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I know I've posted on here many depressing and pessimistic posts about how my lack of satisfaction with my career prospects, but I have to say that things have really changed over the past month. I have to credit my work ethic. My previous and current jobs, and the one I will accept (still undecided), were ones that I would not have got if I didn't put in a lot of additional learning and practice. For example, at one of my job interviews they had a Javascript coding question that was a trick question that most people wouldn't get, but I had read enough blogs and StackOverflow to know the intended solution.
The fact I've learned is that in this modern economy you will not get anywhere unless you put in extra work outside of work and job hop. The vast majority of positions are not constructed to allow any type of significant advancement. I would love to start at an entry-level job at a company and grow into a higher position over the course of a couple decades and ride the company to retirement into a pension, but jobs like that simply don't exist today. If I stayed at my first job, I would be doing the exact same, or a trivially more sophisticated role at a trivially higher wage.
Congratulations on all of your job offers! You will have a big decision to make in the next few weeks, I would guess. I also agree, you do have to do some "outside work" in order to sometimes land a job at all. I don't mind putting in the work, because of the potential payoff.
Continuing education is a big part of success in all fields in this day and age. It will only become even more important as globalization spreads into more and more white collar roles.
You'll be outsourced if Zuckerberg and Co. get their ways. Don't get too comfortable. I'm not in that business but I can tell in you the legal business, the BIGGEST area of hiring right now is "business immigration." Good luck. Save your money.
I know I've posted on here many depressing and pessimistic posts about how my lack of satisfaction with my career prospects, but I have to say that things have really changed over the past month. I have to credit my work ethic. My previous and current jobs, and the one I will accept (still undecided), were ones that I would not have got if I didn't put in a lot of additional learning and practice. For example, at one of my job interviews they had a Javascript coding question that was a trick question that most people wouldn't get, but I had read enough blogs and StackOverflow to know the intended solution.
The fact I've learned is that in this modern economy you will not get anywhere unless you put in extra work outside of work and job hop. The vast majority of positions are not constructed to allow any type of significant advancement. I would love to start at an entry-level job at a company and grow into a higher position over the course of a couple decades and ride the company to retirement into a pension, but jobs like that simply don't exist today. If I stayed at my first job, I would be doing the exact same, or a trivially more sophisticated role at a trivially higher wage.
I would love to start at an entry-level job at a company and grow into a higher position over the course of a couple decades and ride the company to retirement into a pension,
eh, I think I'll stick with the government and ride it into a pension as you said...
Programmer/Developer/Software Engineer positions have to be some of the most intense and difficult interviews out there.
I spent hours prepping for interviews and ended up getting a few offers just like the OP.
My university professors never mentioned any of this when I was in school.
I am currently in the training phase of my first software developer gig and have learned more in three months than I did in the majority of my classes in college.
Preparation is the key. Timing and networking also play a huge role.
Preparation is the key. Timing and networking also play a huge role.
Do this in college as well. College isn't a "high school" for adults, it's where people go to learn more for their careers and network with people too.
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