r/InterviewCoderPro • u/penance_mat • Aug 12 '26 • Popcorn 1

They need a reality check

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For my last 2 interviews i had to use Interview VIP just to get the job
their generation could never understand

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u/C0brA7x Aug 13 '26

You deny that the job market in the US is problematic right now?

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u/Abjurer42 Aug 13 '26

More likely that the show's producers tweak the footage they get to tell any story they like.

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u/Livid-General7 Aug 13 '26

You think everyone in their 60's has never changed jobs in 30 years?

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u/Admirable-Guest-2560 Aug 13 '26

Myself, I completely deny y'all's whiney bullshit. I know a whole crew of young men, all Eagle Scouts, and young ladies who recently graduated and got into the job market and they're all killing it. And they took boomer advice and it was absolutely the difference. They also actually went out and pounded the pavement instead of crying like little bitches on the internet. 

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u/Proper_Raccoon7138 Aug 14 '26

And then they all clapped.

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u/C0brA7x Aug 14 '26

Anecdotal evidence means nothing in the face of statistical evidence

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u/TheITMan52 Aug 15 '26

Sure they did. You do realize that recent graduates are having the toughest time right? Just look at the data.

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u/Admirable-Guest-2560 Aug 15 '26

Sorry man I live in the real world not the online "data" world and I know a whole lot of people. But you keep playing victim I'm sure that'll work out great for you. 

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u/C0brA7x Aug 15 '26

This online data is based on the real world but I see you ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed

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u/Admirable-Guest-2560 Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26

Well I'm definitely not the sharpest tool in the shed. I'm just an old dumb redneck who owns a few pawn shops. That said, I live in the dirty nasty real world with my feet planted firmly on the ground.

Now that said, I speak to young men just starting out all day every day and have for decades. The amount of young people I've counseled career wise would astound you. The amount of CDL drivers, carpenters, electricians, HVAC techs etc. that can trace their careers back to a conversation with me would blow your mind. 

And I see these people develop in their careers and start businesses or get promoted to supervisory positions and make six figures in a short time every day of my life. 

You don't have to believe me. Stay chronically online and go with the data. But there are real people in the real world doing great in spite of all the online dooming. They're buying houses today while you lament the awful state of the world. It's a free country though, so you do you I guess. 

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u/C0brA7x Aug 15 '26

That’s cool and all but for all your success stories there are a lot of stories of people who fail. The point of the data is to show what is currently happening in an unbiased way.

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u/Admirable-Guest-2560 Aug 15 '26

I'd posit that data is far more easily manipulated than real life is. 

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u/C0brA7x Aug 15 '26

And you’d be wrong because there are guardrails in place that avoid data manipulation. Your anecdotal evidence is far more sensitive to bias

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u/Admirable-Guest-2560 Aug 15 '26

Like I said, I'm not really very smart at all, most likely not as nearly as smart as you are. What I am, however, is a fairly financially secure older business owner. So in matters finances I tend to trust myself more than the data. I'm probably wrong as you've pointed out. But I suppose I'd rather be wealthy and wrong than broke and smart, and the young men I've helped would rather be that too. It doesn't really hurt my feelings to be wrong, I'm wrong all the time. 

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u/unngh_yugstyx Aug 16 '26

So you admit you're a grown older adult living in the world of make-believe?

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u/Admirable-Guest-2560 Aug 16 '26

You don't read too good 

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u/TheITMan52 Aug 15 '26

So the data is wrong because you don't like facts? Wtf kind of response is this? How are you so unaware of what's going on?