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I was looking for a job for 12+ months as I am bad at interviewing. I found one during the height of covid at a startup that seems to be unaffected. Finally go

I was looking for a job for 12+ months as I am bad at interviewing. I found one during the height of covid at a startup that seems to be unaffected. Finally got a chance to prove myself which is going well. The lockdown gave me time to reflect and reset my habits. I am much more into exercise and yoga. I got more time to talk to my grandparents as I moved in with them during my miserable job hunt. So yea, pretty good! The only thing I can’t shake is my job hunt experience. I am pretty mad for working so hard at university and people simply brushing me off as inexperienced and later brushing me off as “missing the hiring cycle” I wish I partied a shit ton more and I regret doing my best, except for the courses that taught something useful. Like the courses on hacking and that one course where they left us all free to learn whatever we wanted (I learned objective-C). But the UML course, bad intro to programming course or the “pervasive computing” course, what a waste of my years.

shahbaby 6y ago
I'm currently in the job hunt and also starting to question why I got a degree. I definitely learned some useful stuff but no one cares. Instead of 4 years on a degree I could have spent 1 year learning on my own. I wouldn't be as well prepared but everyone is looking for shallow signals anyway. Spending a few weeks following a tutorial to build some crappy web app will look more impressive to a recruiter than spending a few years going through grueling coursework. It's not hard to build that crappy web app but it's just weird how it matters more. I guess being able to showcase what you can do matters a lot more than what you can actually do.
- mettamage 6y ago
  I feel like I'm reading my own words right now. Since I currently have a job at a company that pays slightly below average, but other than that is pretty amazing (I have no stress there and partially get to work on open-source), I'll give you some pro's as to why you have your degree: 1. It's easy to get up to speed. This has 2 consequences (see 2 and 3). 2. It doesn't feel particurlarly challenging, so you can focus on having a chill life. An aside: if you live in a country where you're taxed highly, then I definitely recommend taking a 4 day work week as free days don't get taxed. To me, it almost strikes the right balance. I'm learning that I want a mix between a 4 day work weeks and 8 to 12 week vacations per year. I'd get there if I'd go to 3.5 days per week and use 26 free days as vacation days. For me, being able to work 3.5 days per week is similar to being rich and doing whatever the hell you want. Career progress is tougher (depending on what you do in your free time), but you're living life right now instead of later. 3. If it does feel challenging (had this with a previous gig before the 12 months), you have the confidence of having been through something much more grueling before. Is that worth 4 years of your life? Probably not, but it's better than the psychology degree that I also happen to have :P

shahbaby 6y ago

I'm currently in the job hunt and also starting to question why I got a degree. I definitely learned some useful stuff but no one cares. Instead of 4 years on a degree I could have spent 1 year learning on my own. I wouldn't be as well prepared but everyone is looking for shallow signals anyway. Spending a few weeks following a tutorial to build some crappy web app will look more impressive to a recruiter than spending a few years going through grueling coursework. It's not hard to build that crappy web app but it's just weird how it matters more. I guess being able to showcase what you can do matters a lot more than what you can actually do.

mettamage 6y ago
I feel like I'm reading my own words right now. Since I currently have a job at a company that pays slightly below average, but other than that is pretty amazing (I have no stress there and partially get to work on open-source), I'll give you some pro's as to why you have your degree: 1. It's easy to get up to speed. This has 2 consequences (see 2 and 3). 2. It doesn't feel particurlarly challenging, so you can focus on having a chill life. An aside: if you live in a country where you're taxed highly, then I definitely recommend taking a 4 day work week as free days don't get taxed. To me, it almost strikes the right balance. I'm learning that I want a mix between a 4 day work weeks and 8 to 12 week vacations per year. I'd get there if I'd go to 3.5 days per week and use 26 free days as vacation days. For me, being able to work 3.5 days per week is similar to being rich and doing whatever the hell you want. Career progress is tougher (depending on what you do in your free time), but you're living life right now instead of later. 3. If it does feel challenging (had this with a previous gig before the 12 months), you have the confidence of having been through something much more grueling before. Is that worth 4 years of your life? Probably not, but it's better than the psychology degree that I also happen to have :P