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my brother and his friends graduated with (3 year) degrees in CS and can't land any jobs

all the relevant LinkedIn job listings have 100+ applicants

is this a geography problem

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[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 month ago

It's absolutely your geography. I lived in a town with very little tech folks, and I was chasing after every lead I could. Moved to a tech hub, and I was turning down offers left and right. I was also speaking at conferences and doing a lot with the tech community - doing hackathons and contributing to open source while I was unemployed.