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I feel pretty much the same. 2 bachelors, 1 one year master, 1 two year master, some work experience. Most software companies basically never responded back. T

I feel pretty much the same. 2 bachelors, 1 one year master, 1 two year master, some work experience. Most software companies basically never responded back. The ones that did told me that I didn't have enough experience. 12 months later, I finally got a job, at some small startup that has its good and bad points. The first thing I'm noticing: university was felt much harder and I felt I was learning a lot more there. I feel completely demotivated that most companies (and all big companies) weren't considering me when I applied to them (and probably still aren't). It crushed my motivation and now I am simply performing to expectations. It does mean my work is quite relaxing :) Example: At my work, I recently learned a bit more about React hooks. I knew they existed, but never used them and this time I learned a bit on using them. In my final university course I learned how to perform Meltdown/Spectre, read security papers and even more advanced attacks.

unemphysbro 6y ago
| I feel completely demotivated that most companies (and all big companies) weren't considering me when I applied to them (and probably still aren't). It crushed my motivation I understand that feeling. I lived a very structured life, gym in morning, breakfast in the office right after, clean diet eg. the lockdown + moving back in parents, removed those structures. When I first started looking I got my DS/A in tip-top shape, and consistently applying but after grinding for months with no interviews and ghosting recruiters I've hit a point where I'm tired. I think I've accepted that I'll need a new career and it's been an ego blow but it's freeing. I feel like I'm 17 again with no idea what the hell I'm going to do, thankfully, I've got my health and no dependents. I too did just learn about hooks for a little side project. React is interesting, I've never done any frontend so it's different. I've also been playing around with rust as a backend too, that's such a cool language.

unemphysbro 6y ago

| I feel completely demotivated that most companies (and all big companies) weren't considering me when I applied to them (and probably still aren't). It crushed my motivation I understand that feeling. I lived a very structured life, gym in morning, breakfast in the office right after, clean diet eg. the lockdown + moving back in parents, removed those structures. When I first started looking I got my DS/A in tip-top shape, and consistently applying but after grinding for months with no interviews and ghosting recruiters I've hit a point where I'm tired. I think I've accepted that I'll need a new career and it's been an ego blow but it's freeing. I feel like I'm 17 again with no idea what the hell I'm going to do, thankfully, I've got my health and no dependents. I too did just learn about hooks for a little side project. React is interesting, I've never done any frontend so it's different. I've also been playing around with rust as a backend too, that's such a cool language.