Do you mean in the sense that it's harder to find a job if you're freshly graduated or will the location matter if you're freshly graduated? Either way I think it doesn't change too much
Personally I don't have any education beyond high school, I'm just a nerd who gradually learned on my own and found a role - I've been doing dev work for almost a decade now.
I think the one big edge from a formal education would be the potential of placements / co-ops, and also making friends ("""networking"""); Some guy you smoked weed with in your dorm might be a hiring manager / senior dev at a company you want to work at in 5 or 10 years.
Recent CS grads I've worked with are always really cute when they're fresh out of school because generally they have a fuckton of theoretical knowledge and arcane programming knowledge but naturally little work experience! So a way to stand out from the pack would be to work on some cool independent projects if you find that fun, maybe find some summer jobs / internships
edit: Also just do other things that aren't coding and be a complete person. So many CS students I've worked with are basically devoid of personality and are just coding robots. Being a chill person to work with and someone your team can joke with is way more important than being some kind of 10xer rockstar machine learning blockchain buzzword ninja 1337 hacker. Have fun in school cause im sort of jealous of people who had that experience in a weird way
Do you mean in the sense that it’s harder to find a job if you’re freshly graduated or will the location matter if you’re freshly graduated?
The latter.
And yeah, the potential “”“networking”“” is one of the factors I'm considering but idk how much weight it holds in the job search especially as a CS grad.
So a way to stand out from the pack would be to work on some cool independent projects if you find that fun, maybe find some summer jobs / internships.
I've been itching to start some projects but couldn't due to the university applications process taking my time. About the summer jobs/internships wouldn't it theoretically be easier to find them in CA as compared to IND or has that also gone location independent?
Being a chill person to work with and someone your team can joke with is way more important than being some kind of 10xer rockstar machine learning blockchain buzzword ninja 1337 hacker
Completely agree. I have other interests other than simply being a code monkey but this pays well and me being decently competent at it makes it difficult to pass it up. Still, I feel those other interests add so much more value to my life.
And yeah, the potential “”“networking”“” is one of the factors I’m considering but idk how much weight it holds in the job search especially as a CS grad.
So literally every dev job I've ever had outside of my first role has been because I knew someone at the company and they were like "Hey, we're hiring X role, you should apply". A little light nepotism / insider knowledge as a treat
About the summer jobs/internships wouldn’t it theoretically be easier to find them in CA as compared to IND or has that also gone location independent?
Again I'm not 100% the right person to ask, but remember that tech industries exist everywhere - Indianapolis has almost 1m people, there's going to be jobs, and you're spitting distance from a bunch of other relatively large cities. Plus even if you can't find a local internship it would probably be a fucking rad experience to go to the other side of the country for a bit - and yeah not to mention the growing number of remote gigs
Ofc CA naturally has a leg up if you're looking to do the whole "FAANG" thing, and a HUGE tech industry
Do you mean in the sense that it's harder to find a job if you're freshly graduated or will the location matter if you're freshly graduated? Either way I think it doesn't change too much
Personally I don't have any education beyond high school, I'm just a nerd who gradually learned on my own and found a role - I've been doing dev work for almost a decade now.
I think the one big edge from a formal education would be the potential of placements / co-ops, and also making friends ("""networking"""); Some guy you smoked weed with in your dorm might be a hiring manager / senior dev at a company you want to work at in 5 or 10 years.
Recent CS grads I've worked with are always really cute when they're fresh out of school because generally they have a fuckton of theoretical knowledge and arcane programming knowledge but naturally little work experience! So a way to stand out from the pack would be to work on some cool independent projects if you find that fun, maybe find some summer jobs / internships
edit: Also just do other things that aren't coding and be a complete person. So many CS students I've worked with are basically devoid of personality and are just coding robots. Being a chill person to work with and someone your team can joke with is way more important than being some kind of 10xer rockstar machine learning blockchain buzzword ninja 1337 hacker. Have fun in school cause im sort of jealous of people who had that experience in a weird way
The latter.
And yeah, the potential “”“networking”“” is one of the factors I'm considering but idk how much weight it holds in the job search especially as a CS grad.
I've been itching to start some projects but couldn't due to the university applications process taking my time. About the summer jobs/internships wouldn't it theoretically be easier to find them in CA as compared to IND or has that also gone location independent?
Completely agree. I have other interests other than simply being a code monkey but this pays well and me being decently competent at it makes it difficult to pass it up. Still, I feel those other interests add so much more value to my life.
So literally every dev job I've ever had outside of my first role has been because I knew someone at the company and they were like "Hey, we're hiring X role, you should apply". A little light nepotism / insider knowledge as a treat
Again I'm not 100% the right person to ask, but remember that tech industries exist everywhere - Indianapolis has almost 1m people, there's going to be jobs, and you're spitting distance from a bunch of other relatively large cities. Plus even if you can't find a local internship it would probably be a fucking rad experience to go to the other side of the country for a bit - and yeah not to mention the growing number of remote gigs
Ofc CA naturally has a leg up if you're looking to do the whole "FAANG" thing, and a HUGE tech industry