Who is getting jobs?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm hearing a lot from those who are having a hard time but not much from those who are successful. Can anyone with a new grad (25-26) with a job or undergrad with an internship for this summer share.... what major, what kind of school (public, private, highly selective or not), what seemed to help? Did they make a lot of use of the career center?

Civil engineer, T-20. What really helped were summer internships. GPA seems not that relevant as long as above 3.2.

+1
Also, be willing to move to different parts of the country. So, learn some basic adulting skills so that you can cook, clean, pay bills, drive, have a healthy lifestyle and save money too.

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Anonymous wrote:UMD Dual Major. CS/Another Major - senior. 3 internships in CS - Federal, Defence, FAANG. Call back from all. Took the job offer from FAANG. No hooks at all. Asian American Male. All his friends have well paying CS jobs.

All I can say is that internships and work experience from the get go in college is super, super important.

Here is our two cents.
- Go to your state flagship school and save your education dollars. UMD has been phenomenal for him.
- Start applying to as many internships as you can, as early as you can. Expect to spend a few weeks and a few hours each day sending out applications and resume
- Do not take it personally if you get no offers. I have heard of brilliant students applying to as many as 200+ positions and only getting 1 or 2 responses. Be persistent. My kid applied to 100+ places and got only 1-2 responses. But, the response came from the big names, prestigious well paying places. And each time, there was call back and offers after the internship ended.
- Don't do this alone if you can. Gather a few close friends and sit with them and have internship application sessions together. Once you get your internship offer, keep sending applications out for your friends until all of you have internships. It is an amazing process of camaraderie and trust building, and it removes the stress, shame, anxiety, procrastination of internship and job application process. Also, it gives you a whole lot of experience in how to apply and market yourself for different positions because now you are getting a inside look at 5-6 different kinds of candidates/resumes and you are learning from each other. This is the muscle you will need to develop for the future.

I'm the PP with a UMD DC who has two quant firms internships this summer... 100% agree with you.

DC is also a dual CS/another major. DC has friends who also have internships at FAANGs (maybe they are friends..lol), and quant firms.

To the PP who asked about the internship, one is very short, like a week. DC turned the second one down, but they came back with an offer for this internship after they finish the other one. It's a SWE position. They also got an offer from a FAANG and other tech companies. Needless to say, we will not be seeing much of DC at all during the summer.

Obviously, this doesn't mean that they will get a return offer, but to OP's thread topic, there are students getting internships (at least). DC has always been a high performer (both in k-12 and college), but they have friends who aren't as high performing who also have internships, albeit not at FAANGs or quant firms.

[Anonymous]

Virginia Tech
National Security and Foreign Affairs major, graduating this May.

Applied to about 50 or so jobs throughout the year and received three offers. Accepted one and will start after graduation.

IC sector.

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Anonymous wrote:Senior son at top 10 for CS has been working remote since sophomore year for a now series B startup out of Berkeley. He is into embedded systems and designs and programs hardware for robotic machinery they are developing. Will continue after graduation working 1/2 remote and 1/2 from Berkeley. Has stock options and is one the first 2 employees so he’s very excited. Initially was contacted about the position from one of the founders after seeing his personal website/portfolio and GitHub.

Skills with hardware, software, or both for embedded systems are highly valuable. Many CS students shy away from the harder skills such as that.

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I think all of my friends' kids have jobs or went to grad school. Some are working in high paying big firm jobs, others at start ups, some cobbling together a few things, some at big companies doing a variety of things. I know a bunch working on the hill, some working at non-profits, and some in law, medicine and PA school. I know a few bartending in NYC and one waiter all making a lot of money.

If you are looking only for private equity or big consulting, there is not enough for everyone but my kids and their friends (graduation dates in 2024 and 2025) are all doing ok, especially if they are hustling and willing to work their way up.

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Meta to lay of 8k current employees, drops plan to hire 6k new ones. AI winter setting up as expected.

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Anonymous wrote:Meta to lay of 8k current employees, drops plan to hire 6k new ones. AI winter setting up as expected.

AI is not replacing that many workers at this pace. The reason for the layoffs is mostly due to budget issues, and the fact that companies like Meta are trying to pour money into their AI product and data centers.

Not worried (yet) about AI replacing workers right now. But, workers will need to know how to use AI in their jobs.

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At this moment in time, my kid is flying around the Pacific Northwest on a Black Hawk on a beautiful day with all that wonderment and makes about a $100,000 all together as a 22 year old.

Being a military officer is not terrible.

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Anonymous wrote:At this moment in time, my kid is flying around the Pacific Northwest on a Black Hawk on a beautiful day with all that wonderment and makes about a $100,000 all together as a 22 year old.

Being a military officer is not terrible.

Cannon fodder.

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Anonymous wrote:At this moment in time, my kid is flying around the Pacific Northwest on a Black Hawk on a beautiful day with all that wonderment and makes about a $100,000 all together as a 22 year old.

Being a military officer is not terrible.

Except when the commander in chief is batshit crazy and has dementia.

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I know a Harvard student who worked on a golf course during his summers at college as a mower.

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Anonymous wrote:I know a Harvard student who worked on a golf course during his summers at college as a mower.

Tips and connections! Good plan!

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Anonymous wrote:I know a Harvard student who worked on a golf course during his summers at college as a mower.

My not Harvard student got internships in college because of his regular teenager type summer jobs. It gave him work experience and something to talk about during interviews. The interviewers told him many young people had no work experience and often weren't hired because of it.

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I thought the job market for CS majors was terrible. Almost everyone here who got a job/internship seems to be one. Strange.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At this moment in time, my kid is flying around the Pacific Northwest on a Black Hawk on a beautiful day with all that wonderment and makes about a $100,000 all together as a 22 year old.

Being a military officer is not terrible.

Not to mention a significant chunk of that $100,000 is comprised of tax-free allowances so it really has the buying power of a $120k civilian salary.