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by 0cVlTeIATBs
869 days ago
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Depressive hole here. Seeing the concept of finding my first job in tech as near hopeless for someone like me, who has weak network/hustling skills. Going to events I've met other unemployed people, many friends/acquaintances are unemployed or laid off, and differentiating myself from any of them is a social challenge I've never prepared for. It feels worse when it's apparent that to do so, I need relevant work experience and what relevant education I have is not what counts. When I consider the advice to seek an "adjacent" position and then move to the role I want internally, it feels like I'm in an even worse position because to work tech support, any customer-facing experience is preferable, meaning anyone who's worked retail has yet another leg up on me. Well, you asked. I'd rather not try to give advice even if I have any. |
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This. I came in thinking as long as I become as great as possible at engineering, creating useful things and even grinding out algorithm problems it would be enough eventually. Even contributed to a few popular open source repositories. But guess what, in an interview despite acing all the technical questions and programming problems; I ended up being told that despite showing great ability that I "wasn't engaged enough in the interview and were concerned by my motivation".
I literally got told this after my 6th and final interview. At that point I understood, it is not just your ability that matters but how much the interviewer likes you as a person and they can discriminate you for anything without you helping it. I would even bet that even if I were to get the job I would be dealing with office politics seen as it has people like this in there. This was a big tech company.