Trouble in Tech Paradise: Why Software Engineers Are Struggling to Find Jobs in 2025

Students and entry-level job applicants in the tech industry are left doing everything they can to fight for a position.
Trouble in Tech Paradise: Why Software Engineers Are Struggling to Find Jobs in 2025
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Marc Morcos graduated with the highest final-year grade in his program at the University of Toronto. Although he interned at Epson for longer than a year while in school, it took him more than six months and hundreds of job applications to finally secure a post-graduate role as a software engineer.

For Morcos and many others, the dream of securing work at one of the tech industry’s top companies in Silicon Valley has become more like a nightmare.