I’m wondering if it is a bad idea to not immediately pursue employment after a lay off.
For context: I have 3.5 years of experience as a web developer.
I dropped out of college senior year @ 21 years old because I was offered full time work as a developer. I had an amazing experience working there and learned a ton but unfortunately I was laid off last week.
I’m now in a position where I have 5 months before the classes I need to graduate at my previous university will be offered.
I was planning on enjoying this 5 month vacation before returning to school and finishing my degree in CS.
After this gap and the time it takes to finish my degree, in total I estimate it will be about 10 months before I’m ready to start looking for work again.
Is this a bad idea? From what I’ve been reading the job market is horrible right now for even experienced developers. I’m concerned that putting this gap in my resume & not investing these months into finding a new job could be crippling me.
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r/cscareerquestions I’m wondering if it is a bad idea to not immediately pursue employment after a lay off. For context: I have 3.5 years of experience as a web developer. I dropped out of college senior year @ 21 years old because I was offered full time work as a developer. I had an amazing experience working there and learned a ton but unfortunately I was laid off last week. I’m now in a position where I have 5 months before the classes I need to graduate at my previous university will be offered. I was planning on enjoying this 5 month vacation before returning to school and finishing my degree in CS. After this gap and the time it takes to finish my degree, in total I estimate it will be about 10 months before I’m ready to start looking for work again. Is this a bad idea? From what I’ve been reading the job market is horrible right now for even experienced developers. I’m concerned that putting this gap in my resume & not investing these months into finding a new job could be crippling me. submitted by /u/whoresofbabylon13 [link] [comments]
I’m wondering if it is a bad idea to not immediately pursue employment after a lay off.
For context: I have 3.5 years of experience as a web developer.
I dropped out of college senior year @ 21 years old because I was offered full time work as a developer. I had an amazing experience working there and learned a ton but unfortunately I was laid off last week.
I’m now in a position where I have 5 months before the classes I need to graduate at my previous university will be offered.
I was planning on enjoying this 5 month vacation before returning to school and finishing my degree in CS.
After this gap and the time it takes to finish my degree, in total I estimate it will be about 10 months before I’m ready to start looking for work again.
Is this a bad idea? From what I’ve been reading the job market is horrible right now for even experienced developers. I’m concerned that putting this gap in my resume & not investing these months into finding a new job could be crippling me.
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