/CG/ - Careers General - The thread for those who (want to)work

[Anonymous No.11398435]

>I have a degree in EE/CS
>I have relevant work experience
>I have advanced projects
>I have a generally good and aesthetic resume
Then why can I not get an interview?

[Anonymous No.11398438]

>>11398435
>Careers General
>>>/biz/

[Anonymous No.11398439]

>>11398435
>Then why can I not get an interview?

[Anonymous No.11398444]

In CS, code some shit up and put on GitHub.

You should have been doing internships and networking in your four+ years at uni.

[Anonymous No.11398447]

>>11398439
People rather hire a whitey than a chink or a poo for a dev position.

[Anonymous No.11398448]

monster.com

[Anonymous No.11398451]

>>11398444
My github is packed of non shit projects and I had 2 internships. Define "networking", I have friends who work at many different companies but they haven't made a difference yet.
Where is my 70k starting job?

[Anonymous No.11398471]

>>11398451
You probably did a shit job at those internships. The people I worked with always try to hire those who did internships if they did a good job.

Improve your GitHub. Contribute to some open source projects like scikit learn or something similar.

[Anonymous No.11398475]

>>11398471
No I currently work, and it is at the place I interned at, been about a year now. However, I need career growth now

[Anonymous No.11398491]

>>11398451
ill lend you an app idea. me and my friend looked all over for a simple app that can track and manage clients. in the end we simply went with google sheets because all of the fintech apps avaliable atm have too much cluster and bullshit. most of the apps in the app store give plenty of customization options for scheduling and appointments but they lack the basic stuff like deducting taxes or simply creating a balance for each client, and most importantly they lack the ability to sign contracts digitally (similar to adobe sign).

simply put, something that can track suppliers,clients,do some numbers and send/receive digital contracts/balance sheets

[None !niqjediPCA No.11398563]

>>11398435
>Then why can I not get an interview?

who owns the phone company?

[Anonymous No.11398634]

>>11398438
>/biz/
You're kidding?

[Anonymous No.11398636]

>>11398444
What sort of projects would get me a lucrative job?

[Elder NPC No.11398638]

>>11398435
Is wanting to work not ultimately saying you must yield to a group of others to find/feel validation?
>oh no muh social exclusion. How novel a fear in this day and age of the economy of how to exclude growing numbers.

[Anonymous No.11398733]

>>11398471
>scikit
Pls don’t. We don’t need another code monkey who has no idea about statistics principles to contribute to an already convoluted package

[Anonymous No.11398747]

A lot of it has to do with luck ngl. Also try joinhandshake I seemed to get a far better response rate there.

[Anonymous No.11398816]

Applied math / mathematical modelling is literally the single best degree one can get

>Can work in any field of engineering and science plus general software development, finance etc.
>Seller's market; almost no one can do good mathematical modelling yet it is needed all over industry
>Great for people who want to start their own business (build a software package and charge thousands of dollars per license)
>Learn tons of useful math, physics and programming
>Sets you up for careers in emerging technologies such as AI, blockchain, genetic modification / bioinformatics, VR/AR, robotics, quantum computing, space exploration, nuclear fusion etc.
>Really comfy course load; Don't have to spend all your time studying about shit literally no one cares about like beta pure math fags (or even worse, physicists). No lab work, only programming projects
>It's really not that difficult (sure, compared to engineering degrees it's difficult, but not compared to pure math or physics)

It really is insane that more people aren't doing this.

[Anonymous No.11398831]

>>11398438
>biz
literally nothing but moonposters shilling poocoins

[Anonymous No.11398833]

EE and CS aren't in demand anymore according to government economic reports (at least in my country anyway). Don't want to sound like a Boomer, but having a degree doesn't mean you get an interview.

[Anonymous No.11398886]

>>11398638
No... it's saying you must yield monetary gain. Give up the armchair philosophy.

[Anonymous No.11399039]

>>11398435
Because companies would rather hire H1B pajeets. Pro Tip: There isn't a labor shortage in literally any industry.

[Anonymous No.11399052]

>>11399039
So what do you recommend?

[Anonymous No.11399056]

>>11399052
If all else fails... recruiter.

[Anonymous No.11399082]

>>11399056
fuck recruiters, I got in contact with a dozen recruits and met with 3 of them in person and not a single one ever sent me any kind of opportunity.

[Anonymous No.11399087]

Is there any point in not double majoring in computer science if you're studying mathematics already?

[Anonymous No.11399090]

>>11399052
Keep working at the place you're at desu. If you want career growth just do a good job and try to get promoted.

[Anonymous No.11399092]

>>11399087
Honestly you’re right, like math itself is more than enough but these HRetards don’t know anything about anything so you’ll need the CS part just for them to think you’re good.

[Anonymous No.11399098]

>>11398435
>Biotechnology
Will I make it bros? Will I be a wagie or will I get 6 figures at the peak of my career?

[Anonymous No.11399102]

>>11399098
wagie
if you're lucky

[Anonymous No.11399117]

>>11399102
Even with a master's/PhD?

[Anonymous No.11399142]

>>11399117
I was already assuming you'd be getting a master's/PhD

With a BSc in biotech you're looking at a relatively menial lab tech job earning somewhere in the realm of $40k - $60k / year depending on where you live and work.

[Anonymous No.11399901]

>>11398816
How far would an EE be from this Applied Math graduate? As in which particular skills would he be lacking? I realized most of my degree involved shit like designing analog and digital filters and converters and all that hardware shit for which I could not care less. I know some of Signal Processing and am fluent in Python and R. What tips could you give me?

[Anonymous No.11399909]

>>11398816
Interesting, if Applied Math is not availbale at my Uni, which engineering discipline would get me closer to this profile? I was thinking maybe Industrial Engineering, and use the extra free time available due to the smaller course load to train in stuff that might not be taught in the course or to start doing some projects on my own.

[Anonymous No.11399956]

>>11398816
I’m a stats/cs major for a concentration on AI, and I would say an applied math BS would be too general for those fields. I already have to take grad courses since my classes are not specific enough

[Anonymous No.11399967]

If you want a job with the highest pay study computer sciences.
If not then study something else.
CS has jobs and money

[Anonymous No.11399976]

Anyone else trying to start a business in biotech?
It's scary because they say it's a huge risk and money is burnt till your product is produced and if you mess up the product then it crashes to the ground like Theranos.
It also requires huge investments.
I've been thinking of doing it within tech instead so that you get the low cost of starting and lower risk as well because all you need is your laptop and shit

[Elder NPC No.11400205]

>>11398886
Yes, monetary gain which can only be achieved because the individual requires conversation more liquid/exchangeable than their current personality/intellect/imagination can provide and be in an environment where tokens of trade are utilized. How is this armchair philosophy when humans at their core want to be in a sharing utopia/heaven instead of constantly bartering numbers?
>Time is the most valuable resource anyone has and self-valuation is a greatly under appreciated skill these days.

[Anonymous No.11400622]

>>11398816
I'm majoring in Applied Math(with a minor in CS) for similar reasons. I would have majored in pure math or physics but I want a job after graduating and I would have done EE but the courseload was too heavy while working fulltime. It's also just a fun major.

Now the question is should I apply for my school's BS/MS combined program? I meet the requirements but it might add an extra year of schooling. There's a zero percent chance I go for a PhD though since I'll be 27 or 28 when I actually graduate.

[Anonymous No.11400727]

>>11398733
would you want a greenhorn statistician who can't write good code? Genuine question.