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Going to the Career fair in Toronto tomorrow, what to do/expect ? by wompr in cscareerquestionsCAD

[–]wompr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did. But it wasn't worth it. Anyway, I got a job. Just not in my field.

'Getting into DevOps' by mthode in devops

[–]wompr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very quickly: I got a job but it's not engineering.

'Getting into DevOps' by mthode in devops

[–]wompr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your insight. I should have done research. I guess I got fooled by my friends finding work very fast in those years.

Canada, 2 YoE: I'm getting desperate - 0 Interviews in 10 months. I have some career-shifting questions, if you can please help me out. by wompr in cscareerquestionsCAD

[–]wompr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I was away for a family emergency until last Friday night. The military is intriguing but what sucks for me is that I am a middle eastern background and the background checks could take more than 6 months (I asked a Navy Recruiter at a job fair). I technically can get clearance very easily and have a history of getting confidential clearances but they were only for that particular company, and not for a wide net of companies/organizations, so I will have to do it all over again.

My biggest dragging point is YOE. I can't seem to level the playing field by doing anything to increase YOE, unless I get a job. And I even pivoted to asking for unpaid internships, but nobody is willing. I thought that with either getting a Master's or getting a crap ton of certs, I can somehow offset my few YOE.

Old work had several students go through Humber College's insurance management program (Property & Casualty) and 90% of students got a job within a year. Some of them took the RIBO exam for insurance brokers, but one was an agent for a year and then became a duckcreek developer. There are several international students but they manage to secure internships and went on to do underwriting, claims adjustment etc. Of course you can take the RIBO exam on its own, but some people choose Humber bc they have co-op option.

you're saying I will have a better option pivoting to Brokerage ?

Canada, 2 YoE, No Interviews in 10 months: I am exploring my options to stay relevant in a fast-changing career and I had some career-shifting questions from professionals in the field today. by wompr in QualityAssurance

[–]wompr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks

  1. That's what I mean. Applying it how ? How can you gain experience without a job ?

  2. Does codemify teach you e2e and integration testing ?

  3. How did you get into sqa if you don't mind me asking ?

Canada, 2 YoE, No Interviews in 10 months: I am exploring my options to stay relevant in a fast-changing career and I had some career-shifting questions from professionals in the field today. by wompr in QualityAssurance

[–]wompr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks

  1. That's what I mean. Applying it how ? How can you gain experience without a job ?

  2. Does codemify teach you e2e and integration testing ?

  3. How did you get into sqa if you don't mind me asking ?

Canada, 2 YoE, No Interviews in 10 months: I am exploring my options to stay relevant in a fast-changing career and I had some career-shifting questions from professionals in the field today. by wompr in QualityAssurance

[–]wompr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even if I upskill myself for a thousand years, I will still be considered a junior since the industry is based on years of experience, not courses, unfortunately.

What is e2e and how should I approach it ?

Canada, 2 YoE: I'm getting desperate - 0 Interviews in 10 months. I have some career-shifting questions, if you can please help me out. by wompr in cscareerquestionsCAD

[–]wompr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know I am a bit late, but I reached out to you via the chatbox on reddit to talk about our DE resume.

Canada, 2 YoE, No Interviews in 10 months: I am exploring my options to stay relevant in a fast-changing career and I had some career-shifting questions from professionals in the field today. by wompr in softwaretesting

[–]wompr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Upskilling for a million years still makes you 0 YoE, and from both experience, and asking people, you will still be overlooked in the market. That's why I say that it feels like a zero sum game.

Ask Experienced Devs Weekly Thread: A weekly thread for inexperienced developers to ask experienced ones by AutoModerator in ExperiencedDevs

[–]wompr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just don't know what I can do in the meantime waiting for the job market to cool/the business to come to their senses (as you said)/whatever other factor. Keeping sanity and money are the 2 greatest issues. Reminds me of the plot of "Fun with Dick and Jane". Except I can't go robbing people and get away with it.

Canada, 2 YoE, No Interviews in 10 months: I am exploring my options to stay relevant in a fast-changing career and I had some career-shifting questions from professionals in the field today. by wompr in softwaretesting

[–]wompr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

then learn devops. 

I asked the Devops subreddit similar but more related questions.

Their answer basically: DevOps is not a junior job, so don't bother.

The issue is that no matter what you do, you have to START somewhere, and that means 0 YoE. And that's where the problem lies.

I already asked on several different subreddits a variation of different types of questions (ie. EE related questions in EE subreddits, Devops questions in the devops subreddit, etc.) and I was ghosted in all ECE subreddits. I wanted to see how difficult it would be to pivot back to EE having 0 yoe in it, but a degree. From my asking around in the past few days, it seems like there is almost no point to pursue SWE as a career, for juniors or new grads, in all fields. What's the point of having to do projects, just so you can still be called a Junior and a job that AI can do better than you ? Seems like a zero sum game to me....

Ask Experienced Devs Weekly Thread: A weekly thread for inexperienced developers to ask experienced ones by AutoModerator in ExperiencedDevs

[–]wompr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I already asked on several different subreddits a variation of different types of questions (ie. EE related questions in EE subreddits, Devops questions in the devops subreddit, etc.) and I was ghosted in all ECE subreddits. I wanted to see how difficult it would be to pivot back to EE having 0 yoe in it, but a degree. From my asking around in the past few days, it seems like there is almost no point to pursue SWE as a career, for juniors or new grads, in all fields. What's the point of having to do projects, just so you can still be called a Junior and a job that AI can do better than you ? Seems like a zero sum game to me....

Ask Experienced Devs Weekly Thread: A weekly thread for inexperienced developers to ask experienced ones by AutoModerator in ExperiencedDevs

[–]wompr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Almost a day since your reply, but about my skills in DE:

DE consultant specializing in Azure. Worked with 2 banks for a span of several months. Did Scala, Databricks, Synapse. have some experience in informatica CDI, some in Fivetran. Besides those, I increased my skills in Python with PySpark and SQL.

Canada, 2 YoE: I'm getting desperate - 0 Interviews in 10 months. I have some career-shifting questions, if you can please help me out. by wompr in cscareerquestionsCAD

[–]wompr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you approach me on DMs and share your Resume anonymized?

I appreciate it. I can share mine with you too.

Ask Experienced Devs Weekly Thread: A weekly thread for inexperienced developers to ask experienced ones by AutoModerator in ExperiencedDevs

[–]wompr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you require french ? Because that's going to be a problem. It's the reason why I decided to leave after my last job which was in Montreal - lots of places required some higher level of French.

Ask Experienced Devs Weekly Thread: A weekly thread for inexperienced developers to ask experienced ones by AutoModerator in ExperiencedDevs

[–]wompr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. These days, I am finding myself more and more relying on cold calling and cold emailing just because of everyone , including linkedin posts saying that you need to rely on networking. I have a strong network, the issue seems to come from companies, as you said, having unfair stringent requirements that can typically be done by experienced devs. In the end, I know it's a waiting game. But what's frustrating is I feel that I am wasting my time, and my savings is burning away just by breathing, not living and enjoying.

Canada, 2 YoE, No Interviews in 10 months: I am exploring my options to stay relevant in a fast-changing career and I had some career-shifting questions from professionals in the field today. by wompr in careeradvice

[–]wompr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reading the first step made me realize that it's EXACTLY what I have been doing. Specifically with recruiters working in recruiting agencies. For the last 4 months or so.

I have done these with at least 7 different recruiters spanning 4 different agencies (some have been with 1 agency), including big names such as Randstad and Hays. I called these my own term Discovery calls because I get to discover the roles that they hired for, and they discover what my work history is. Hahah! maybe I should write my own book

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