6 months with no work, I give up looking for a job.
I apply to at least 10 jobs a day (sometimes upwards of 50) and I have gotten three interviews which all haven’t panned out. I’ve made sure to mention that salary isn’t a deal breaker, applied for entry level C/Java jobs, tried to upskill/resumemaxx/leetcode and nothing has worked.
When I was laid off in July, I had 20 unread messages in my LinkedIn inbox for jobs…
I’m the CTO of a very small startup (seven people, I manage two other developers), I’ve been in the industry for 4 years. Worked for multiple big name companies, and one startup that had a $20 million exit. Full stack developer with React and multiple different back ends (MySQL, Azure, Postgress, Strapi, Supabase, Firebase). I cannot find a job…
My company is not profitable yet so nothing is coming in except equity and unemployment so far (I do not get a paycheck). So in the meantime, while I continue to work on it, I’m going to follow another passion of mine and become an automotive technician to pay the bills.
I’m in an LCOL area so thankfully I am able to get by on as little as $65k a year. My hope is that I can find a good job at a dealership where I can get the experience to obtain my ASE certification in 2 years. While I work this new job, I can continue coding the website for my business. That way, if things get better in a few years, I can explain that I have been continuing to program the entire time that I’ve been away from the field. No gap in my resume.
And if I can’t find a programming job after 2 years, then that’s just fine by me. Salaries are looking pretty good for experienced automotive technicians (55-180k at the top end). The work is HARD and I’m not trained to do it like I was through college, but fuck this man I’m done feeling like a failure with 8 combined years of school and work experience.
I love cars, always have done all the work on my own cars. I do repairs for friends for cash when they need it (brakes, alternator replacements, suspension work, LOTS of transmission drain and fill’s, oil changes, timing belts, general diagnosis). My plan is to turn some wrenches for a few years, And then once I get ASE certified, start working in more computer specific areas of automotive tech.
Wish me luck and I wish everyone who reads this luck as well
P.S. My favorite car is my 1998 Acura Integra GS-R with the five speed manual and 368,000 miles
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r/cscareerquestions 6 months with no work, I give up looking for a job. I apply to at least 10 jobs a day (sometimes upwards of 50) and I have gotten three interviews which all haven’t panned out. I’ve made sure to mention that salary isn’t a deal breaker, applied for entry level C/Java jobs, tried to upskill/resumemaxx/leetcode and nothing has worked. When I was laid off in July, I had 20 unread messages in my LinkedIn inbox for jobs… I’m the CTO of a very small startup (seven people, I manage two other developers), I’ve been in the industry for 4 years. Worked for multiple big name companies, and one startup that had a $20 million exit. Full stack developer with React and multiple different back ends (MySQL, Azure, Postgress, Strapi, Supabase, Firebase). I cannot find a job… My company is not profitable yet so nothing is coming in except equity and unemployment so far (I do not get a paycheck). So in the meantime, while I continue to work on it, I’m going to follow another passion of mine and become an automotive technician to pay the bills. I’m in an LCOL area so thankfully I am able to get by on as little as $65k a year. My hope is that I can find a good job at a dealership where I can get the experience to obtain my ASE certification in 2 years. While I work this new job, I can continue coding the website for my business. That way, if things get better in a few years, I can explain that I have been continuing to program the entire time that I’ve been away from the field. No gap in my resume. And if I can’t find a programming job after 2 years, then that’s just fine by me. Salaries are looking pretty good for experienced automotive technicians (55-180k at the top end). The work is HARD and I’m not trained to do it like I was through college, but fuck this man I’m done feeling like a failure with 8 combined years of school and work experience. I love cars, always have done all the work on my own cars. I do repairs for friends for cash when they need it (brakes, alternator replacements, suspension work, LOTS of transmission drain and fill’s, oil changes, timing belts, general diagnosis). My plan is to turn some wrenches for a few years, And then once I get ASE certified, start working in more computer specific areas of automotive tech. Wish me luck and I wish everyone who reads this luck as well P.S. My favorite car is my 1998 Acura Integra GS-R with the five speed manual and 368,000 miles submitted by /u/Preact5 [link] [comments]
6 months with no work, I give up looking for a job.
I apply to at least 10 jobs a day (sometimes upwards of 50) and I have gotten three interviews which all haven’t panned out. I’ve made sure to mention that salary isn’t a deal breaker, applied for entry level C/Java jobs, tried to upskill/resumemaxx/leetcode and nothing has worked.
When I was laid off in July, I had 20 unread messages in my LinkedIn inbox for jobs…
I’m the CTO of a very small startup (seven people, I manage two other developers), I’ve been in the industry for 4 years. Worked for multiple big name companies, and one startup that had a $20 million exit. Full stack developer with React and multiple different back ends (MySQL, Azure, Postgress, Strapi, Supabase, Firebase). I cannot find a job…
My company is not profitable yet so nothing is coming in except equity and unemployment so far (I do not get a paycheck). So in the meantime, while I continue to work on it, I’m going to follow another passion of mine and become an automotive technician to pay the bills.
I’m in an LCOL area so thankfully I am able to get by on as little as $65k a year. My hope is that I can find a good job at a dealership where I can get the experience to obtain my ASE certification in 2 years. While I work this new job, I can continue coding the website for my business. That way, if things get better in a few years, I can explain that I have been continuing to program the entire time that I’ve been away from the field. No gap in my resume.
And if I can’t find a programming job after 2 years, then that’s just fine by me. Salaries are looking pretty good for experienced automotive technicians (55-180k at the top end). The work is HARD and I’m not trained to do it like I was through college, but fuck this man I’m done feeling like a failure with 8 combined years of school and work experience.
I love cars, always have done all the work on my own cars. I do repairs for friends for cash when they need it (brakes, alternator replacements, suspension work, LOTS of transmission drain and fill’s, oil changes, timing belts, general diagnosis). My plan is to turn some wrenches for a few years, And then once I get ASE certified, start working in more computer specific areas of automotive tech.
Wish me luck and I wish everyone who reads this luck as well
P.S. My favorite car is my 1998 Acura Integra GS-R with the five speed manual and 368,000 miles
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