>be me
>Electrical & Electronic engineering student
>Spend an entire year searching for placement work for experience while I take a year off
>Show all the work robotics work I've done
>Get my CV checked by university
>Get references from tutors and professors
>Go to events to meet companies
>Apply hundreds to nearly a thousand places
>Did not even get one interview
>Quit my final year
I'm not even shit posting. I've been working for KFC for a year now.
Be me
Brody Howard
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Thomas Collins
should've done webdev, 100k starting after week of some easy as shit bootkamp
Christopher Hernandez
That's why I switched from CpE to stats and math.
Ryder Watson
we're not gonna make it
I'm gonna go get a job at McD's.
Samuel Sanders
Shiiit, that's rough my dude.
>Be me
>Physics B.Sc
>Failed hep-th M.Sc
>90% reply rate from companies
>Currently employed
I've no idea what you're doing wrong.
Colton Peterson
You fucked up and should do anything you can to finish your degree. I don't know why you quit or of Jow Forums was a factor, but a lot of what is common knowledge around Jow Forums is complete bullshit. CS/EE etc. are great degrees for getting a job, and your best shot at a job that pays well and you will enjoy.
For some reason you were not doing well, I'm guessing it has something to do with your year off. But by quitting your degree you made your life even harder.
Employment rates are the same for EE and CS, OP should have completed the degree and tried his luck.
Dylan Walker
Mate, I completely lost my mind. Everyone else I knew managed to get placements, even some of the dumbest fucks.
I reapplied for September, but I honestly don't expect much.
Alexander Lee
Internships are harder to get than actual jobs. And most places wont hire without a bachelor's even for webdev shit now.
Justin Brooks
That must have been tough, but you really gotta stick with it. You might not see this now, but a degree is always going to give you an advantage over not having one, no matter what job you are going for.
Maybe you were unlucky, maybe there was something off, like they could see you were taking a year off and wanted someone still in school, or maybe your grades. Also possible you are too focussed on robotics. Sometimes when a person says "I'm really into X", employers read this as "I'm only interested in doing X" and assume you would get bored with doing something else.
Aaron Rodriguez
holy shit besides being CS i'm in your situation
mental burnout and last semester fear caused me to go from high performing student to failing the entire semester and afraid to go back
i'm killing myself as soon as my current job referral fails through