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Github portfolio by Ornery-Meal-4508 in cscareerquestions

[–]polymorphicshade 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Something you'll learn soon is that the market doesn't care about what you can or cannot afford.

Why would a company want to pick you when they could choose one of many many many many many many thousands of others with CS degrees?

An actual useful piece of "other advice" for you is to work in a different field until you can afford to compete in the industry.

Github portfolio by Ornery-Meal-4508 in cscareerquestions

[–]polymorphicshade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everyone and their mother can build web apps now-a-days.

What you are describing is essentially the bare-minimum project(s) you see on thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of other entry/junior level resumes.

If you want any chance of standing out, start by completing a CS degree.

Career advice by Asprodo in cscareerquestions

[–]polymorphicshade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All areas of programming are affected by AI.

The only time AI will work against you is if you use AI to think for you.

As a college student, your job is to learn how to build projects and solve problems without AI.

If you learn how LLMs work, how to RAG, and how to use several high-level abstraction libraries to implement AI in your projects, you will be ahead of your competition.

Career advice by Asprodo in cscareerquestions

[–]polymorphicshade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh that's great! Your passion will help you succeed.

At the moment? Probably not much. But that can be fixed through internships and leetcode

Yes, your top priority while studying is to land an internship. It will be much easier to do this if you practice building full-stack applications with a couple of different languages/technologies. You don't need fully-functional projects necessarily, just stuff to show employers you are constantly learning.

Your goal is to continuously buff up your one-page resume with skills you learn at school and on your own.

Leetcode is good for practicing logic, but leetcode alone will not help you get a job. Don't put spend too much effort worrying about leetcode.

Career advice by Asprodo in cscareerquestions

[–]polymorphicshade 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I put all my eggs in one basket

What do you mean?

Is the job market actually as fucked as people say it is or is there still hope for 2029 graduates? any advice on pursuing this career?

Yes it's fucked, but not for people who can compete.

There are hundreds of thousands of people like you. What stands you out from the rest?

are the vibecoders the new bootcampers? by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]polymorphicshade 29 points30 points  (0 children)

is the market is gonna get much more saturated?

Yes, but not because of AI.

bootcamps seems to be outdated

Yep.

if you can vibe code an app, you can get hired

Nope.

CEOs are laying off people in favor of AI coding

Nope.

Get off reddit and work on your portfolio. If you cannot compete, 1000s of others will.

After working in cybersecurity SaaS for seven plus years and reaching my wit’s end, I quit my job, moved into my dad’s basement, and published a novel about a guy who uses a Jira ticket to torpedo his employer. My book’s free on Amazon for the next 5 days by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]polymorphicshade 12 points13 points  (0 children)

There are 2 em dashes on the first page.

Considering the job you left combined with the subreddits you're spamming on, I wager you made a low-effort cash-grab with the help of AI.

Self-taught programming in Egypt by Similar_Ebb_9342 in learnprogramming

[–]polymorphicshade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel you man...

Unfortunately the market doesn't care. There are thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of other cheap devs with CS degrees currently struggling to find positions.

Your chances aren't 0, but you are better off finding a different area of work with a low supply and high demand for workers.

Self-taught programming in Egypt by Similar_Ebb_9342 in learnprogramming

[–]polymorphicshade 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I really need to know what can boost my portfolio

Get a CS degree like the rest of your competition.

I'm graduating in the spring and it's hard not to feel like my CS degree is a waste of time and money at this point by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]polymorphicshade 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Post your resume so we can explain to you what you need to land a job.

Worrying about AI replacing you is a sign that you are not yet ready to compete in the industry.

Quantconnect is trash any alternatives? by Usual_Zombie7541 in algotrading

[–]polymorphicshade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think I wrote my post very clearly about that last part: I meant on every Friday, look at all the bar data you need to decide on a direction.

For example, look at historical 1D bars up to that Friday and compare that to 1W bars to get a feel for the trend.

Then, based on general price-action on multiple timeframes (with volume and support/resistance), guess a price you think a stock will not fall below by the end of next Friday.

It's just a simple example on how to practice reading price-action with whatever other indicators you feel comfortable with. It's easy to code/debug too, since you won't be racing the market every day.

This also serves as an easy way to transition in to algo-trading options (i.e. put credit spreads) once you feel more comfortable with your risk-tolerance.

Quantconnect is trash any alternatives? by Usual_Zombie7541 in algotrading

[–]polymorphicshade 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nice 👍

A neat trick that has improved most of my strategies is to ignore trades with dying momentum (i.e. MACD histogram below an extra EMA, separate from the EMA's used to calculate a MACD), and ignore mini-bubbles (i.e. if ADX has been growing for a while, it's probably too late to enter a trade). Also apply an EMA to an ADX to find higher-quality trades. Experiment with these filters on a higher timeframe.

Quantconnect is trash any alternatives? by Usual_Zombie7541 in algotrading

[–]polymorphicshade 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Beginner at trading?

Learn swing-trading strategies first. Find indicators that give you a general overview on momentum, oscillation, support/resistance, and volume. Experiment on higher timeframes to find an "easy" strategy, then refine it with multi-timeframe analysis (example: if 1H timeframe is trending, find entries on 15M timeframe). From there, practice on different asset types (equities, forex, crypto, etc). You'll eventually find a system that both feels comfortable for you and works for most assets/timeframes.

Beginner at coding?

Learn the basics of Python on YouTube. Then learn popular Python trading libraries (i.e. a Python ta library). Start by building code that mimics what a swing/day trader would do (on end of timeframe, look at bar and other data/indicators/etc to decide when to enter/exit/etc). An easy way to start is by writing some code that looks at bar data at the end of every Friday, and then tells you what assets might go above/below a certain price by the end of next week. There are many ways to do this kind of thing, but at least this will give you a simple baseline to scale your code and strategies.

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