Gen Z’s Tech Dream: From Code to Costco or Crying
Kanika Mohan, a 2025 computer science grad and first-gen college student, thought landing a tech job meant #DreamLife with laundry perks. Instead, she faced a hiring freeze like your favorite TikTok dance going viral... then dead. After monthslong searching, applying everywhere from airlines to banks, she snagged a tech role but now preaches on TikTok: 'Chances are you won’t get a job at Microsoft.' Economist Daniel Zhao warns the tech industry's basically replaying the Great Recession but with AI and fewer snacks. Meanwhile, 27-year-old Timothy Innamorato fields grocery store interviews and janitor callbacks, pondering if plumbing beats crawling into attics. Welcome to the tech ‘big chill.’
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Tech grads aimed for Microsoft, ended up fantasizing about janitor jobs literally cleaning up the AI apocalypse. Gen Z’s STEM dreams now sponsored by Costco and Floor Cleaner™.
Congrats Gen Z! You studied *everything* about tech and social media, and all you got was a backstage pass to interview hell and existential dread about whether AI trolls you next.
Tech job market in 2025: It’s like applying for Hogwarts and getting a job at the local broom closet instead. Expecto Unemployment-o!
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 8/17/2025 | Author: Allie Kelly,Madison Hoff,Juliana Kaplan
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