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one of my mates graduated from a 2 year gamedev-oriented IT course ("post-secondary education" school or something)
he can't do 3d modelling or image editing, barely understands databases, can't code at any level of complexity above complete beginner (can't even do a celsius to farenheit console converter), can just barely use game engines through step-by-step tutorials
the most complicated thing he has ever done was a static website for a hypothetical restaurant using wordpress
i don't think it's just the state of the economy (outsourcing or AI), i think it's primarily about the decay of western education systems and the expectations/standards required out of students in combination with business owners being less tech illiterate and thus having higher standards for their hires
personally i've graduated from a "proper" IT university with fairly high performance and i still felt like an "impostor" due to how low the barrier was
tldr: coding and IT is still a good career path, these "graduates" doomer stats are tainted by the decay of the education sector
