If you're really a teach, you'll remember not even 5-10 years ago the market for IT across the board plummeted, mainly because H1B became so enticing to companies, which is what the dad was referring to. The market for Americans working in IT disappeared, not the interest in working for it. I experienced too, being fully qualified and HR being very optimistic about my employment, and then an H1B takes the job, because he will do it for $10/hr. I know this because I watched a finance company almost go bankrupt over hiring them when I was systems support there, because they were idiots and didn't know shit. AI and COVID forced a lot of people out of work that already had experience (me for example), and then the pay dropped dramatically. That's pretty degrading and defeating, since it seems you have never experienced that. I haven't been able to get a job in 4 years doing what I loved to do. It's completely gone.

No one wants to code anymore, it's gay as fuck. Plus they are extremely overworked and there's no sense of accomplishment. AI will delete that job soon too.

If you're really a teach, you'll remember not even 5-10 years ago the market for IT across the board plummeted, mainly because H1B became so enticing to companies, which is what the dad was referring to. The market for Americans working in IT disappeared, not the interest in working for it. I experienced too, being fully qualified and HR being very optimistic about my employment, and then an H1B takes the job, because he will do it for $10/hr. I know this because I watched a finance company almost go bankrupt over hiring them when I was systems support there. AI and COVID forced a lot of people out of work that already had experience (me for example), and then the pay dropped dramatically. That's pretty degrading and defeating, since it seems you have never experienced that. I haven't been able to get a job in 4 years doing what I loved to do. It's completely gone.

No one wants to code anymore, it's gay as fuck. Plus they are extremely overworked and there's no sense of accomplishment. AI will delete that job soon too.