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Ask HN: Career Advice (Need Help)
This is my first post here so I apologize if this is deemed a low quality post, breaking rules, etc..
Anyways:
I recently graduated university getting my CS degree and I am having a brutal time finding a job. We've all heard the story and I understand theres plenty of people in the exact same position I am.
I know the market is terrible, and I'm not necessarily in a unique position but at this point I am not sure what to do. I'm a bit afraid I will be stuck in the exact same spot, prior to starting university with nothing to show for it. I would love to get experience working a SWE job.
My days consist of constant leetcode grind, applying to jobs, and building side projects (although less now since leetcode has been consuming my time).
I feel like if I invested all this time into building real software/products instead of mindless leetcode grind I would have things much more impressive to show for.
The reason I'm posting this on HN is because entrepreneurship/building a business has always been the main goal of mine, beyond getting a nice job.
I would love to go all in on building my own software to provide for myself, but as an unemployed new grad, I feel I don't have the SWE experience nor the income to invest into my ideas.
Can anyone provide some wisdom and guidance on my situation? Or if anyone is also in the same position as me, i'd love to hear your thoughts too.
Thanks for reading and for any replies :^)
- p1esk 2y agoTry to get an internship.
- achieve_freedom 2y agoMost if not all internships I see require the applicant to be a current student, and since I already graduated I don't qualify for them. So I've been focusing on new grad job postings.
- fragmede 2y agothat's also more of a guideline than an unbreakable rule for the right applicant, at the right place.
- achieve_freedom 2y agoI wasn't aware of this, i'll start applying for internships then. thanks
- KuriousCat 2y agoDo you have tough time to land a job even from the startups? https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs Do you have any other constraints such as visa or work permits?
- achieve_freedom 2y agoI've applied to a bunch of startups on wellfound with no success, but i'll definitely give the yc job board a shot. And I don't have any constraints like visa, etc.
- roundstars 2y ago1. https://www.gayle.com/career-advice https://www.gayle.com/career-advice 2. Book - "The tech resume inside out" 3. Youtube - "Create Your Resume for Google: Tips and Advice" 4. Science of job search (archived) - https://web.archive.org/web/20200513195903/https://talent.works/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200513195903/https://talent.wo...
- achieve_freedom 2y agothanks
- oldpersonintx 2y ago[dead]