BillBurBaggins

@BillBurBaggins@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Computer Science, a popular college major, has one of the highest unemployment rates⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not your fault, but it sounds like you and probably a lot of other people were misled about what having a degree actually does.

  The most important thing someone looks at when you apply for a job is that you are interested in the thing and capable of doing it. The degree doesn’t really do that but the personal projects do. The degree might be a nice to have on top and helps to convince some people, but you always end up working with people without one anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Computer Science, a popular college major, has one of the highest unemployment rates⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  “most” open source project contributors are looking for work? Lol ok bud

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Computer Science, a popular college major, has one of the highest unemployment rates⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  It sounds like the same amount of effort that it would take to make a really good open source project, or contribute to an existing one.

  I find it hard to believe you wouldn’t get a job with something like that under your belt. Also 3000 applications is probably a bit shotgun rather than targeted and HR would be able to pick up on it