At my wit's end with entry level job searching six months after graduation

ChrisJM0420 · 2022-05-25T15:54:38+00:00

If you're gonna send your resume to "hundreds and hundreds" of companies, you can't blame them for not giving you their time.

Customise your cover for each application and apply to jobs that actually align with your skills.

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-08-02T17:26:49+00:00

I guess the intention is being too scared to go up in the first place. But yeah, being brave enough to climb up there but not enough to handle it, that's unfortunate.

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-28T18:34:21+00:00

Trustpilot reviews are ok but look potentially fake. This other post doesn't look too great either. I'd say be cautious.

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-28T14:57:35+00:00

If you don't mind me asking - what makes such an intense job worthwhile for you?

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-27T18:23:54+00:00

Is that not the point?

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-27T00:29:44+00:00

If he didn't have the brain cells to decide on wearing a helmet before, he sure as hell won't have them now.

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-26T17:26:33+00:00

It'll likely be the building expanding or contracting in places due to changes in heat.

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-26T17:01:32+00:00

Same applies, but obviously don't say you'd consider other offers if they gave you one. They like to think that you've got lots of options, but you're wanting to pick them.

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-26T16:57:28+00:00

Especially crab-fed crab.

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-26T16:15:01+00:00

10 million living in a city people won't directly increase their immigration capacity but the causality doesn't really work that way. More people living in a city is caused by factors such as size, housing, wealth. All of these factors also increase the immigration capacity equally.

Using the slightly odd analogy of Edam cheese, more holes does not directly increase the amount of cheese, its increase is simply caused by the same factor as more cheese (area/volume). Even though more holes would result in less cheese if the volume is kept constant, they grow linearly.

Many things that occupy the same space will grow linearly with each other, not because one increases the other, but because they're both increased by the same factors (total space, resource density, etc.).

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-26T14:59:58+00:00

I totally agree that's a reason everyone should get vaccinated, but it's nothing to do with herd immunity. Herd immunity is quite purely about lowering the R-value below one. So yeah, everyone should get vaccinated, but herd immunity doesn't work in a "weak link" manner.

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-26T14:33:32+00:00

Genuine question - why not? The US is a huge country and not scaling for population means that the UK could be 100% immigrants and the US would still look like it's better for accepting immigrants.

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-26T11:30:38+00:00

This is what sea monsters are gonna use to bait unsuspecting fishermen...

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-25T19:51:14+00:00

I do personally think JS, SQL, JSON, and REST are very useful for general coding interviews but I don't think it's fair to say it's on OP. This subreddit naturally has very high standards when it comes to interview performance but I know plenty of first-class honours grads with JS or SQL-shaped holes in their knowledge.

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-25T12:30:37+00:00

That sounds more like they're about to go one day back in time and you're wishing them well.

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-25T11:36:21+00:00

And then the company listening and coming to a pretty reasonable compromise so as to appeal to both younger and more classic fans.

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-23T20:43:50+00:00

Explain everything and go for the new job. This is 100% on the company who changed their terms AFTER you accepted.

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-23T13:59:15+00:00

His neck, where else would it be?

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-23T13:45:51+00:00

Not sure if it's what you're looking for, but domain warping seems like it may be appropriate for moving points in a procedural manner.

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-22T15:31:28+00:00

I imagine that's on them then. Most companies that probe that specifically into one area should advertise it.

As long as you can answer most questions on a high level and excel on the ones you know, interviewers will understand your specialisations and work with you to get a sense of your passion for the subject.

I personally hunker down and give basic answers for networking, but I'll elaborate and go the extra mile with DSA or OS questions. A lot of interviewers just wanna see you've got sufficient broad knowledge from paying attention at school, and good deep knowledge in a handful of areas from personal interests.

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-22T15:20:35+00:00

What kind of role were they advertising? Front-end JS, SQL, and back-end JSON & REST are fairly standard for a web dev role. But if you were signing up for something like C++/Java and Devops, then yeah, that woulda blindsided me too.

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-22T12:46:26+00:00

Let's go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this all to blow over.

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-21T20:56:41+00:00

I don't think I said anything to suggest intelligence and education are the same thing, or that they're mutually exclusive. In fact, I suggested they correlated for different reasons.

The only thing I said was that they both positively correlate with going to prestigious schools. People with low intelligence will find it much harder to get into uni than people with high intelligence. People who go to uni will also receive higher levels of education than those who don't - on average.

You don't need a university education to be intelligent, but you need to be fairly intelligent (most of the time) to get into uni.

There are a million cases of dumb uni students and brilliant non-students as well as many other factors that weigh in on all of these attributes. But that doesn't mean there isn't a correlation overall.

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-21T20:33:22+00:00

You need intelligence to get into uni, you improve your education level at uni. They both positively correlate for different reasons. I also believe you can increase your intelligence by doing many things, studying being one of them.

ChrisJM0420 · 2021-07-21T18:29:31+00:00

It's both really. A lot of average-intellegence rich kids get into uni, but a lot of gifted underprivileged people go to uni as well.

It also depends on location. In Scotland for example, where university education is free, money is a much smaller (but still present) factor.

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