market values when someone starts a degree is very different from what they pay for 3-5 years later.
But there is one thing that does not change in maturing markets.
Everyone you see on LinkedIn landed their dream job.
They got the offer. They posted the celebration. Their journey looks clean. Linear. Like they knew exactly what they were doing the whole time.
You know what they didn't post? The rejections. The failed interviews. The months where nothing happened. The times they questioned whether they could actually do this.
Most of reality never makes it ...
Every few years, the tech world loses its mind over the "next big thing."
Ruby on Rails had developers convinced they needed to relearn web development from scratch.
Then it was React. Blockchain. Big Data. DevOps. Machine Learning.
Now? "AI Engineering."
And with each wave comes the same predictable gold rush:
New bootcamps. New "masterclasses." New instructors promising revolutionary approach...
AI won't take your job. Someone using AI will.
That's triggering panic. People are Googling "career change" at 2 am, convinced they need to blow up their lives and start over.
Most of them are wrong.
Career change is terrible for most people. It takes 12-24 months minimum. You'll spend nights and weekends learning while everyone else relaxes. And if you pick wrong, you've torched years you can'...
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