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So, I am graduating next year and I have no internship experience (wasn't able to get one for this summer for whatever reasons). How doomed am I? Hopefully, by

So, I am graduating next year and I have no internship experience (wasn't able to get one for this summer for whatever reasons). How doomed am I? Hopefully, by the time I am done, there is still at least one job left :( Although, I guess finding a job might be easier since I am willing to relocate etc.

mulcahey 10y ago
If you have some other stuff to show for yourself beyond a transcript you should be just fine. There are still TONS of places hiring that just aren't big sexy brands.
- chrisper 10y ago
  Cool, thanks!
ndesaulniers 10y ago
My internship experiences made me a more confident programmer. My advice is start working on a personal project that you can show you're knowledgeable and passionate about. Differentiate yourself from your peers. I really loved iTunes, but wanted to be able to stream my music wherever I was. I built an iTunes clone as a web app. Simple web design, CRUD app, but the fanciness was what I learned about codecs, transcoding, and streaming. https://github.com/nickdesaulniers/audiostream/blob/master/routes/index.js#L43-L66 https://github.com/nickdesaulniers/audiostream/blob/master/r... The folks who interviewed me at Mozilla loved it and hired me. My current boss at Google loved my technical blog.
Infinitesimus 10y ago
You're not doomed imo. If your aim was to work at the next $coolStartup in silicon Valley then I'd say you have a good reason to be worried. There are still plenty of businesses hiring developers all over the country (I know of a lot here in MA and keep getting recruiter emails). You can always get an internship after gradutation, or an entry level role as a developer, or even an entry level role as a non-dev but still in a technical role to give you some experience. Play your cards right, reach out to several companies and you'll like be fine
pnathan 10y ago
* Find a area you want to live and contact recruiters there. * Don't be afraid to contact Google, Microsoft, or other large employers. * Press the flesh: go to industry meetups, visit with people who are in the industry, work the old professor network, try to find alumni who might give your resume an extra look. I can NOT stress this enough, by the way. Getting your face in front of someone who can hire you - or who knows someone who can hire you - is basically the best way to get hired. * Get a job this year in college related to your degree. * If you're a coder, put up your favorite non-class codebase on github and have that link in your resume. My controversial opinion: portfolios are a very strong signal that the candidate is to be given at least a phone screen. * Don't take extra classes when you could be networking; applying for jobs; etc.

mulcahey 10y ago

If you have some other stuff to show for yourself beyond a transcript you should be just fine. There are still TONS of places hiring that just aren't big sexy brands.

chrisper 10y ago
Cool, thanks!

ndesaulniers 10y ago

My internship experiences made me a more confident programmer. My advice is start working on a personal project that you can show you're knowledgeable and passionate about. Differentiate yourself from your peers. I really loved iTunes, but wanted to be able to stream my music wherever I was. I built an iTunes clone as a web app. Simple web design, CRUD app, but the fanciness was what I learned about codecs, transcoding, and streaming. https://github.com/nickdesaulniers/audiostream/blob/master/routes/index.js#L43-L66 https://github.com/nickdesaulniers/audiostream/blob/master/r... The folks who interviewed me at Mozilla loved it and hired me. My current boss at Google loved my technical blog.

Infinitesimus 10y ago

You're not doomed imo. If your aim was to work at the next $coolStartup in silicon Valley then I'd say you have a good reason to be worried. There are still plenty of businesses hiring developers all over the country (I know of a lot here in MA and keep getting recruiter emails). You can always get an internship after gradutation, or an entry level role as a developer, or even an entry level role as a non-dev but still in a technical role to give you some experience. Play your cards right, reach out to several companies and you'll like be fine

pnathan 10y ago

* Find a area you want to live and contact recruiters there. * Don't be afraid to contact Google, Microsoft, or other large employers. * Press the flesh: go to industry meetups, visit with people who are in the industry, work the old professor network, try to find alumni who might give your resume an extra look. I can NOT stress this enough, by the way. Getting your face in front of someone who can hire you - or who knows someone who can hire you - is basically the best way to get hired. * Get a job this year in college related to your degree. * If you're a coder, put up your favorite non-class codebase on github and have that link in your resume. My controversial opinion: portfolios are a very strong signal that the candidate is to be given at least a phone screen. * Don't take extra classes when you could be networking; applying for jobs; etc.