I graduated in May with my associates degree, and sadly after applying a bit nothing, not even a reply email. I am convinced I am just unprepared for this industry, I will admit I don’t have a GitHub with 1 billion contributions, and a bunch of connections. but can I seriously get nothing. I can’t afford the 25K needed for my bachelors. I am honestly considering put in my applications to target or whatever and giving up.

    • skymtfOP
      5·
      1 year ago

      You will have to try harder if you want to get somewhere in this industry. That also means further learning, whether at university or on your own. This is a lesson I am still learning after almost 20 years. I graduated with a comp sci associates in 2008, and worked on a contract basis throughout my 20s and early 30s. I still have nothing to show for it in my late 30s, because I let every negative experience push me backwards, to the point where the career just crashed and burned, and I ended up at McDonald’s. Don’t make those same mistakes.

      from what I am gathering from all of this, that I will likely never really work in the industry consdiering I am gonna need 3 jobs to stay a float you do realize I have little to no time. lmao

        • skymtfOP
          2·
          1 year ago

          I don’t even think I’ll have time for any of this between a few min wage jobs

          • emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de
            5·
            1 year ago

            What exactly do you want to hear? Are you hoping someone on here is just gonna offer you a job because of this sob post and your winning personality? People have given you lots of advice and your only response has been “but if I’m working for minimum wage I won’t have time, waaaaa”. Like do you even have one minimum wage job yet? If not, what are you doing with your time right now? Stop imagining some future where you’re working 3 jobs and start doing some shit to better your situation. Or don’t, because capitalism fucks everyone over and someone has to lose big. If you’re certain it’s going to be you then it probably is.