[SQueeeeeL]

The actual solution is stronger networks and communities for "up and coming" software engineers so they can get advice for some random graybeard who gets coffee with their Comp Architecture class that 'This company is ass, you'll burn out and waste your time/energy. Go work somewhere that doesn't treat you like shit.'

Actually having these networks exist on the other hand is much harder

[chrisdirkis]

This is something that both interests me and seems difficult to build. I went to a random university in Australia, where there was a decent softdev club-ish thing with some graduates, and then moved to another city. I'd be happy to interface with that club and give back to that community in general, but that's about a thousand kilometers away now. It would seem weird to me to just go up to the local uni club here and be like "yep, I just want to lend a hand" -- that is, if I could even find said club!