Deciding on what to do after college graduation.

[Anonymous]

My nephew (cs major) was in this very situation last year. Took the travel option, had a blast, found another well paid job very easily and has no regrets.

There will never be a better time for him to do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't have doubts that he can find another job, but I would be worried about ever working at that particular company again. So if it's a FAANG, then...maybe that's the only thing that would give me pause.

Totally wrong they actually love this type of thing

[Anonymous]

Sounds like it would be a bad fit. Tell them he’s available with the rest of his class graduates in May or June.

[Anonymous]

If he feels that strongly about traveling then I’m not sure why he was applying for jobs. Companies do not want to wait seven or eight months for someone to begin working. He should pause his job search, complete his travel, and then begin looking for a job. It takes a lot of time and effort to get to the stage where you present an offer and it’s a waste of everyone’s time if he has no intention of accepting them.

[Anonymous]

Why did he accept employment with this company knowing he wanted a pre-vacation? Immature decision.

[Anonymous]

He is doing the right thing by traveling, he's clearly a hard worker if he's graduating early with a CS degree. He will find another good job.

I'm 45 and very comfortable these days and my only regrets from my 20s are the times I passed up fun trips that I don't have the freedom to do now with a busy job and family responsibilities. I still think about the group of friends who went to Sicily for a week and I thought my entry level analyst job was too important to leave, 20 years later I've never been to Sicily won't likely have a fun group of friends going again.

[Anonymous]

I started work 3 days after I finished my MBA and regret not taking some time off. But, I didn’t have any money and I had debt so I had to start.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't have doubts that he can find another job, but I would be worried about ever working at that particular company again. So if it's a FAANG, then...maybe that's the only thing that would give me pause.

Totally wrong they actually love this type of thing

Except for the one that offered him a job?

[Anonymous]

CS and tech is slowing so as long as you are wealthy and can bank roll a grad degree if he can’t find work it’s fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CS and tech is slowing so as long as you are wealthy and can bank roll a grad degree if he can’t find work it’s fine.

You have no idea what you're talking about. CS is still booming for a foreseeable future. I work in CyberSecurity and we've been looking to fill multiple cybersecurity positions, 200K per year, for the past six months without much success. OP's son graduated CS from UVA in less than four years proves that he is a smart person, he will have no shortage of offers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CS and tech is slowing so as long as you are wealthy and can bank roll a grad degree if he can’t find work it’s fine.

You have no idea what you're talking about. CS is still booming for a foreseeable future. I work in CyberSecurity and we've been looking to fill multiple cybersecurity positions, 200K per year, for the past six months without much success. OP's son graduated CS from UVA in less than four years proves that he is a smart person, he will have no shortage of offers.

You are in the DC bubble, the Bay Area exodus of laid of tech talent will eventually reach here and weaken the market.

I mean it’s obv Op isn’t wealthy if she thinks $125k is high paying in tech. It sounds like a Fed contracting job.

[Anonymous]

As an employer, I absolutely would view this as a red flag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like it would be a bad fit. Tell them he’s available with the rest of his class graduates in May or June.

The employer needs someone now. In May or June,OP's son will face more competition for jobs from recent graduates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As an employer, I absolutely would view this as a red flag.

Because?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CS and tech is slowing so as long as you are wealthy and can bank roll a grad degree if he can’t find work it’s fine.

You have no idea what you're talking about. CS is still booming for a foreseeable future. I work in CyberSecurity and we've been looking to fill multiple cybersecurity positions, 200K per year, for the past six months without much success. OP's son graduated CS from UVA in less than four years proves that he is a smart person, he will have no shortage of offers.

You are in the DC bubble, the Bay Area exodus of laid of tech talent will eventually reach here and weaken the market.

I mean it’s obv Op isn’t wealthy if she thinks $125k is high paying in tech. It sounds like a Fed contracting job.

My DS is being paid a salary of 230K in Palo Alto and he can’t even afford a condo there. 125K salary is a very starting salary in DC.