Today’s young people have endured crisis after crisis—social media upheaval, a pandemic, and political turmoil. And for many eager to finally start their careers, they’re facing yet another uphill battle: entering one of the toughest job markets in a decade.

Job postings are down, and unemployment among recent graduates has climbed to 9.3%, according to the Federal Reserve—its highest level outside of the pandemic since 2014.

But one lawmaker says this may only be the beginning.

Unemployment for recent college graduates could surge to as high as 25% in the next two to three years, warned U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) in an interview with Bloomberg, and it could cause a “level of social disruption that’s unprecedented.”

“If we eliminate that front end of the pipeline, how are people ever going to get to that mid-career spot?” Warner added to CNBC.

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    10 hours ago

    The one’s where output quality doesn’t matter, so basically it is good at the bullshit parts of the job.

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      10 hours ago

      OK, I understand… But maybe tell me what the job is? I’m struggling to get anyone to actually answer a question. Maybe I should go ask an LLM 🙃

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        3 hours ago

        TPS reports, documents that justify your job, and anything that pads your OKR metrics. Being judged on code quality via code comments? Have AI up that word count. Need more engagement on your marketing campaign? Use AI to make a mythical tai chi master to hawk your product.

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          46 minutes ago

          So, no actual job titles just a bunch of sarcastic mumbo-jumbo? I’m willing to have a real conversation about this but you actually have to participate and not be a dick