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A ‘demoralizing' trend has computer science grads out of work — even minimum wage jobs. Are 6-figure tech careers over? (www.yahoo.com)
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[–] sobchak@programming.dev 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Didn't something like 150k employees and contractors get DOGE'd and the admin is targeting 300k by the end of year?

I was doing contract work related to environmental research that relied on grant money and all that dried up.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I'm not talking federal government, which you can't break into unless you're ex military anyway. I am referring to state, county, city government or a university.