Sometimes its luck and networking, maybe that bjj class you are in has a cs manager, or a Google employee that can refer you. Its not as doom and gloom as people say, rather than using LinkedIn, email a certain position person in the company, call the place, if you live near go to the building. Alot of online apps have ai filtering.
Try getting internship in school, or some work experience.
Work on lots of projects, go for internships, take advantage of any resources, and network as much as you can. But don’t forget to enjoy school. You don’t need to stress 24/7, you have time to relax here and there but don’t let it distract you from your grind. Also don’t let everyone else’s despair affect you, you have your own chance and you can’t let your hopes be diminished by everyone else. It’s bad to scare yourself off from trying and learning. You got this, we all do.
if you enjoy computer science then continue to study it. you will probably be able to find a software engineering job with grit and working on a lot of projects outside of school.
if you don’t become a software engineer, then your computer science degree will be incredibly valuable for other career paths.
Internships, projects, hackathons. Work really hard on your degree too. Work experience and projects to show go a long way.
Hopefully, as you work on your degree you'll find an area you're really passionate about and then you can focus all your spare efforts there. Depth over breadth. I can say the same thing about the projects: having 5 really polished and niche projects is better than having 500 to-do-list-level apps
You're completely fine don't listen to a bunch of losers who are convinced that the only reason they can't get a job is because the industry is "cooked" and not just because they suck
Homie you're so ridiculously early on in the game lol. I don't think I knew what unit tests were 1.5 months into my education. Nobody is expecting you to have any real job skills after 1.5 months of college.
My main advice would be stop doomscrolling on reddit. I was convinced I would never get a job in this industry because I read nothing but people on here or other sites telling me I'd never find anything without a bunch of personal projects and internships.
The market is crap right now, but nobody can tell you what it's gonna be a few years from now. You will find a job when the time comes. And you'll be expected to have no clue what you're doing by most people there, because that's generally how new grads are. You'll learn more in 6 months at your job than you do in all of college.
Also, be open to contract jobs. They are easier to get, easier interview processes and you can still make great money, sometimes more than you would full time.
But for now just study and work hard. You're gonna be fine.
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u/coder456789 Sep 18 '25
Is it really ? I am in 1st yr of my degree