I don’t know what it takes. Am I too late to have jumped on the CS bandwagon?
I know I’m not terrible @ CS, but I’m also too lazy to have done many extracurricular studies & activities.
What should I do. At this point I’ll settle for any 9-5 depressing job for the rest of my life. It’s been 3 months since I graduated with this expensive piece of paper degree.
I know practically nothing about job hunting these days, but have a suggestion. Can’t you go back to your school, the career center, or whatever it might be called, and ask for their help. Your resume looks good to me, but maybe there is something else that is off, or that you are missing. Sit down with someone from your school who could go over everything with you. I would think they want their grads to be successful, and would help you with some career counseling, advice, even referrals. Consider doing the same with any professor with whom you connected over the years. Bark up every tree for guidance on what you can do differently to get better responses. Profs at the school may even be able to recommend you to someone they know in your field.
Good luck.
I don’t know anything about CS, but I do know that your resume needs work. The summary - poor useof space. In your description of college, you use the word “revered” (NO!). Did you do any internships? Get in touch with your school’s career center.
Go to our college career center.
Nice. I’ll probably shell out for one of those resume-making services then. If I’m being honest though, I don’t have a lot of truthful material to give them. Texas State is not the brightest school.
If that is the attitude you take with you, you are going to have a lot of problems throughout your career.
You should be able to get valuable resume advice at no extra charge from your school; Texas State is a big school, so career services should have some good resources. If you think it’s better to pay for the service - and if you haven’t tried your school’s - then you are making a poor choice.
In my experience, those who talk down about their school (“not the brightest”) are arrogant - they think, “I am better than this school” or “If I went to a better school, I wouldn’t have the problems I have now.” Let me assure you that you school is not to blame. Texas State is big, and for every struggling grad you find me, I am certain I can find a successful one.
Contrary to the memes out there, you don’t actually need to have cured cancer and solved world hunger in order to get an entry-level job. Just represent your experience and willingness to work and learn on your resume, and bring a healthy confidence and humility with you when crafting cover letters. Oh, and recognize that you may need to apply to a hundred places before you get an offer, and even then, it’s probably not going to be for as much money as you think you should be getting.
One other thing… most CS jobs are “depressing 9-5” jobs, except they’re more like “7-7” jobs since it’s hilarious to think you would be working 40 hour weeks. You may have creative spaces to work, but you’re not talking about on-your-own-time or shift work, so the core work day is what you’re looking at no matter where you go.
Are you international? That usually has something to do with it.
This ^^^. Sad to say, if you’re on an F1 student visa right now, many companies simply don’t want to take the risk of hiring, since the H1B sponsorship rules may radically change with the current government “leadership”.