Career Job and Industry Thread

This is a thread for talking, bragging, and begging for or about jobs in the tech industry. Whether you be a code monkey, a computer janitor, or a paid intel shill, you are welcome as long as you stay on topic.

What is your current job? What is your career goal? What advice can you give to people? What shitty meme language should you learn to get all the job offers from Silicon Valley?

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Just be a diversity ambassador or some shit

but im not a woman, and therefore can be useful.

I want to be spend my entire winter skiing, and be a web developer.

Working as a Devops/Cloud engineer for a generic multinational fortune 500 company.

I plan to slowly transition into security, with the end goal being a position on my company's red team.

I've been unemployed for more than a month. I've been looking for sysadmin jobs and finding nothing, probably because I live in Indiana. That's what my degree is for (associates in server admin, minor in network infrastructure).
Comcast offered me a job. 15/hr being a commtech- a cable installer. Shit job, work outside, tough metrics, bullshit bosses, solo housecalls to the hood.
It's been too long without a job, and I can tell my dad wants me to gtfo of his house. Should I just take the job and leave? Is there any hope to hold onto? Or do I just swallow my pride and work for Comcast?

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>Comcast offered me a job. 15/hr being
bruh
i have no degree and i make that money sitting on my ass, watching youtube videos

i dont care about your neet Jow Forums schemes. 30k is not terrible money where i live.

no i do go to work, just that you can hardly call it work

Please describe your job then.

file clerk


really wanna swap to something in IT though, shits too boring

you arent in indiana are you? id take your old file clerk job

nah, in commiefornia

Is it a good idea if to apply for an internship if you are a freshman and barely meet the requirements?

Learn computers from a young age, learn about every part of how they work (software). You'll have enough knowledge to do a litany of jobs and you'll be irreplaceable and an indispensable part of any team.

PS: learn to use Linux, it's superior.

Time to brag.
Working on an ML/Enterprise team at a big 4 tech company.

Shit is so cash. Total compensation is around $190k and I'm 23. Free breakfast, lunch, dinner. Working with and meeting interesting and talented people.

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Can't hurt. Worst they can do is blacklist you for wasting their time, which will prevent you from ever getting a job. also theyll punch ur dik

unemployed dropout who just fucked up another interview
i really should kill myself already

How long unemployed? What happened in the interview?

>sjw miniority quota seat fillers
>interesting and talented people

>make 190k
>live in studio apartment with roommate
such is life in the valley

>spend 3 years doing fuck all in college
>begin csfaggotry during my senior year
>did ok in terms of grade. A/B+ student since starting but who the fuck cares
>no internships because my resume was shit and i only applied to like a 100 per semester before i stopped caring
>fucked up every full time interview/contact during graduating semester
>mentally snapped and dropped out 2 months ago and i've been unemployed since

the interview was for a javascript job and i fucked up basic javascript like explaining what a function closure was
literally nobody ever asked me language specifics in an interview before so i wasn't prepared for it. i'm a brainlet but i'm a brainlet that can still do leetcode mediums in about 30-45 minutes.

My advice to you would be to finish up school. It'll be rough, but it's the best way to get back on track.

I know that's the easiest path and I've tried to go back this semester.
I couldn't do it. I was on edge the two weeks I've been on campus. I didn't even go into one of my classes because I failed it last semester and I'm afraid to go back. I find it hard to even admit that I failed and I didn't even tell anyone about it.

I don't think things are different now and I think if I go again I'm going to fail.

I haven't had a job yet and I'm 26 LOL

I am just worried that it may have consequences in the future, this is my first time applying for an internship and I am a NEET who just returned to college. So far my first quarter is going great and I will get a +3.3GPA

If they only reject me that's fine, but if they are going to put me in a blacklist for wasting their time then I am actually scared. They are asking for basic linux sysadmin skills, python and bash.

I feel that I barely meet those requirements... and maybe I will regret not applying.

i'm shut the fuck up and apply. you'll regret it if you don't
they don't blacklist you they just put you into a rejection pile for 6 months to a year, which is when you're going to reapply anyways

python is piss easy
linux literally just download ubuntu in a VM and start writing your side projects in it because developing on windows is cancer
bash do above and do as much shit as possible in the terminal

if an utter waste of life like me could do all of that then so can you

based suicide-man gives great advice, yet is doomed to fail personally. such tragic.

I just passed the 6 month mark in my job as a junior full-stack web dev. It's not as good or as fun as when I was just an intern here, and nobody gave a fuck what I did, but it beats any other job I've had so far (about 10). I only make 40k a year, but my bills are paid, and I have money to buy my self something nice every paycheque.

my advice is meaningless because it didn't work so who am i to give it?
that said, most people have more potential and a less toxic mindset than me. they'll make it where i didn't

That said, I wouldn't mind getting laid off and collecting unemployment for a bit while I do game dev on my own.

Where do you live that 40k is so livable?

Pretty much, but I'm putting away $8k a month into index funds so that's pretty nice.

Just got myself an internship for 60000 cad at a decently large company. Feeling pretty good.

Interview this friday, in about 48 hours for a blockchain engineer position in New York. I really don't know shit and don't know how I got here. I want to ask for 160k per annum, but I'm pretty sure I'm gonna bomb this interview. Studying javascript right now and all sorts of string manipulations to try and pass this bitch.

so 15 usd?

what language and what do you really do

i doing AI after blockchain

Hey it's something

Also it's 21 usd. By God Canada sucks.

40k is god tier in all of east europe, average in west

doing this at the tender age of 21

>mfw burgers really are expensive

26 - working 2 jobs (pizza delivery and graveyard data entry) while I look for a tech-related job in my small town. I'll finish my Associates in information security in the Spring.

I've been turned down by two jobs so far for "technology specialist" positions. They were essentially helpdesk++ but the pay was spectacular for a small town ($26/hr+ and union).

I just interviewed today with a manufacturing company to replace their IT director knowing full well I don't have experience for anything beyond junior anything. That and the company (750 employees, multiple plants across the USA) have a single person managing all of the networking infrastructure and applications. It would be a massive fucking job and I'm not sure I even want it to be honest, but if some boomer was able to do it for 20+ years all on his own then I could probably do it too.

What advice do you have for me for this job and other entry IT jobs? I'm comfortable with networking, virtualization, Linux cli use, hardware assembling, and the most important part - I'm not a total sperg who can't talk to people. In fact I love talking to people.

120k working in Tokyo, actually a great wage here

That's insane for Japan. Japanese IT salaries are generally awful. Especially if not in Tokyo. I've seen sub 30k application dev jobs advertised.

and how much does it cost to live there? This is coming from a non-weeb.

24 here as a glorified support in faggioli italian corp basically I do every fucking bullshit task that the user doesnt know how to do. Been looking for any other it job for almost 2 years to escape this hellhole. Making $9k/yr. Depressing as fuck

I am trying to find a tech job I can do remotely. I have two small non school aged children I have become responsible for and that is why. I am currently studying for a Linux+ cert. What else should I look into? What would you do if you were me? I currently have a year to learn as much as I can without worrying about finding a job.

CEO of my own company.

0 euro starting. I need another couple months to get things running properly, so in the meantime I'm looking for a real job.

You can already do writing asignments for money on fiverr, hirewriters and iwriter in the meantime. It's not a real job, but if you are desperate for a little bit of cash. Until you find a real job.

thanks for the tip!

Whats your salary user?

Can't find a job.. got blacklisted from all the bigger firms in my city. I got a job and I couldn't do it, ever since then I can't find one

can you live off of 9k?

It's central europe but barely. If you want to have a basic quality of life (renting one bedroom flat and having any car) you're gonna have a damn hard time. No vacations and no savings.

> What is your current job?
Jr Devops Engineer (Cloud Admin that writes Powershell, Python, and other shit)
> What is your career goal?
Idk I wanted to be a sysadmin or programmer at like 16 now I'm 25 and do a bit of both? I guess management at this point, but cloud is cool prob will continue with this.

Business Systems Analyst - I suggest it for people that have Good ~ Mid tier tech skills but good people skills.

Plus you could work at a consulting firm and burn out with good pay

I make 80k as a tier 1.3 (junior level 3)

Thanks fren - and suggestions to get started with becoming a Business Systems Analyst? Being a consultant is in my long term plan as well but it's a far more senior role.