u/metalreflectslime wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
> Since you seem to have a lot of info too, can you ask your friends how long all those people are taking to get jobs and not just that they are getting placed? What is the difference between "getting placed" and "getting a paid SWE job"? Aren't they both the exact same thing i
u/michaelnovati replied ·
Getting placed means getting any job, and getting a SWE job is getting a legit software engineering job that you thought you would be getting going in.
For example, if you went back to your old job as an IT technician you might count as a placement.