Why Breaking Into Tech Feels Impossible (It’s not your fault)

21 May 2025 · 14 min
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Phil Choi explains why tech hiring got brutal: bootcamp oversupply, AI automating junior work, and tutorials that don't teach you to solve problems. His fix: build real projects that prove you can think, not just code.

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May 21, 2025

About 80 percent (end of 2022)

Between 2020 and 2022

He said it nearly doubled between 2019 and 2022 and reached about 1.5 to 2 billion participants (as stated)

About 2–3 months in 2021 and more than 6 months in 2024

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