I just turned 31 and I feel like my life is just starting.
I'm not the smartest dude, but I try really hard. It took me a few tries to get into grad school after working a series of shitty jobs. Now that've finished my PhD (a mixture of computational fluidics and material dynamics), I've been trying to enter the job market in tech (close to family in the bay area) and it's just not happening (like almost no interviews).
I guess it's just managing expectations. Our local police department is hiring so I might give that a shot. It's a bit of a blow to the ego but that doesn't matter.
The one thing I regret was neglecting my relationships (fiancee left me, didn't keep up with close friends/family, even one that passed away) and hobbies for the sake of work during grad school. That's something I won't compromise again.
I feel pretty much the same. 2 bachelors, 1 one year master, 1 two year master, some work experience.
Most software companies basically never responded back. The ones that did told me that I didn't have enough experience.
12 months later, I finally got a job, at some small startup that has its good and bad points. The first thing I'm noticing: university was felt much harder and I felt I was learning a lot more there.
I feel completely demotivated that most companies (and all big companies) weren't considering me when I applied to them (and probably still aren't). It crushed my motivation and now I am simply performing to expectations. It does mean my work is quite relaxing :)
Example:
At my work, I recently learned a bit more about React hooks. I knew they existed, but never used them and this time I learned a bit on using them.
In my final university course I learned how to perform Meltdown/Spectre, read security papers and even more advanced attacks.
| I feel completely demotivated that most companies (and all big companies) weren't considering me when I applied to them (and probably still aren't). It crushed my motivation
I understand that feeling. I lived a very structured life, gym in morning, breakfast in the office right after, clean diet eg. the lockdown + moving back in parents, removed those structures. When I first started looking I got my DS/A in tip-top shape, and consistently applying but after grinding for months with no interviews and ghosting recruiters I've hit a point where I'm tired. I think I've accepted that I'll need a new career and it's been an ego blow but it's freeing. I feel like I'm 17 again with no idea what the hell I'm going to do, thankfully, I've got my health and no dependents.
I too did just learn about hooks for a little side project. React is interesting, I've never done any frontend so it's different. I've also been playing around with rust as a backend too, that's such a cool language.
I just turned 31 and I feel like my life is just starting.
I'm not the smartest dude, but I try really hard. It took me a few tries to get into grad school after working a series of shitty jobs. Now that've finished my PhD (a mixture of computational fluidics and material dynamics), I've been trying to enter the job market in tech (close to family in the bay area) and it's just not happening (like almost no interviews).
I guess it's just managing expectations. Our local police department is hiring so I might give that a shot. It's a bit of a blow to the ego but that doesn't matter.
The one thing I regret was neglecting my relationships (fiancee left me, didn't keep up with close friends/family, even one that passed away) and hobbies for the sake of work during grad school. That's something I won't compromise again.