In the meantime, boot camps have shifted to a more cautious approach due to changing macroeconomic trends, which have made junior employment opportunities tighter.

Some freshly graduated students find a job within three weeks after finishing school, but the majority have to wait several months, index.hu notes. In many cases, employers are offering junior positions, but require a considerable wealth of experience.

The oft-mentioned HUF 300,000 starting salary of freshly graduated junior programmers also seems to be far from reality, index.hu adds.