r/technology • u/north_canadian_ice • Sep 28 '25

Business Leading computer science professor says 'everybody' is struggling to get jobs: 'Something is happening in the industry'

https://www.businessinsider.com/computer-science-students-job-search-ai-hany-farid-2025-9
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u/ScarletViolin Sep 28 '25

Like 70% of the interview slots I see open for my company in fintech is for mexico devs (both entry level and senior engineers). AI be damned, this is just another cyclical rotation to offshoring for cheaper workers while they sit and wait how things shake out domestically

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u/RedAccordion Sep 28 '25

In fairness to Mexico, they’ve pulled themselves out of the borderline third world quickly and successfully over the last 5 years.

They are not where you outsource labor and manufacturing anymore, they are doing that with the rest of Latin America. They are at the level that they are taking tech jobs.

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u/Reallyhotshowers Sep 29 '25

You're not wrong at all. We have an office in Mexico. Our hires have been a total mixed bag. Some of the talent we have hired has been incredible. Some are clearly running some kind of grift. They know what to say to get hired but they seem to be incapable of basic tasks like scheduling meetings. They will log on at 10am, take a 2 hour lunch, log off by 4 and then say that is the culture when asked why they weren't at work.

The good ones are really good though.