@@pranavrihal7756 On the flip side, you see no posts from folks who were successful because they aren't out here looking for this content. The internet has a strong negativity bias. Keep your head up, keep looking for feedback, and keep growing and you will be fine. :)
I have three quotes in my little daily thoughts book I'd like to share. One from a friend and software senior who's been helping me as I earn my own degree; "Remember that you belong here just as much as the rest of us." And then two more from therapy, "It's scary because it's unfamiliar, not because I'm incapable," and "I can do hard things." I'm nervous about my upcoming job searches as a fresh junior, but I recently received positive feedback and great things to think about from a mock interview. Trying to keep my head up and in the mindset that as long as I don't give up, I will succeed. Best of luck to you, and to anyone else here in the comments!
I remember deciding to go into software development during the pandemic because of seeing the big demand for it. I foolishly thought it would be easy. Just trying to prepare for the interview process is intimidating for me. I also used to frequent reddit looking for others struggling like me, but it wasn't fruitful either. I wasted more time and anger on there. At least I'm not alone in struggling to do this intimidating interview process
Yep it's a rough market right now. I genuinely hate Leetcode and find it boring, therefore if I need to interview prep in the future it's gonna be hard. Considering I didn't even do any LC for 3 years now. Interviews should be based on building apps, architecture, common code practices, scalable code, etc..and not solving some random puzzles.
Appreciate the content. I had the same thoughts of creating a channel to help others relate as they are struggling in this market. I graduate in May and am in the throws of applying, interviewing, getting rejections, all of it. Failure is only when you truly give up and stop trying, not if you are learning, adapting, and becoming a better candidate from each experience.
Same boat and struggling with low-self esteem going into it - HA! I've been trying to shift my perspective that every non-form rejection letter I receive is proof that at least my resume was seen, even if it wasn't quite enough to advance yet, and is an opportunity for feedback and additional guidance for growth. My therapist told me that it's not uncommon to take folks a year or more to break into their new career, so I'm trying not to get overly-critical of myself if I'm not instantly successful; it's just time to continue to study and build some projects :) Best of luck to you, and to the rest of us as well! One day at a time, as long as we keep going, we are one step closer to success.
I feel like college should come after someone has recruited you for a job. I know that sounds like something strange. Say someone sees you're not too shabby in say, math, from talking to you and seeing grades and they say oh I think you would be a good developer. You say yes or no it's for/not for me. They link you with a position somehow. Then you get the training after it's agreed that you would be hired after training. Seems more sensible than us just saying oh I like to make videos and let me go to school for it because liking it and learning it is a whole lot different from navigating the job market. There's got to be a better way.
Apprenticeships are notorious because as soon as you train someone, they leave for another job with their newfound skills. It isn’t worth the time investment unfortunately.
Your questioning at the end of the video, is it really worth it? It depends. But, FAANG alone won't fulfill you. God has a plan, that may or may not involve it.
