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I was in a similar position in 2008. The key thing you need is experience, as people fresh out of college take awhile to ramp up and actually be productive. I'
by mfrye0 4y ago
I was in a similar position in 2008. The key thing you need is experience, as people fresh out of college take awhile to ramp up and actually be productive.
I'd avoid small startups and focus on larger, established players. Unless they raised money before things started to get bad, smaller companies won't have the same resources as late stage orgs and FAANG.
While you're applying, try to get experience however you can. Work on personal projects relevant to jobs you're applying for and post them on Github. Pick up work on UpWork, etc at whatever price people are willing to pay. Having experience you can point to gives you a leg up over everyone else.
- chii 4y ago> I'd avoid small startups and focus on larger, established players. normally good advice, but it is a conservative stance and one should understand what they are choosing if they go down this path imho. Fresh out of college is a time when you can take the highest risk in terms of jobs; your expenses ought to be quite low (zero dependants presumably), you can share house/get room mates etc; you can work long hours without hugely impacting health short term (as you get older, you will no longer be able to function this way). Therefore, if you would want startup experience, and a chance at making it big (both financially and experientially), there's no really better time than straight out of college. Of course, nothing prevents you from doing so later in life - there's a large variation in startup career, and what i described is merely just one anecdote.
- mfrye0 4y agoYeah, good point. In my case, I tried starting a company and failed. The learnings I gained helped me secure my next job. Leading up to the company failing though, it was more a less a year of misery. Based on the original post, it sounds like he's looking for the easier path right now.