How long did it take...

[Electric Amish]

I worked throughout college.

 

[Maverick]

spent senior year interviewing...got a job offer from the place I interned at summer before...joined a month after graduation.

That worked out pretty well. Doing that internship at a big company helped a lot.

 

[Axon]

'Bout 4 Months. Didn't actively look until I was home. Was a tough market at the time and my interview skills were minimal. Once I learned how to approach an interview, I landed my current gig with ease.

 

[puffff]

Took me a full year. graduated may 2002, didnt get my first real job til may 2003. in the meantime i did a lot of part time jobs to pay rent. i'd say the year off did me good, learned the value of money and how hard it is to earn!

 

[Trygve]

Hard to say exactly. I put together my first company right away, but the finance partner flaked out before I had a product ready for prime-time. So, I started my second company the same week the first one fell apart and then spent most of a year solid in product development. So, it depends on what you count. According to my mother, I still don't have a "real job" so we could even be talking more than twenty years here....

 

[Armitage]

AF ROTC w/scholarship. So basically I had a job, contingent on graduation, field training, etc., 4 years before graduation.