(1) Let me spit some fire. Facebook sucks at a lot of things and excels at some. There is a huge number of companies with development teams 10x smaller than Fa

(1) Let me spit some fire. Facebook sucks at a lot of things and excels at some. There is a huge number of companies with development teams 10x smaller than Facebook's and 10x better. You're not shooting low if you're applying to something else, you're shooting high, because as someone who has no experience in team work, source control, testing or any specific language, anything will be aiming high for now. (2.) Probably yes, but with your skill set you should be Aiming for a junior job, not something with 3+ years experience requirement. (3.) Get experience and look at your old code in six months, you'll see what level you were on. It's not about "how strong is the force in you", it's about "how much experience and wisdom do you have in real world situations". Just in those first six months, you'll probably encounter a lot of situations your college didn't prep you for. (4.) Go get a junior job. Join an open source project. Develop something alone and ask people to contribute. It doesn't have to be Google/FB/TW.