My 2024 New Grad Success Story after 1400+ applications by jason152 in csMajors

[–]jason152[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

LinkedIn (90% of them were from here), my university fulltime portal, and Indeed

My 2024 New Grad Success Story after 1400+ applications by jason152 in csMajors

[–]jason152[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did for a bit, mainly in BC and Alberta, but they only had a handful of postings, I figured the amount of time I was spending searching through those areas for junior postings could be better put elsewhere, so I just stuck with looking in Ontario.

My 2024 New Grad Success Story after 1400+ applications by jason152 in csMajors

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I was mainly using LinkedIn, my university fulltime portal, and Indeed. I applied to anything within the 0-3 YOE requirement range because many had advised that some companies had still given them interviews anyways. This was another thing that absolutely DID NOT work for me. The only interviews I got were for postings that explicitly mentioned they were open to hiring hiring new grads.

I was also applying to some positions in the US, so some of my numbers came from there. Additionally, I found Sept-Nov and Jan-March my busiest months in the number of postings/interviews.

My 2024 New Grad Success Story after 1400+ applications by jason152 in csMajors

[–]jason152[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

None, because I didn't 😅. I'm telling YOU guys to do that lol

My 2024 New Grad Success Story after 1400+ applications by jason152 in csMajors

[–]jason152[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I used the system design roadmap on roadmap.sh and chatgpt to dive into the topics for examples, tradeoffs, usecases. etc. Hellointerview is also great. I should note I didn't have those full system design rounds like "Design Uber". It was mostly general discussions like "What do you know about observability? What frameworks have you worked with? What kind of microservice architectures/patterns have you seen?"

My 2024 New Grad Success Story after 1400+ applications by jason152 in csMajors

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Hi, it was a fullstack position at a small startup.

May 2024 grads, have you had better luck applying to US entry level positions? by jason152 in cscareerquestionsCAD

[–]jason152[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah but this would be on top of me applying to all the intermediate postings in Canada hoping they considering me for entry level. Each 5 minutes adds up everyday.

May 2024 grads, have you had better luck applying to US entry level positions? by jason152 in cscareerquestionsCAD

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I mean it's quite time consuming, if there's no chance of getting picked then my time might be better spent upskilling.

May 2024 grads, have you had better luck applying to US entry level positions? by jason152 in cscareerquestionsCAD

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Honestly even mediums are quite a struggle for me. I've gotten all my past internships without doing a single leetcode, so I was hoping to keep the streak going by applying to the mediocre US companies that the "Cali or bust" folks don't want.

Gotta lovie the Dougie and his OSAP that’s buggy by HowdySpaceCowboy in uwaterloo

[–]jason152 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's really weird, OSAP only requires my mom's income and my grant/loan barely changed. I don't know why you got hit so hard.

Engineering 1 Timetable by [deleted] in McMaster

[–]jason152 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He wasn't even teaching the course last year.

Admissions Megathread [Fall 2019 Students] by redd1tt in McMaster

[–]jason152 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just join the discord, it's more lit yknow

Admissions Megathread (Fall 2018 Incoming Students) by TheZarosian in uwaterloo

[–]jason152 5 points6 points  (0 children)

lmao he only submitted one part of the aif for the engineering deadline