Hello, I'm a long-term lurker here. But today I have a question and this looked like the best place to ask it :)
Up until last year I've seen a lot of openings for Game Programmers of all sorts, but mostly junior-level positions. I've gotten job offers myself but I decided to wait until I finished my degree.
Now they're all gone. Everyone is either hiring senior devs or doing "open internship applications". The few junior and internships I find either ignore me outright or tell me something along the lines of "we're looking for someone with more experience", despite my years of experience and several games under my belt. It's pretty much driving me insane.
So my question is: Did I miss something? Does everyone and their grandmother have a compsci degree now or is the industry downscaling?
Sorry if this sounds like a rant, I'm mostly curious if I fucked up and missed a hiring boom