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.
Nestled in the San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley is home to some of the world’s premier tech companies.
Major players like Apple, Google, and Meta attract some of the industry’s top young talent, who hope to find a job with one of these industry leaders. But the job market has been less than welcoming for entry-level engineers in recent years, especially since the end of the COVID pandemic….