Gen Z has been sold a bill of lies.

Most of the generation was born into the “Learn to Code” public information campaign . Tech moguls, celebrities, and even U.S. presidents poured funding and influence into an effort to create more computer programmers. Students were told they would get six-figure salaries for entry level jobs after graduating with a computer science degree.

Only the first half of Generation Z ever saw this promise come to fruition. The newer crop of college computer science graduates are barely able to get work with their hyper-specialized degree, as evidenced by a recent New York Times interview with graduates who applied to thousands of jobs to only receive a callback from Chipotle.

It’s popular on the right to dismiss and ridicule young people who are strugg

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