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Computer Science jobs 2016-08-20 08:02:08 Post No. 1454356
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Hey /biz/. Do you have any advice for someone with a CS degree who didn't care very much in school(barely passed with a 2.1 GPA), didn't care very much about work (no work experience prior to graduating), and after over a year of looking for work, finally landed a job that's currently paying 50k/yr. It sounded amazing while I was desperately looking for work, but after having a couple of years under my belt, I was hoping to break into that 80k/yr range at a different job.
My current work is more or less a dead end job. There are people there who's been there for 10+ years and doing what I was taught to do the few weeks, and I doubt they're making that much more money than I am.
If I could go back, I would and do it all over again, but unfortunately, this is where I find myself in life at the moment. Does anybody currently in the field have any advice on how to land one of those better paying CS jobs? I want to move into 6 figures eventually, but I imagine that's a few more years down the line.
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>>1454356
>6 figures
I know what you need.
>kneepads
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>>1454419
Was hoping to save that for plan B
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I don't know OP but I have the same goal as you of reaching 6 figures, and I am going into my second year.
I didn't really give a shit in my first year and it was felt, I plan on studying at least 1 hour every day extra aside from classes, and taking an year internship before my final year.
If you have any advice, what you would have done instead of what you did.
I wish I could help somehow, I say just lie saying that you have the requirements that the better paid positions ask for. At the end of the everything is a meme that you can learn in the first few weeks if someone shows you around, as long as you are not a pilot.
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>>1454356
what's your job, I'm currently in the same problem but with a 2.3 and am desperately looking for a job, night just settle with a call center to build help desk experience to get into it.
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>>1454356
Those better paying CS jobs usually want people who aren't fuckups.
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>>1454628
Your GPA really super matters. As a new hire, almost all of the recruiters I talked to asked me about it and immediately stopped being interested when I told them how low it is.
Most of them also asked if I do some programming on the side. Join some open source project online that makes something and explain how you've contributed. Luckily, I have this on my belt, which is probably why I'm currently working in the first place.
>>1454638
I'm a form's programmer. Some programming skill is required, but I'm literally working along aside people who don't even have any programming degree, doing the same job.
Unless you're super desperate and need money immediately, I would still hold up and push for a job that would meaningfully contribute towards a better, future job. While I was still looking, I turned down every customer service job that came my way. When looking for my next job, I'll be able to say I was a programmer at my previous job, which should make a lot of difference.
On the other hand, the bigger the gap in your resume, the worst your resume will look, making it harder to get hired. It's a trap that's hard to get out of.
>>1454688
I already know that. I still want to obtain it though. I have a future I need to build.
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>>1454356
do what you love op study hard and work smartly and do the right thing trust in urself and god and the universe and society and u can get rich in no time OP
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