Computer Science on Yik Yak | Hot take: If you made over 100 applications and still nothing then maybe it might be you rather than the market. Let’s hope you not doin cs just for the money.

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Computer Science 17w

Hot take: If you made over 100 applications and still nothing then maybe it might be you rather than the market. Let’s hope you not doin cs just for the money.

Anonymous 17w

i have a 3.9, 3 internships, TA experience, and several personal projects so i think it’s the market

Anonymous 17w

I have a 3.8, 3 internships, personal projects, president of a volunteer CS club, senior design with a Fortune 500 company. Still took over 300 applications and I consider that on the low end. The market is very competitive right now and there’s a lot more luck involved than you might think.

Anonymous 17w

Also basic market statistics confirm that it is in fact the market. I took me 2-300 applications to get 2 interviews with a 4.0, research, and internships. Got an offer from one of those thankfully. It’s tough right now- don’t invalidate genuinely capable people’s experiences because you got lucky.

Anonymous 17w

Yes, I am doing cs just for the money. Like 90% of people who get into a career. I don’t know why people think cs is some special exception where you’re not a real engineer if you don’t love it.

Anonymous

#1 17w

Woah. Where are you applying if you don’t mind me asking cause with all of that on your resume you should be getting something?

Anonymous

OP 17w

everywhere 😭 admittedly i did get interviews but those positions closed before i got to final round. and my applying has slowed considerably because i’ve resigned myself to going to grad school instead of straight to work force. but i have a lot of classmates with similar resumes that are also struggling. the people i know with jobs either got return offers from their internships (none of mine were hiring) or they had a direct connection to the company. the market is inarguably bad