OMFG! I got a real job!

[ArmchairAthlete]

Originally posted by: istallion

Originally posted by: ArmchairAthlete
Congrats! I really hope my search for a good CS job isn't that long...

I'm hoping that good grades + good school + coop and other work experience = good job. Guess it still depends on the job market in 4+ years...

Yes. To all those currently in school, get a coop or internship. Many places look for professional experience.

Yea, unless you really screw up at the place you coop with, they're highly likely to offer you a salary job after graduation. Of course you can always look around and apply to other places, with the coop experience on your resume.

 

[machintos]

congrats!!!

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: Drakkon
where the frick do i find you sorta people at? I've been posting on job boards, monster, etc and all i get is these damn indian and french doods trying to "outsource".
I've been looking all over for someone like you...outta college with a CS degree and looking to start at a small company thats growing. I'm having to resort to hiring interns to do your job instead which sux cause these kids dont wanna do jack and earn a ton for it these days.
If your having trouble looking for a job help me (and probobly others too) out here and tell me where to look for you guys????

maybe contact a college that graduates cs majors????

Yea really, click the link in my sig. I'm sure my school could hook you up with some good graduates.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Drakkon
where the frick do i find you sorta people at? I've been posting on job boards, monster, etc and all i get is these damn indian and french doods trying to "outsource".
I've been looking all over for someone like you...outta college with a CS degree and looking to start at a small company thats growing. I'm having to resort to hiring interns to do your job instead which sux cause these kids dont wanna do jack and earn a ton for it these days.
If your having trouble looking for a job help me (and probobly others too) out here and tell me where to look for you guys????

i honestly was in the right place at the right time. i had been looking for like 2 months, posting on monster, and every sunday in the washington post they had a HUGE tech job classifieds section. one day i saw one that said "do you like computer graphics? blah blah ... C++ and OpenGL (my 2 favorite languages to program in)?" and they were looking for fresh people because turns out they were expanding. well to make a long story short, they contacted me back and i ended up with the job

i could not be more happy than I am not. my experience was working in a grocery store for 8 years (since 14), and i had one internship that was more of an IT internship than anything. aside from that it was basically my class descriptions and some highlights of projects I did.

i am so happy because 1, i really wanted to do programming dealing with graphics, and 2, i wanted to do commercial software stuff, as oppose to working for a company and being a programmer to make little utilities they need. and the environment here is great.

all in all, i lucked out
P.S. i only had 1 interview before this one, and it was for some company whre i would have been the only programmer.

 

[CraigRT]

'grats!
all the hard work you put forth years ago has now paid off.

that's what I have to drive into my head right now ! LOL

 

[sdaccord01]

That's great that you found a job, I'm a Electrical Engineering major with emphasis in Software Systems (used to be a Computer Engineer) out of UC San Diego and have been searching for 3 months with no interviews :-( Entry level tech jobs are really hard to find. Nice work though, wish I could be as lucky. Now i'm just trying to get a real estate license in the meantime to have more flexibility in the skills that I have.