In this blog section, I will discuss all things related to landing a job or an internship at a tech company.
I bit about me: I went through a traditional 4 year school in the United States and got my bachelors degree in CS. Although my classes were really tough and concentrated on developing strong fundamentals, I can tell you that my school did not teach me how to apply these skills in a way that employers would recognize.
In the beginning on my journey, I couldn’t tell you why some students were getting multiple offers and others were not getting any offers even when their technical skills were similar on paper.
At this point I’ve had 3 internships, part time student role, and multiple full time roles as a software engineer at multiple companies. I’ve been on both sides of the interview table. I have assisted corporate recruiters with career fairs and other recruiting events. And I can tell you that getting a job is a skill.
Good news is that any skill can be taught and learned. I am not extraordinary. It was really hard for me. I am doing this because I wish I had something like this blog series when I was trying to figure out how to land my first internship.
This series will break down finding a job in tech into bite size chunks and I will also have videos to go with these blog posts.
I hope that you will find this blog series helpful.
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