A few things that helped me get a job out of school. 1. Start working on a portfolio.ex: if you are a frontend dev work on creating some sample websites. 2.

A few things that helped me get a job out of school. 1. Start working on a portfolio.ex: if you are a frontend dev work on creating some sample websites. 2. Algorithms & data structures play a major role for most of the s/w engg positions. The khan academy, coursera ate good places to start. 3. Something to build on 1. would be to see if any open source projects interest you n start contributing. Good luck...don't give up.