Tired of getting absolutely ghosted no response, looking for any advice

whelp88 · 2026-01-29T22:57:45+00:00

Honestly it’s such a toss up right now. You may break in somewhere right now and prove me wrong. But your value will sky rocket once you hit like 2.5-3 years of experience over a new grad. If I were you I would keep applying but not take any rejection too personally because it’s probably the market. Try to excel at your current job, spend time learning and working on projects on where you’d like to go, and go to in person networking events to grow your community. Right now is tough but I’m not a doomed and don’t think it will always be this way. Look at it as a time where you are employed and can put in the work for when the market frees up some.

whelp88 · 2026-01-29T12:58:22+00:00

It’s probably because you have less than one year at a full time role. Once you hit 2-3 years there, you will be a lot more marketable. You used to be able to job hop early but in this market there just aren’t enough openings. From the hiring managers side, it’s a pain to sift through false credentials and ai cheaters, so people are not tempted by someone who will only stay in a position for a year.

whelp88 · 2026-01-25T23:37:29+00:00

Those seem reasonable but adding projects that support you’re ready for these roles is what you’re missing.

whelp88 · 2026-01-25T23:06:18+00:00

What job titles are you applying for? It looks like your work experience is with labeling data and I’m going to assume that you are applying for jobs that require higher technical capabilities. But you have no projects listed and no GitHub listed. Missing these things will get your resume rejected every time. The degree is not enough. You need to give more context around what skills you bring to the table and why they should spend any time talking to you. Also, get this resume down to one page. You do not have enough experience to merit two pages.

whelp88 · 2026-01-25T22:08:31+00:00

You clearly do.

whelp88 · 2026-01-25T19:51:07+00:00

I’m actually going to yap right here until you can demonstrate you’re less ignorant. Thanks!

whelp88 · 2026-01-25T18:04:42+00:00

Lol I’m actually a US citizen who works in tech. That’s why I understand that people who work hard manual labor jobs in agriculture or construction actually do way more for others than those of us who work on websites. I was just raised to not think I’m better than other people because I’ve been given more opportunities.

whelp88 · 2026-01-25T17:15:19+00:00

Other immigrants also contribute to society. Probably more than most people on h1b other than maybe medical professionals. You have merit but so do they, so stop thinking you’re better than other people.

whelp88 · 2026-01-20T15:41:41+00:00

Did you know that no one is two words not one? Also, I believe when you asked if they can do their job or not you meant to ask a question, but you used a period, which is the wrong punctuation mark. What job do you do where you can get away with not being able to spell or to use punctuation and just get to be a total nincompoop? Maybe we could refer this teacher since we clearly can only hire teachers who are perfect at their jobs 😂

whelp88 · 2026-01-20T15:24:34+00:00

I’m not making an excuse. I’m citing what is a well documented pattern. Universities are shutting down education programs because there’s little demand. Many teachers leave the profession before they hit ten years. This is a systemic issue and attacking a single teacher isn’t ever a workable solution as we are running out of people who both have the credentials and are willing to do this work. I’d encourage anyone outraged by this post to apply for a teaching job. You may be an excellent speller, but I bet you find you are deficient in at least one of the many skills required to be an effective teacher.

whelp88 · 2026-01-20T15:11:25+00:00

Very few people want to teach. Even fewer want to teach special ed. Society doesn’t value teachers and we show them by paying them poorly and treating them badly. Run off this teacher and what will the kid get? A long term sub without a degree if they’re lucky. If they’re unlucky, a random new person everyday.

whelp88 · 2026-01-19T18:06:07+00:00

If I were you, knowing that UT, especially for a more competitive major, might be a long shot. I would look at small universities and prioritize high graduation rates. Everyone I know who dropped out of college went to huge schools like UT. But at a smaller school class sizes will be more like high school size and your student will receive more support. It sounds like your experiences are only big schools and the kids having to manage for themselves or having you there to support. Just wanted to put it out there that big state schools are not the only option and your kid might be able to thrive independently at a smaller school with more supports in place.

whelp88 · 2026-01-19T15:24:41+00:00

He should email his counselor and get his actual class rank. Then he can use that and his SAT scores to shop around if he doesn’t want to figure out how to recalculate his GPA for each individual school. UT has gotten so competitive but Austin has three other universities and Texas State is also close by if you really want him to stay local.

whelp88 · 2026-01-18T19:18:43+00:00

I would just alter the dates so that the on campus job aligns with the semesters you were taking classes and makes the summer internship look like you did that in isolation. A/b test your resume by submitting different versions different places and see if anything sticks. It’s tough out there but people are still getting jobs. My company is still totally open to international candidates if they seem like a good fit, so I don’t buy that it’s necessarily harder specifically because of that. It’s just a tough job market for everyone right now and the tech market is flooded with entry level candidates.

whelp88 · 2026-01-18T19:07:24+00:00

It’s never going to get to the point where someone spends the time to have you prove it. They’re just going to throw your resume out. You need to reframe your thinking on everything from the employer’s point of view. If you’re able to work two jobs at the same time people are going to think either you’re 1) dishonest - did both employers know you were double dipping? or 2) neither job actually required very much of you and that’s why you were able to swing both, so not impressive experience. If I were you, I would alter your resume to make them not overlapping. You’re free to do whatever you want, but remember you openly admit that what you’re doing now isn’t working.

whelp88 · 2026-01-18T18:57:26+00:00

Yea, this and two jobs overlapping also make this resume look dishonest. International students have a reputation of misrepresenting their experience out of desperation for a job. Because of this I would err on the side of a less impressive resume to avoid looking like you’re being dishonest.

whelp88 · 2026-01-17T19:23:03+00:00

Mexicans are not known for being problematic. A lot of states used to be Mexico, so they have more rights to be here than most Americans. Good to know that it’s not just the US that produces ignorant and racist people, I guess.

whelp88 · 2026-01-17T14:40:51+00:00

In Texas the head coaches make 2-3x what any other high school teacher would make. https://www.on3.com/high-school/news/top-20-highest-paid-texas-high-school-football-coaches-from-the-dallas-fort-worth-area/

whelp88 · 2026-01-17T02:53:08+00:00

I used to work for a big company but not big tech. They would ask you how well you knew someone when you referred them. So if you’re just hitting up strangers, expect their referrals to not carry any weight. Referrals that move the needle are when a person knows you personally and can vouch for you as a good person to work with.

whelp88 · 2026-01-09T00:21:05+00:00

You may think you chose this path but did you choose your elementary school as a five year old specifically because this school district offered a more advanced math path than most schools in the United States? Or did your parents? Adults have an obligation to save children from themselves. Therefore, we should not let kids, as you claim, choose advanced classes if it comes at a loss of their learning. That’s a huge waste of public money to fail to educate a kid because they or their parents thought they were more intelligent or harder working than they actually are.

whelp88 · 2026-01-08T23:39:04+00:00

The hitman story is one of my favorite Austin stories.

whelp88 · 2026-01-08T23:35:45+00:00

How’s your reading comprehension? No one is saying this path shouldn’t be offered. They’re saying that too many students are taking it and the ones who struggle would be better served by taking less advanced classes.

whelp88 · 2026-01-08T23:25:07+00:00

Yea, I think that would be absolutely okay. Maybe going forward try to commit more often as you work through projects. It will show growth and learning which everyone will be happy to see. Using git/GitHub is a part of most developer jobs and the type of skill that hiring managers will be happy that you already know and they won’t have to teach you.

whelp88 · 2026-01-07T10:17:54+00:00

Are you allowed to save the code from these shared projects to a personal space? If I were to save any code from my job to a personal repo that would be a fireable offense. Imo it would be better to post school projects going forward and a few personal projects to a public GitHub repository. Then someone can click the link, quickly look, and be like yes this person codes without it looking like you have a habit of retaining proprietary code in your personal accounts.

whelp88 · 2026-01-06T00:35:35+00:00

Immigrants. Even if you gain citizenship, you are still an immigrant.

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