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I've been on the job hunt for a while now, and I'm trying to figure out what to do next. I would greatly appreciate any and all advice you might have in this matter.
Age: 22
Visa: Permanent Work Authorization
Location: NYC, open to relocation
University: University of Maryland, College Park
Graduated: December 2024
Degree: Bachelor's in Computer Science
Internships: 1
GPA: 3.631 / 4.000
Time spent searching for work: 7 months
Spammed applications: 1,046
Targeted applications: 230
Total: 1,276
Responses: approx. 16
Final rounds (then rejected): 2
Here is what I'm considering:
Maintain finding a tech job without studying more as my top priority. But also prepare master's in computer science applications on the side.
1. July - Sep (next three months): intense job hunting, trying to rely on the network that I've acquired through networking to find a job. The goal is to have a job offer by the end of September.
2. Backup/Pivot: While intensively looking for a job between July and September, I'll prepare applications to master's programs.
Further study/career pivot ideas:
- CS master's programs (standard progression due to my background)
- Master's in Financial Engineering (out of interest + potential)
Apart from waiting out the clock and getting a shot at two more internships (and so jobs) during the master's degree, the other benefit can be to change fields into finance or otherwise.
Apart from tech, I've always been fascinated by finance and law. Law is a massive commitment so I have deprioritized it for now.
However, a MFE would not be just a casual backup plan. I will have to spend significant amounts of time grinding math and the pre-MFE certifications to have any chance at a top MFE program. The MFE curriculum and the idea of being a quant, or at the very least being in finance somehow seems exciting.
There is the MBA which I will not qualify for since I do not have work experience. There's also a Master of Finance but that seems to be a watered-down version of a MFE, with less math.
Other possible programs: operations research and industrial engineering. But these are also math-heavy like the MFE.
Age: 22
Visa: Permanent Work Authorization
Location: NYC, open to relocation
University: University of Maryland, College Park
Graduated: December 2024
Degree: Bachelor's in Computer Science
Internships: 1
GPA: 3.631 / 4.000
Time spent searching for work: 7 months
Spammed applications: 1,046
Targeted applications: 230
Total: 1,276
Responses: approx. 16
Final rounds (then rejected): 2
Here is what I'm considering:
Maintain finding a tech job without studying more as my top priority. But also prepare master's in computer science applications on the side.
1. July - Sep (next three months): intense job hunting, trying to rely on the network that I've acquired through networking to find a job. The goal is to have a job offer by the end of September.
2. Backup/Pivot: While intensively looking for a job between July and September, I'll prepare applications to master's programs.
Further study/career pivot ideas:
- CS master's programs (standard progression due to my background)
- Master's in Financial Engineering (out of interest + potential)
Apart from waiting out the clock and getting a shot at two more internships (and so jobs) during the master's degree, the other benefit can be to change fields into finance or otherwise.
Apart from tech, I've always been fascinated by finance and law. Law is a massive commitment so I have deprioritized it for now.
However, a MFE would not be just a casual backup plan. I will have to spend significant amounts of time grinding math and the pre-MFE certifications to have any chance at a top MFE program. The MFE curriculum and the idea of being a quant, or at the very least being in finance somehow seems exciting.
There is the MBA which I will not qualify for since I do not have work experience. There's also a Master of Finance but that seems to be a watered-down version of a MFE, with less math.
Other possible programs: operations research and industrial engineering. But these are also math-heavy like the MFE.
