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>HE FELL FOR THE STEM MEME

>>17852666
>666

You never tricked me Satan.

"a stem field"

Performing arts field here, it sure must suck to have a category that Patreon doesn't hand free money to.

>>17852661

This is /Adv/, we don't take rants. So we will start giving you some advice:

A few paragraphs are not a good introduction, unless you have really cool stuff to write there. "Networking" should boost your chances of landing a job. Make it more personal, and as such people will pay a bit more attention. Not much, but a bit more.

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>>17852669
>bragging about living of Patreon

>>17852669
alright I'm curious, let's get a link to your paymetons

>>17852661
>completed the degree in the minimum time period
This might not be such a good thing, because employers care about your skill set that are useful to them, in one year (10 subjects?) the range of skills you learn in a STEM grad school is rather narrow, some might be outright useless for industrial work. For example, a company recruit a guy who can do math, but they would also prefer he's well versed in regression analysis (stat), machine learning (math + CS), optimization with large scale data (data science) and can implement all those in their language of choice.
Also what field lol

>>17852692
What I mean to say is: I've never failed (got a grade bellow 50%) a subject when I was in college.

>>17852661
>>17852698

>I recently finished my masters degree at a good University in a STEM field. I scored a decent grade and completed the degree in the minimum time period.

Is that all you can offer? What about projects and previous work experience?Can you get a recommendation?

If this is all you have, a CV won't look appealing by itself.

>>17852712
Shit, I've done a decent master's degree thesis and a few extracurricular stuff on the side. I talk about those on my CV.

The thing is, how long does this process usually take? How long does a big company take to analyse my info?

>>17852661
more specific than STEM ? wtf is that ?

math ? physics ? ee ? cs ?

if you just got some general degree i could understand otherwise those majors have zero problem getting jobs

>>17852726

They won't read your thesis, so decent or crappy it won't matter, right?

What extracurriculars?

>>17852742
Mechanical Engineering
>>17852743
I did a lot of mechanical software related seminars

>sent
Wrong. nigger you need to you be going to these places in person.

>>17852753
I really can't. I'm living in the end of the world.

>>17852749
>I did a lot of mechanical software related seminars

Oh, awesome, so you have a diploma saying you were there for the seminar, and maybe payed attention.

That's not that enticing either. Did you work in any projects? Have you ever been part of a start-up even if it failed? What do you have to show about you that's not sitting for a lecture?

>>17852755
then fucking move

>>17852749
mechanical engineering is kind of limited field job opportunity compared to (say) computers

but still if you got good grades then keep plugging away

i'd plan on moving & apply at large companies that make cars, defense equipment, constructio eqipment things like that

good luck m8 !

>>17852669
>That patreon doesn't give free money to

>Highest paid patreon user was already an established musician
>Half of the top 10 are popsci or comedy
>Neither of those require a lib. arts degree (or any degree)

Building a portfolio and networking is more important than good grades in all university fields, but it's boosted up to 11 when it comes to nonstem fields/fields where you don't even need university for certification.

>>17852661
does your university not have an office for that sort of thing? They'll help you get interviews.

>>17852755
Like how far? Tell us where You live and where you applied.