“Before the pandemic, new grads accounted for 15% of hires at Big Tech companies; now, the figure is 7%.”
New grads went from 15% of Big Tech hires to 7%. Eighty percent of entry-level postings now demand two years of experience, which makes them not entry-level. Startups that used to hire one senior and two juniors now hire just the senior. Nobody has said where the next generation of seniors comes from.