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Re:Annual note to self: most of the world exists outside the... by manmal on Saturday August 12, 2017 @05:31PM (#15000102)
Here in Austria, you have to behave really bad to not make a decent living if you can code, or at least pretend to be able to code. Developer conferences are _flooded_ with recruiters and CTOs trying to recruit.
Re:Annual note to self: most of the world exists outside the... by wutbrodo on Saturday August 12, 2017 @11:03PM (#15001267)
That's true here too, but it's not true of every part of the US. If you're stuck somewhere with a weak labor market and unable to move, that's pretty much the only way you'd end up unemployed with a CS degree at this point in time.

I don't imagine it will continue like this forever, obviously, but the labor market is tight enough that I know multiple people who changed tired for a living, were waitresses, etc and went through a bootcamp and now make a solid living as an engineer. For those who actually have Computer Science degrees, the demand is infinitely higher.