A Berkeley Professor lamented that even his outstanding students with 4.0 GPAs weren’t getting job offers when previously just being a Berkeley graduate meant multiple job offers.
He also suspects the trend is irreversible.
It’s a major shift in tech hiring trends to eschew cheaper college grads in favor of more senior engineers. I believe this is an AI driven trend where senior engineers are now much more productive with AI you can afford to skimp on junior engineers
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jamesfobrien_tech-jobs-have-dried-upand-arent-coming-activity-7242613292479696897-gCyT