Question in the title mostly. I’ve wondered as I’m getting to the end of my degree program if other new grads in other fields are doing the amount of side project/self teaching/practice that we have to do to hopefully land a first job or is this a situation pretty unique to IT and I assume a decent amount of STEM in general?
Have worked in healthcare all my life where the shortage is so vast that all new grads have a guaranteed job wherever they want to work, especially in things like nursing. As I hit the end of my program, I feel like I’ve spent about somewhere around 30-40%(probably more than this honestly) of my learning time spent outside of my actual schoolwork self teaching and doing side projects just to build my resume up, is this the reality in most other fields that don’t have a debilitating staffing shortage or is this just a thing with IT focused careers?
Not bitching as I enjoy learning and working with all the things at our fingertips with a computer and an internet connection but just genuinely curious.
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r/cscareerquestions Question in the title mostly. I’ve wondered as I’m getting to the end of my degree program if other new grads in other fields are doing the amount of side project/self teaching/practice that we have to do to hopefully land a first job or is this a situation pretty unique to IT and I assume a decent amount of STEM in general? Have worked in healthcare all my life where the shortage is so vast that all new grads have a guaranteed job wherever they want to work, especially in things like nursing. As I hit the end of my program, I feel like I’ve spent about somewhere around 30-40%(probably more than this honestly) of my learning time spent outside of my actual schoolwork self teaching and doing side projects just to build my resume up, is this the reality in most other fields that don’t have a debilitating staffing shortage or is this just a thing with IT focused careers? Not bitching as I enjoy learning and working with all the things at our fingertips with a computer and an internet connection but just genuinely curious. submitted by /u/Virtual_Chain9547 [link] [comments]
Question in the title mostly. I’ve wondered as I’m getting to the end of my degree program if other new grads in other fields are doing the amount of side project/self teaching/practice that we have to do to hopefully land a first job or is this a situation pretty unique to IT and I assume a decent amount of STEM in general?
Have worked in healthcare all my life where the shortage is so vast that all new grads have a guaranteed job wherever they want to work, especially in things like nursing. As I hit the end of my program, I feel like I’ve spent about somewhere around 30-40%(probably more than this honestly) of my learning time spent outside of my actual schoolwork self teaching and doing side projects just to build my resume up, is this the reality in most other fields that don’t have a debilitating staffing shortage or is this just a thing with IT focused careers?
Not bitching as I enjoy learning and working with all the things at our fingertips with a computer and an internet connection but just genuinely curious.
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