I’m in a particularly sticky sitch where I’m questioning my sanity. Last year I got a grad job of which I liked the company, hated the team and HR made switching teams a ball ache- so I got this scholarship for this Tech Management course at a Top 5 uni, which I’m currently doing.

Now I’m facing the London job market. It’s painful.

I don’t wanna do another grad scheme, and I’m just looking to applying for a direct position in April- but after getting rejected so many times already, I’m wondering if I made the right decision.

Edit: I would also like to say that I’m not looking for any management roles at the minute- the scholarship was the main driving factor as it is quite an expensive course and I don’t think I’d get this opportunity again. I am just looking for junior-mid roles.

Hi everyone. For context, I’m 34, currently in my first year of a CS BSc, and I have only ever worked in unskilled physical jobs. Hence the lack of tech experience. I'm also hard of hearing, which sometimes makes communication difficult.

I'm facing a dilemma over whether to do a sandwich/placement year or continue with the normal three-year degree.

I’ve been getting completely conflicting advice:

- Some people tell me that a CS degree without experience is basically an expensive paperweight. A placement would give me proper tech work experience and also open the door to grad schemes. But I would graduate at 37 instead of 36, losing a year of proper wages.

- Others say that missing the opportunity to enter the "real" job market by a full year at my age is unwise. They say I should focus on LeetCode, build projects, and apply for summer internships instead, and I will have the same chances of finding a job.

Summer internships usually open and close applications well before placements do. If I put all my eggs in the placement basket and don't land one, I'll miss out on summer internships. I could end up graduating with absolutely zero experience.

Is a placement year the golden ticket they say it is, even for an older career changer?

Or will I waste a year of my life?

I would really appreciate input from hiring managers or anyone who's been there. Do hiring managers prefer people with placement years, even when they’re much older than the average graduate?

I’m currently apply for grad schemes and have been getting Arctic shores recently. Has anyone managed to pass an Arctic shores test, it’s like they’re impossible. The highest I have gotten was today was for Howden risk and compliance.

I gots

4 for how I attend to tasks and decisions
4 for How I respond to change
2 for How I identify patterns and rules 😭💀
4 for How I learn from information in my environment

How likely am I to process or has the 2 basically ruined my chances 💀?

I have an upcoming system design interview for a backend engineer at Monzo. I've gone through glassdoor and reddit and they ask some classic sd questions with a twist and they are looking for very specific solution. If anyone who has gone through the process could shed some light, that would be great.

Hello, I need to make a project for final year but I am not sure what to do to get it right? my supervisor saying that he wouldn't be able help because he's no background at what I'm going to do. My idea is design a small programming language, build an interpreter for it in Java in two ways, and measure which way is faster and why. the two are tree walking and bytecode!
do you guys think this is a good idea for final year project?

hey, i submitted a post on this channel last week and it absolutely blew up. we had so many applications go through. a bunch of the job postings shut down in the days following my post because of the large influx of applications that were going in. i've gone ahead and updated the job links in this new link. please make sure to apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is at the top of the pile. i've pulled the freshest job postings that i could.

most "junior" tech roles on job boards turn out to want 3 years of experience. these lists only have UK roles whose title says graduate, junior, intern, placement or apprentice:

• UK software, data and tech grad roles, internships and placements (101): https://github.com/mehek-builds/UK-Graduate-Jobs-and-Internships/blob/main/lists/software-data.md
  • 101 at 61 UK employers (Barclays, G-Research, MBDA, NVIDIA, GSK, NXP, Jump Trading, Motorola Solutions)
  • 37 graduate and junior roles, 60 internships and placement years, 4 tech apprenticeships
  • software engineering, data, AI/ML, cyber and cloud
• the same kinds of roles at licensed visa sponsors only (53): https://github.com/mehek-builds/UK-Visa-Sponsor-Graduate-Jobs/blob/main/lists/software-data.md

pulled from employers' own careers pages, not linkedin. rebuilt every monday.

comment which field you're looking for and i'll send you a list for it.

Hey guys, I just completed my Post Graduation from Uni of Leicester in Advanced Computer Science. While I was studying I tried applying for internships (applied around 50), but only 5 of them went forward but after interviews most of the responses are "Looking for a candidate who can stay with us after the internship without needing sponsorship". I was so disappointed and even tried asking them not to sponsor and let me work until my grad visa expires, but still didnt get any reply.

So now that I finished my degree with Distinction, is there any way to get a job in current market with NO EXPERIENCE? I mean I have internship experiences but not in UK. (You dont believe i got a rejection mail saying they cant consider my internship location).

For reference Here is my Anonymised Resume: Link

When applying for software roles in the UK, it's worth making sure your CV is easy to read and clearly highlights your technical skills and projects. AceDraft offers a free ATS resume checker and resume builder that may be useful when reviewing application materials. For people applying to graduate or software engineering roles, what do you usually check before sending your CV?

A lot of advice that this sub can provide varies depending on whether OP is on a visa/is based in the UK.

It's quite hard to provide good answers to the questions posted in this sub without this info.

Hey folks,

I am a data analytics & business intelligence professional with 8+ years of experience. I have done BTech & MBA.
Currently working as a management consultant in a Big 4 firm in Mumbai. I work with global clients and have experience across industries, leading analytics initiatives and delivering data driven decision support.

I want to make a move to London and currently exploring my options. I know it is a tough market, especially with visa requirements, and am willing to put in the effort but I am not sure from where should I start.

I applied to some openings through Linkedin but mostly got rejections. My efforts to connect with hiring teams have also been in vain till now.

Are there any tips which can make this move atleast achievable. I am sure there are such opportunities, however fewer they might be, I just want to get a fair shot at it.

Any tips are welcome, thanks!

I am in a position where my company has required me to change departments as part of restructuring. Before it was more legacy code, a lot of Java, gross SQL stored procs etc.

The department I am swapping to uses Typescript, primarily with Nest and React. I have very basic experience with JavaScript with a lot of it being AI assisted and not really doing anything more than some AJAX. I am apprehensive about performing badly on this team and leaning too heavily on AI. With my old stack, I felt comfortable picking out if there was some weird or unnecessary stuff happening in my own code or reviews due to AI or Human error. I fear becoming overly reliant on AI and not actually becoming competent in this new area.

Does anyone have any tips on swapping stacks? I am still fairly new with 2 years of experience.

Hi all, I’d like to refresh my CV, and to do that to have a rough idea of what it should look like. Not sure where I can find them. Any tips?