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Comment by saagarjha | Hacker News Reader

I plugged in “software engineer” and mostly got back intern positions. I’m not sure that really counts as “entry-level”?

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Intern is the new entry level.

Once a consulting company told me they'd be happier if I had 2 years of experience because then they could pitch me as a senior engineer.

Overall the title inflation and title obfuscation in this industry is starting to become an issue.

Thank you for your feedback! Yes, for most industries intern positions are considered "entry-level". Most internships require that an individual is a current student, graduate, bootcamp, or have less than 3 years of experience.

That's a serious problem though. A lot of people looking for entry level developer jobs aren't kids in college. We need something that filters out all the internship stuff. I'm not against internships per se, but I can't afford to work for no pay.

Yes, I understand. Categories/filtering is still in beta and should be released in a few weeks.

Internships at good companies do pay. Not all internships are unpaid.

When my company was considering our internships (aka apprenticeships here in the UK) I told the CEO I'd leave if they were unpaid, because I didn't want to mentor people who were worrying about money instead of concentrating on learning how to become a good developer.

> I can't afford to work for no pay

I’ve never seen a CS internship that wasn’t paid. Many pay upper five figures.

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