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0 pointsleakycap9mo ago0 comments

I take from this you would like to be employed? If so, what are you doing to change the situation (instead of coping with it as it stands)?

I know it's hard out there (at least where I am) but I have helped a few people get jobs in the last 90 days, so please share the barrier you're facing and maybe someone can help.

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ge969mo ago· 2 in thread

Tech-wise in the US it was tough. I went to work in factory for a bit. I had recruiters hitting me up but they were 6 month contracts so I kept turning those down but eventually I just accepted one and I'm almost a year in now.

I will note I at the time had 5 YOE but no degree so that is a factor (many I don't qualify since no degree).

Reading r/cscareerquestions is depressing not that I go on there much now. People talking about applying to thousands of jobs.

OsrsNeedsf2P9mo ago

So apply to thousands of jobs then? That's only a couple applications a day for 2 years.

And I'm not saying this from an ivory tower, my first job took 700 applications in 2021. But until you have a job, your job is to apply 8 hours a day

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zwnow9mo ago

People also just shotgun applications, why would a company look at a unpersoanlized lazy shotgunned job application?

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