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Re:Young and Educated in Europe, but Desperate for Jobs by morgante on Friday November 15, 2013 @10:26PM (#6743442)
> Programming's not a panacea for everyone's problems, you know?

Yes, I do. Obviously (and, from a selfish perspective, thankfully) not everyone is inclined or able to learn programming.

I'm more interested in how counter-cyclical programming is. Does it allow you to weather a tough labor market, or are young developers seeing similar difficulties in Europe?

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Re:Young and Educated in Europe, but Desperate for Jobs by miahi on Saturday November 16, 2013 @03:11AM (#6744135)
You can find work as a young programmer, but the wages are way lower than before. $7/hour as a programmer with a BS is no fun. Before the crisis, a college grad would expect at least 3 times more in Spain, but I know a few experienced programmers who left Spain because they could not find any kind of job to pay more than €1500-2000/month.
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