I just graduated with a bachelor’s in CS. I like programming but I definitely didn’t take my future into as much consideration as I should have, until now. I didn’t get any internships in college, and basically just focused on passing my classes while paying my way through college in a completely unrelated job.
So my resume is:
- 3 years of work experience in an unrelated field (some good soft skills but no technical experience).
- A handful of personal projects i’ve worked on for classes, but they aren’t deployed and are pretty rough around the edges. They definitely aren’t considered impressive.
- A CS degree.
The way I see it, my best course of action is to spend the next few months building some more serious, polished projects to replace the ones I currently have. From there I can hopefully get an internship, and be better setup to get a SWE role.
I’ve applied to 50 or so jobs in the last month. I’ve been rejected by 10, and no response from the others. Is it a waste of time to apply to jobs until I can beef up my resume? People say apply to as many jobs as you can, and eventually one will come around, but applying to jobs does take time, some more than others.
Should I apply for jobs alongside working on projects, or just save the time until my resume looks better? Or any other tips? Thanks for any help.
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r/cscareerquestions I just graduated with a bachelor’s in CS. I like programming but I definitely didn’t take my future into as much consideration as I should have, until now. I didn’t get any internships in college, and basically just focused on passing my classes while paying my way through college in a completely unrelated job. So my resume is: 3 years of work experience in an unrelated field (some good soft skills but no technical experience). A handful of personal projects i’ve worked on for classes, but they aren’t deployed and are pretty rough around the edges. They definitely aren’t considered impressive. A CS degree. The way I see it, my best course of action is to spend the next few months building some more serious, polished projects to replace the ones I currently have. From there I can hopefully get an internship, and be better setup to get a SWE role. I’ve applied to 50 or so jobs in the last month. I’ve been rejected by 10, and no response from the others. Is it a waste of time to apply to jobs until I can beef up my resume? People say apply to as many jobs as you can, and eventually one will come around, but applying to jobs does take time, some more than others. Should I apply for jobs alongside working on projects, or just save the time until my resume looks better? Or any other tips? Thanks for any help. submitted by /u/mrcheese14 [link] [comments]
I just graduated with a bachelor’s in CS. I like programming but I definitely didn’t take my future into as much consideration as I should have, until now. I didn’t get any internships in college, and basically just focused on passing my classes while paying my way through college in a completely unrelated job.
So my resume is:
- 3 years of work experience in an unrelated field (some good soft skills but no technical experience).
- A handful of personal projects i’ve worked on for classes, but they aren’t deployed and are pretty rough around the edges. They definitely aren’t considered impressive.
- A CS degree.
The way I see it, my best course of action is to spend the next few months building some more serious, polished projects to replace the ones I currently have. From there I can hopefully get an internship, and be better setup to get a SWE role.
I’ve applied to 50 or so jobs in the last month. I’ve been rejected by 10, and no response from the others. Is it a waste of time to apply to jobs until I can beef up my resume? People say apply to as many jobs as you can, and eventually one will come around, but applying to jobs does take time, some more than others.
Should I apply for jobs alongside working on projects, or just save the time until my resume looks better? Or any other tips? Thanks for any help.
submitted by /u/mrcheese14
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