this post was submitted on 30 May 2025
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we just picked up a new intern this month. they did ok in the interview but it was mostly that their dad works with us that they got a job this summer. this week while we were waiting for a meeting to start one of the other devs asked him about the tools he typicaly uses.
he started talking about these vibe coding IDEs and i had to look them up. WTF! but now it is all making sense. who goes to a 4 year uni getting a cs degree and can't navigate a terminal? this is going to be a long summer.
How are people like this getting jobs and I can't find one?
Well, in the OP, it's entirely nepotism.
Fact is there's a lot of dead end postings, as far as I can tell.
Corpos post jobs so they can claim they're trying to hire someone, with zero intention of actually interviewing or hiring anyone.
It's basically a warm blanket for the current overworked and underpaid developers so that they keep working, waiting for help and relief when none is coming.
Then they have a pool of candidates when their current developers get sick of their shit and quit, so that they can fill that role immediately.
Yayyyy