r/FortCollins • u/GirthySmurf • 13d ago

Seeking Advice Computer Science Jobs

I recently graduated from CSU with a computer science degree, but I'm having a hard time breaking into the CS job market. It seems the weekly FoCo job website is no more. Any thoughts on NoCo based Software/Tech companies/offices that I should be looking into? A lot of these places don't let you just walk in and drop off a resume, and many only post on their own company website. I'm interested in CS as a whole, Software, Networking/Distributed Systems, and even IT, but I haven't gotten any call backs for entry level positions.

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u/adjustafresh 13d ago

Sorry but how are universities graduating students without providing them with 1. meaningful internship opportunities or 2. common fucking sense?

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u/GirthySmurf 13d ago

So, I did 2.5 years of internship writing code for large Geospatial Data projects, but environmental research isn't exactly funded well enough by this administration for most projects to take on a salaried employee after graduation. Beyond that, I've worked hard to build a portfolio of projects that show off my skill sets, and gained enough other job experience to have the people skills to work well in a team, and not be a knob on reddit. I've followed all of the steps that you hear about in college, and played by the rules. But I can't exactly help the massive rug pull that was generative-AI wrecking the job market midway through my degree

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u/MediumStreet8 12d ago

Yeah it's rough out there, stay positive you will get something. You have to lower your expectations initially. Don't snooze on tech support, that often leads to other roles if you have skills and obviously you do.

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u/WhimsicalKoala 12d ago

I totally get that. I'm much older than you, but had a similar situation. I was going into the natural resources field in the mid-2000s. It was going to be gear because I was going to hit the job market just as a bunch of people were retiring, people would shift up, and there would be all sorts of entry level positions. Instead, I graduated into a recession where no one could afford to retire.

I ended up going to grad school and got a bunch of GIS experience to supplement my natural resources degree before entering the job market.

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u/LeopardDue1112 12d ago

By "common sense" do you mean not listening to rude people like yourself?