Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Honestly I don't think companies expect you to really know anything about specific technologies if you've just come out of school. Most likely they just expect you to have strong fundamentals in CS, which hopefully you learned, though you say you "feel like [you] didn't learn much at school".

My only advice is to keep applying and work on something while you are still unemployed. You left out whether you've been getting interviews or not, which might be important to see whether it's your resume or interviewing that is the problem.




I know, my original post was much longer but I had to trim it to 2'000 characters. I've been interviewed by a good web agency who doesn't have anything for me right now but who said they liked my profile. (Luckily I don't have to deal with anxiety during interviews because that would make the problem impossible to solve.) I've also been interviewed on the phone and took a Java test for a second company – still waiting on their opinion on the test. Finally, I want to try to become a freelancer if I don't find anything by the end of March.


With all due respect, just because you got good feedback from one company doesn't mean it's actually good. Employers will always try to be polite and it's unlikely they would ever say anything bad.

In my opinion the only real test is how often you are getting interviews vs not getting one.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: