Getting a Job

**nadroj** · 12-04-2009

As mentioned, most respectable companies require "proof" that you "know" what your doing. This usually means some type of diploma/degree. Ive been studying computer science for almost 7 years now and havent started the career searching yet.

As with everything in life, the amount of effort you put in to something is proportional to how much it will pay off (or your success). If you read/study for a few months then it will probably be difficult to impress an employer, especially in todays increasingly competitive and difficult market. Then again there are always people who get breaks.

(Note I am not trying to be discouraging, if you think so).

**Fulwin** · 12-04-2009

I am soon to graduate with a bachelor's degree in Applied Computer Science. I wanted a degree so I could get a job and move out of my parents' house. I made a bad decision, because it seems computer science is not something you can do without really getting into it and learning it all the time. And I don't even like computer science at all. I feel like I have wasted all this time in college for nothing. I just want a job that pays enough for me to live off of.

**Dae** · 12-04-2009

Originally Posted by Fulwin

graduate with a bachelor's degree in Applied Computer Science

Okay great..

Originally Posted by Fulwin

I don't even like computer science at all

Now I'm confused.

Originally Posted by Fulwin

getting into it and learning it all the time

Science is in the title. Science is about learning, and discovering. Computers are technology. Both of these subjects change all the time.

Your post was putting forth the question if 6 books was enough to get a job. Certainly a CS degree should be enough to get a job to live off. However, I don't know how skilled you are if you spent 4 years in college learning a career you didn't like, and how that would affect finding a job. Generally recruiters are going to look for somebody who wants to do the job. What did you learn in college? Apply for related jobs, and prove you have the skillset to do the job.

**Fulwin** · 12-05-2009

The most I learned was a little bit of programming. I don't know if I could program anything in the real world. When I look at open source stuff for the possibility of getting in some practice or real world experience, it's all very confusing to me. College was really a joke. You don't learn much at all.

**abachler** · 12-05-2009

Originally Posted by Fulwin

I am soon to graduate with a bachelor's degree in Applied Computer Science. I wanted a degree so I could get a job and move out of my parents' house. I made a bad decision, because it seems computer science is not something you can do without really getting into it and learning it all the time. And I don't even like computer science at all. I feel like I have wasted all this time in college for nothing. I just want a job that pays enough for me to live off of.

Your Future begins HERE! or HERE.

I highly recommend the first one if you are are as unmotivated as you sound.

Don't think that open source is in any way indicative of most real world programming. Most open source is spaghetti code. Too many cooks and all that. Managing an open source project is like leading MENSAN's, err I mean like herding cats.

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