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Berkeley Professor Says Even His ‘Outstanding’ Students With 4.0 GPAs Aren’t Getting Any Job Offers — ‘I Suspect This Trend Is Irreversible’ (www.yourtango.com)

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There seems to be a large percentage of recent college graduates who are unemployed.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

I graduated about the same time. Studied philosophy. I started waiting tables and bartending in California for about $200 per night in tips plus minimum wage.

Then learned to to code and I became a software engineer. Started at 60k as intern level, now making 180k while permanent remote.