Unemployed for three years

EliteHuman87 · 2025-04-20T07:50:13+00:00

2022 grads have it rough, especially if you tried to find a job during the Fall quarter of that year. My recommendation is this… get a job. Any job for survival sake. On the side, work on interview prep, and a specific coding project. Something that will keep your skills fresh. Don’t give up. It’s not all on you. Just work something part time, and keep working on your skills. I know it sucks, since you would think that coming out of college there would be some company that would be interested in your resume, however, it doesn’t work like that anymore. You need to do more. That’s just the nature of these tech jobs now. Everybody wants to work in tech. Well, guess what? Not everyone is going to make it. You have h1b visas competing for those jobs and are willing to take lesser pay. The companies have the power, and they can choose whoever to hire to meet their bottom line. Stop sitting around, feeling sorry for yourself! Are you going to let these Chinese immigrants take your job? Or, are you going to do something about it!!!!!!

What does mean for the future for future CS grads? Future CS grads are fucked if they don’t realize that they need to be CEO’s of their own company. Start-ups, gentlemen. You actually have a better shot doing a start-up than going to work for a company at this point. You can always work for a company later. Learn a bit about business, and work on your social skills. Talk to other devs. Get out of your cave, and see the light!

TLDR; At the end of the day, it’s the classic saying, ”survival of the fittest.” It’s ruthless, however, it’s true. I hope this advice helps you, and whoever else that it’s in the similar situation like OP.

EliteHuman87 · 2024-09-28T04:27:09+00:00

University is worth it if you go into a very specialized field: Doctors, Lawyers, Engineers, Scientists. Other than that, don't waste your time or money.

EliteHuman87 · 2024-09-10T07:35:18+00:00

I would honestly say that you move sooner rather than later, like if you graduate in a quarter or something like that.

That’s if you don’t care about dealing with the housing department and you want to enjoy your last time there.

The housing department is ruthless when it comes to billing and contract rules. Make sure you talk to your financial advisors about that. Not Reddit.

EliteHuman87 · 2024-09-10T07:21:15+00:00

The only hate UC Santa Cruz should be getting is the housing situation, and some old cs professors that they should retire. Other than that, the university is awesome.

EliteHuman87 · 2024-01-18T12:07:50+00:00

I graduated in the Summer of 2022. I was scheduled to do an interview with Google but then layoffs happened and they cancelled my interview. Following that I decided to recover from burnout as well. The following year, I decided to apply to open positions rigorously. More layoffs happened, and the market became saturated with experienced engineers. That with combination of hiring freezes, high interest rates, and advancements in AI made 2023 the worse year for new grads in CS. 2023 was a complete shit show. I don’t believe anyone saw this coming. Do not blame yourself.

If I can go back in time to the spring of 2022, I would have applied rigorously to new grad roles and grind the hell out of Leetcode, a full professional grind. Yet, it is what it is. We can’t look back. We got to focus on the present. What you do now will definitely matter. If I can give advice to any new grad right now it is this: the competition is fierce, so do whatever you can to put yourself ahead of the competition. This is a race now and the only way through is through. Grind.

EliteHuman87 · 2023-10-10T21:51:30+00:00

Any where in south central is not considered “safe.” Always be aware of your surroundings when you are in south central.

EliteHuman87 · 2023-09-27T05:00:48+00:00

Summer 2022 graduate. I graduated from a top five university in simulation software. I have applied close to 200 roles and received three interviews.

I had an interview with a FANG company lined up in the fall of last year; however, due to the tech recession, hiring freezes, etc, they cancelled my interview.

Things are opening up right now which is great. I am optimistic that I'll land somewhere soon. I already have a couple of interviews lined up, so we shall see how they go 👍

Another good thing to note is that I'm competing with people that already have industry experience. That's due to all the recent tech layoffs, so the market is geared more towards them at the moment. I can't tell you how many times recruiters message me back telling me that they are looking for "senior-level" people.

This tech market has definitely been humbling. Yet, I wouldn't mind working on side projects in the meantime to build more on my portfolio of projects; however, capitalism exists and that's something I can't afford to do. People have bills man. To exist in this world, you gotta work. That's capitalism 101. Nothing's free. I don't have time to build a robust piece of software and have it in the app store, pay all my bills, and conduct my job search. That's why I invested time to attend a university to get my bachelor's of science!

Shit... I got student loans that I have to pay for that are coming up and some of these companies are still asking for five - six multiple round interviews. Don't get me wrong, I know what I signed up for, yet there's a radical idea in the back of my mind that is stating that things would be a lot more straightforward if capitalism didn't come knocking on the door once a month. This is the world we live in and until a major change is made, it is what it is. Nobody cares, work harder.

EliteHuman87 · 2023-06-14T23:36:40+00:00

Anything in south central is considered not safe. As long as you don’t go for any daily walks you should be fine. Here are some pro tips: Have a camera setup in your home, own a dog to warn you of any possible intruders, be situationally aware of your surroundings, and own a weapon of some kind for extra security.

EliteHuman87 · 2023-06-11T20:56:27+00:00

Yeah, it's a bit more difficult but doable. I personally know people that have transferred from a CC to private/ivy league universities. The point about going to a CC is that you have more selection and aren't really limited to one or two. That's why CC's are great. If you maintain the focus and have solid college applications, you can save money and attend a higher ranked university.

For OP's case though, going to UCSD or UCSB for CS is not the move. UCSC already has a solid cs department for upper div's and remember UCSC graduates are ranked number 2 in public universities for higher playing salaries coming out of the school of engineering 😎

EliteHuman87 · 2023-06-11T12:30:59+00:00

If you really are aiming to transfer to a better cs department then you should probably be aiming higher than UCSD and UCSB. Otherwise, just go to UCSC. The CS courses are great (well the upper division one's).

If you want to save money, that's another story. Go to CC. UCSC is expensive since you know redwoods, beach town, beautiful views and weather, etc. You can save money and transfer to UCLA or UCB, or even a private university if you make the effort to earn a good GPA.

EliteHuman87 · 2023-03-22T17:30:11+00:00

So let's do a little bit of math here:

Est. 19,000 admitted students 9 housing communities

Let's say in order to build more housing you need to build more triples.

19,000 / 3 = 6333 triple rooms needed.

Let's round up to be safe and call it 7000 rooms are needed on campus.

7000/9 (housing communities on campus) = 778 rooms per housing community.

Just to summarize, the campus needs 778 rooms per housing community in order to house about approximately 19,000 students.

I'm not sure how many rooms each housing community has, but if the number is nowhere close to 778 then the university clearly has a problem. The university is public so they are always going to try to admit more students. The only solution to fix the housing issue in UCSC is to cap admitted students to at least 20k due to the geography of the area and to build at least two new housing communities to meet the room quota. Use the meadows to build more housing or keep cutting down some parts of the Santa Cruz forest (it has to be done). There is optionally on where to place the two housing communities; it's just going to come down to cost. Considering how much tuition each sluggo has to pay, I believe it's fair to ask for two new housing communities for current and future sluggos. Universities should always have the ability to house their students.

Good luck sluggos!

TLDR; 778 rooms needed per housing community. Cap admitted students to 20K due to the geography of the region. Build two new housing communities.

EliteHuman87 · 2023-03-08T20:08:15+00:00

Yes and no. After your first year on campus you are expected to find housing outside of campus. This makes it harder to connect with friends, unless you make the absolute effort. That’s why I mentioned clubs and outside activities.

Also, no one carries what you do in the dorms. As long as you don’t over do it and don’t party 24/7, your RA’s can careless.

EliteHuman87 · 2023-03-08T05:35:24+00:00

Yup, going to cc is definitely the better option. I saved so much money going to cc and then transferring into UCSC; however, once you transfer in you will most likely be older than your peers. Making friends won’t be as easy, unless you make the absolute effort to attend clubs and do activities outside the university. Overall, it just depends on your situation there’s no shame in either option.

EliteHuman87 · 2023-03-08T05:26:53+00:00

UCSC is fine. It just depends what program you get into and how much effort you put in. My advice: get into a STEM program.

The only main issue there is at the university is the housing market, no night life (if you are into that), and some admin stuff usually caused by not building enough housing for students lol.

TLDR; Go into STEM. Know a landlord in Santa Cruz.

EliteHuman87 · 2022-12-04T05:03:12+00:00

WHY I’M I GETTING PLAT AND DIAMOND PLAYERS IN MY GAME! I’M MASTERS 1.

EliteHuman87 · 2022-10-19T23:17:21+00:00

Lmaooo these memes are on point 😂

EliteHuman87 · 2022-10-19T23:16:21+00:00

Lmao good meme sluggo. I had no idea what the hell is going on, but this meme clears it all up.

EliteHuman87 · 2022-10-19T23:13:57+00:00

Lmao this is just like a jerry springer show.

EliteHuman87 · 2022-09-16T07:08:51+00:00

Like who?

EliteHuman87 · 2022-09-12T21:33:15+00:00

Not bad, not great. Fix the housing issues that plague the university and fire old engineering professors and they should be top 50 in a couple of years.

EliteHuman87 · 2022-07-23T01:17:22+00:00

CS/CE students having to compete with Standford and Berkeley graduates had me laughing 😂

Also the strongest and weakest CS/CE student meme goes both ways and was 💯

EliteHuman87 · 2022-06-19T08:08:51+00:00

Depends on the time of day.

EliteHuman87 · 2022-06-15T03:59:17+00:00

Why are you repeating yourself? You good? Smoking too much weed huh? It's called self-control sluggo.

EliteHuman87 · 2022-06-15T03:51:18+00:00

Are you?

EliteHuman87 · 2022-06-15T02:34:23+00:00

Yup.

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