I got my degree in Computer Science a decade ago, but never got my foot in the door. I feel like my degree is not worth the paper its printed on, recruiters only want experience, but I can’t get experience because I don’t have experience.
I spent the last seven years working an unrelated dead-end data entry job, but they kept increasing the workload until I couldn’t handle it anymore. I’ve spent over a year sending resumes out into the void and haven’t even gotten a single interview yet.
It might not be the single worst degree of all, but at least in terms of degrees you’d expect to be worth something, I think CS has the biggest gap between expectation and reality.
i know several people who has a CS, and never found a job. while other family members who got tech before layoffs, did something along a programming type degree, or just learning the certifications had jobs asap(at least 1 year of searching before covid). it seems CS isnt that marketable, even in my schools(pre-covid) loads of students were disappointed with the degree.
i know former co-worker thought he could get a job doing something along the line with getting a masters in data science, mostly focusing on AI. was quite obsesed tryign to get a 2nd degree(universities usually dont allow 2nd post-bacc degrees) i highly doubt he got a job at this point, it was years ago. he was way to focused on getting another degree he wasnt getting a job in.
I am in this same exact boat. They heavily needed people in the field , so hard-pushed people to go into it. And lo and behold, by the time you got out of it, they no longer needed anyone.
I got my degree in Computer Science a decade ago, but never got my foot in the door. I feel like my degree is not worth the paper its printed on, recruiters only want experience, but I can’t get experience because I don’t have experience.
I spent the last seven years working an unrelated dead-end data entry job, but they kept increasing the workload until I couldn’t handle it anymore. I’ve spent over a year sending resumes out into the void and haven’t even gotten a single interview yet.
It might not be the single worst degree of all, but at least in terms of degrees you’d expect to be worth something, I think CS has the biggest gap between expectation and reality.
i know several people who has a CS, and never found a job. while other family members who got tech before layoffs, did something along a programming type degree, or just learning the certifications had jobs asap(at least 1 year of searching before covid). it seems CS isnt that marketable, even in my schools(pre-covid) loads of students were disappointed with the degree.
i know former co-worker thought he could get a job doing something along the line with getting a masters in data science, mostly focusing on AI. was quite obsesed tryign to get a 2nd degree(universities usually dont allow 2nd post-bacc degrees) i highly doubt he got a job at this point, it was years ago. he was way to focused on getting another degree he wasnt getting a job in.
I am in this same exact boat. They heavily needed people in the field , so hard-pushed people to go into it. And lo and behold, by the time you got out of it, they no longer needed anyone.