LalSalaamComrade

Want more GNU in Linux, so Guix, btw. पूंजीपति will be sent to corrective labour camp.

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Cake day: October 3rd, 2023

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  • The market is never good in India, when you have a million CS grads trying to compete for a few thousand open positions. And it just went downhill after 2021/2022. And yes, I am very picky about not going the service-based route, but that’s because I’d rather be a hippie wagie than a IT sweatshop wagie.

    I have also optimized my CV for ATS. I’ve custom-made my own template, which is very similar to Jake’s resume.


  • LalSalaamComrade@lemmy.mltoProgramming@programming.devHow to find a job?
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    9 months ago

    It’s hopeless in this shitty recession. I’ve been applying since 2019, and still no progress. Applied on wellfound, indeed, internshala.

    College is a fucking waste of time. And no amount of open source contribution matters, it’s all bullshit.

    I wasted my time contributing and creating issues for GitLab and Nixpkgs. At most, I had an opportunity for MLH, fucking lost it.

    All I have is a bunch of stupid t-shirts, keychains and stickers from GitLab. As if that can feed me.


  • Thank you for sharing your personal example. What I was also wondering about is, since you’re using a panel that requires something like a momentary switch, why the need for mechanical switches? Understandable, that in a way, it is also a type of momentary switch, but does the actuation force and travel distance hinder, or benefit you from what you actually wanted to use these switches for?


  • LalSalaamComrade@lemmy.mltoProgramming@programming.devCan a Programmer Be Jobless?
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    9 months ago

    Even a CS degree is useless in this day and age. Gee, did I waste four years of my time, only to end up unemployed? My other fellow CS grads are in positions that have nothing to do with their degree. Sales, HR, QA. What the fuck?

    I started applying since the second year of my university. That would be around 2019. 2023 will end soon. That’s how long I’ve been jobless. “Oh, then just apply for an internship” - I’ve been doing this exact fucking thing. All my applications have been ghosted, or I’ll get presented with extremely difficult projects, that are for a mid-exp dev.

    If you’re re-considering your career in tech, just become a chef or something. The rat-race is mentally draining, I’m at my final straw, and I’d rather burn this stupid degree to warm myself to sleep.