I've been out of undergrad for about 8 months now and I'm working for a university doing research programming, what I've known I've wanted to do for years. It t

I've been out of undergrad for about 8 months now and I'm working for a university doing research programming, what I've known I've wanted to do for years. It took six months of searching university job postings and applying to hundreds of positions before I landed mine, and I had to take an awful electrical contracting job for 1.5 months just to have something to do. Searching for jobs was really hard, so much harder than working, IMO. It feels like you'll never get a job until you finally do, but you never know when that will be.