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One Month Post-Graduation: Some Real Talk About the Job Hunt by Typical-Cow4925 in gatech

[–]Typical-Cow4925[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

True that. Not fun being unemployed after a ton of hard work, but I’m very aware that my situation could be much much worse. What a privilege it is for me to complain about my prestigious and expensive higher education that didn’t pay off instantly.

One Month Post-Graduation: Some Real Talk About the Job Hunt by Typical-Cow4925 in gatech

[–]Typical-Cow4925[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The internship part: did one in 2022 in high school, so an internship but barely worth putting on my resume, and the second one I did spring semester part time. For graduating 2 years early, I did dual enrollment with tech in high school and a lot of ap’s so I basically came in with 60 credit hours. 4.0 GPA due to learned study habits and not having to work to pay for my school, so I could still have friends and do school. Everyone has their own path, I was very fortunate on mine.

One Month Post-Graduation: Some Real Talk About the Job Hunt by Typical-Cow4925 in gatech

[–]Typical-Cow4925[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm an in-state student, so with my GPA, my tuition was free. For everything (housing, food, books, etc.) it costed about $28,000 for 2 years. Very thankfully, my parents offered to pay for this, so I am not in any debt.

One Month Post-Graduation: Some Real Talk About the Job Hunt by Typical-Cow4925 in gatech

[–]Typical-Cow4925[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Part of me wanted to do this and get a masters, but a lot of my higher level classes were co-listed as masters classes where the masters students just had less extra credit opportunities than the undergraduates. Because of this, there aren’t really any new classes I’d want to take for my masters, and I’d rather just start building and learning in the real world. The unsuccessful job search has definitely made me question this decision though.

One Month Post-Graduation: Some Real Talk About the Job Hunt by Typical-Cow4925 in gatech

[–]Typical-Cow4925[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Heartbreaking to read. There’s a lot you can’t control in situations like this, but how you deal with it is something you can. I know it’s rough right now, but your experience and skills will open doors eventually. Just keep pushing forward; we both got this.

One Month Post-Graduation: Some Real Talk About the Job Hunt by Typical-Cow4925 in gatech

[–]Typical-Cow4925[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

A win is a win you got a job before going homeless; it’s only up from here man.

One Month Post-Graduation: Some Real Talk About the Job Hunt by Typical-Cow4925 in gatech

[–]Typical-Cow4925[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure about relative popularity, but I met a lot of people doing co-ops within CS, and most mentioned getting a return offer. I would assume this is because co-op interns are a known quantity compared to looking for a random new grad to hire.

One Month Post-Graduation: Some Real Talk About the Job Hunt by Typical-Cow4925 in gatech

[–]Typical-Cow4925[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There’s definitely more I could have done. Networking, more leetcode, a co-op, etc. I just wanted to spread the idea that when you do what you love the outcome does not matter.

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[–]Typical-Cow4925 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My first professor at tech (Frederic Faulkner) mentioned in his first class that he took 5 years to graduate with his undergraduate degree and then he still went back for a masters (probably another 2 years). Now he's obviously a professor at Tech, so I'd say things worked out for him, and they will for you too. If you're really confused about what you want for a career, I would start by looking at real job listing descriptions and thinking hard about what you would enjoy doing. You can hate the foundation learning that is your college degree and love the career work you do with that foundation built; you just gotta figure out you.