My suggestion is to hack. If you can't do that you won't be happy in the field. If you can, all you needed from the CS education was a guide to googling math

My suggestion is to hack. If you can't do that you won't be happy in the field. If you can, all you needed from the CS education was a guide to googling math in the future. If you can find things that need implementing them and do it and they're useful, work will come. When interviewing for a job, showing that you can: - identify problem spaces - review the tools - find a need for a better tool - spec - and implement it Is what I look for when hiring geeks. So my recommendation... Find problems, build solutions (even if small and tool-like), get out and socialize at meetups and geek fora in your city and confidence should come.