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Throughout my final project, I’ve sometimes realized that I am not as good at communication as I think that I am. I have made some mistakes, and I’ll list them here so that hopefully someone can benefit from my advice. Not wanting to say when you are stuck: I had more than a few times… Continue reading Teamwork and Communication

Hello all! I wanted to share some more insight into the job search, and my experience with it. We’ve all heard that for interviews you should be a friendly, personable person and a big part of interviews is connecting with the interviewers right? My experience thus far in interviews has been somewhat far from this.… Continue reading Job searching reflections

When I was first starting out with job searching, I didn’t know a whole lot on how much information was out there. Here’s my number one site that really helped me out. Glassdoor This website has everything from general sentiment on the company, to interview questions, to salaries. Some might say that they let companies… Continue reading Usefull links for Job Searching

This is for all the people looking for their first software development position, just like me. First off, how’s it going? Are you staying hydrated? Keeping a positive mental attitude? We’ve all heard stories of new grads going to google and making pretty amazing salaries, and we’ve heard stories of grads who (gulp) don’t manage… Continue reading Fun (and Fear) in job searching

Here’s a couple things things I wish I knew about how to google errors that you get. Googling is a very important skill, especially for trouble shooting why something you’re using isn’t working. One thing you can do to narrow your results is put part of the search in quotes, to only return results that… Continue reading Advice on googling errors

Everyone knows how hard the job search is, and sometimes it feels like it’s even harder for people in the tech industry. If you haven’t “focused” in on one aspect of your Computer Science degree, it can sometimes feel daunting to look at all these jobs you could “maybe” do, but nothing that you’re completely… Continue reading How to find a job as a new grad (a study in persistence)

Hello everybody, welcome to my blog! I’m going to write about what it takes to get started on the journey of getting a CS degree, and what it is going to take to end it, from a post-baccalaureate student perspective. First of all, I’ll add the FUN: The feeling of triumph when you finally solve… Continue reading Fun, or Run? A guide to the universal CS degree experience

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