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A few years ago, when I was graduating with a B.Sc. in Computer Science, I had the same question. Additionally, to lure me in I had the Bay-state scholarship (50% tuition covered) to attend the Masters program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
I was in a dilemma, should I continue school or get some work experience. Lucky for me, I had a knack for doing well academically, I was a good student with a near perfect GPA but I had never had a “real tech job”. I had worked at a startup (mostly researching) and built some projects for classes and some for my curiosity. But I had never had a tech job that paid me, where someone evaluated my work, where I talked about a career.
Getting your foot in the door is the hardest, we go to universities with the idea that the degree will help us get our foot in the door. During that time, I wasn’t getting many interviews and additionally for. As graduation was approaching the clock was also ticking on my immigration permit. I had a healthy backup (do master’s) but I gave it my all to find a job. Here are the questions you should ask yourself?
- You have no idea what a tech job entails: (No work experience) your job is potentially something that you are going to be doing for a very long time. Most people stay in the same field most of their life. For me, I lacked…
