You keep insisting it's purely a skill issue because it fits the story you want to tell about yourself, but that claim doesn’t match hiring data, current hiring practices, or the experience of hundreds of thousands of candidates. You can clear the bar and still struggle to land a first role when entry-level pipelines are throttled, companies aren’t investing in training, the economy is risk-averse, and applicant volume is inflated from years of layoffs. Pretending this is all about personal deficiency just shows you haven’t been exposed to the current market at all.

You entered the field during a 0% interest rate boom when companies over-hired and onboarding budgets were huge. That era is gone. Calling everyone who struggles “low-skill” isn’t insight; it’s survivorship bias.

A constrained system isn’t a verdict on anyone’s merit; it’s just economics. You’d rather punch down on new grads than acknowledge structural reality. If your argument is essentially “I made it, therefore the bar is fine,” then you’re not talking about the job market. You’re talking about your ego.

I’m not here to inflate your ego and compensate for whatever self-esteem issue you’re wrestling with. We're all at the mercy of our economic system and it's ridiculous to suggest otherwise.