Can’t say for the US but the situation got erratic nowadays, sensible people and outrageous assholes may sit in offices next floor to eachother.

Also the “pay for our course and get 3k/hr job in three months” courses make it harder for an employer to distinguish who’s who, which makes getting the job harder for honest novices.

It looks like percentage of requests for experienced developers in the last three years had grown a lot, so I’d say it gets worse for newcomers :( which is bad because how are we going to get new experienced people if we refuse to give them experience