I graduated into the dot com bust as a programmer and made it – you will too
In the age of RSUs, graduating in the middle of a recession is financially incredible IF you managed to get the job before all the hiring freezes AND it is at one of the publicly traded big N companies with good trade volume. Your RSU price is lower, you get more stock units for the same dollar amount at the time of joining in your initial grant (arguably much more important than refreshers).<p>I have a friend who recently got his MSFT joining RSUs at $130 a few weeks ago.