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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS graduated early from Virginia Tech with a computer engineering degree in December 2024, and has been looking a FT position since August 2024.  He did internships in his sophomore and junior year.  He applied over 1100 positions, received 14 interviews, and two offers.  Those two offers were rescinded due to budget cut, and feels so depressed at the moment.  Many of his friends who will graduate this week are still jobless who also have multiple internships.  I really feel bad for them.  [/quote]

Tell him to seriously consider applying to DOGE. I’m being genuine. I don’t think joining would make him a sellout. A lot of the people in their 20s joining projects like that probably aren’t doing it out of conviction—they’re doing it because they’re struggling to find a traditional job. Some may be socially awkward or neurodivergent and find it hard to thrive in conventional work environments.  DOGE as an idea may not be ideal, but given his skills—especially in coding and machine learning—it could be a place where he puts them to good use. He doesn’t need to act like some 20-something with an inflated ego. If he approaches it with maturity, he could actually gain a lot from the experience.
And he can always frame it honestly down the line: the job market was brutal, he didn’t want to sit idle, and he chose to stay sharp and productive. For what it’s worth, I’m 100% not a Trumper, and if he explained that rationale in an interview and came across well, I would absolutely hire him. [/quote]

Horrible advice. I'd never even bring in someone with DOGE on their resume for an interview, no matter their "rationale" and I suspect I'm not alone. It's the Liberty University equivalent for education on your resume. Unless you are deeply committed to a right wing career or looking at jobs where employers have few options, it's toxic. I'm a hiring manager and get 500+ resumes for every position and I would bin this so fast. Heck, I refused leave the private sector  to  go back to govt in a high level non political position because I didn't like the optics of taking something under Trump, the optics of going to DOGE are just atrocious long term. [/quote]

I'm sorry, but I'm pretty sure that DOGE on your resume would get you an offer at META, Google, Palantir, X, Tesla, Andreessen Horowitz (VC firm), Uber, Pershing Square Capital (Bill Ackman's hedge fund), tons of VCs in Silicon Valley, Salesforce, Mark Cuban companies, Amazon Web Services ... sigh, you want me to continue, or can I stop now please?  Those just rolled off of the top of my head.

But yes, if your goal is to work for IRS ... perhaps you don't want a DOGE job on your resume.  It depends on what OP's son is aiming for in life.[/quote]

I mean,  maybe you're right? I've only been a hiring manager for Meta, Google, and AWS so I can't speak to the rest, but yeah for me, straight to the trash.[/quote]

Sure you have ... [/quote]

Don't know what to tell you. You go one level down from C suite and all of these places are pretty liberal. And have tons of options before turning to DOGE boys.[/quote]

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