New to Tech, any pointers?

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This is just a summary of myself: I graduated last May with a degree in finance. Before that, I had took some compter science courses and I know HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python, and Java. I know the basics of programming and OOP. Right now, I am learning Solidity for Web3 development. I have had no internships in the CS field during my time at College.

My question is, is where do I even begin to try and gain experience? Is it still viable as a post-grad to find internships? Or am I shit out of luck? If there is anyone with a similar background to me I would be grateful to hear your experience.

I also understand that the job market is shit right now and that entry level jobs are highly competitive, but I am not looking for that, I am simply looking for opportunities to learn in the field and get some experience.

madscience · Accepted Answer

Internships in tech are really restricted to current students, so post-grad internships aren't really going to be an option for you. That said, it's definitely still possible to break into the field and make a strong case for an entry level job.

The biggest piece of advice I have is to start building, creating projects, etc. Try to get your feet wet with applying your knowledge and you'll be able to use some of your projects you create as experience on your resume. If you're having trouble figuring out what to do, I'd try to find a mentor or something to help guide you along the journey. Coding and tech I think is especially unique because it is so accessible, but it does take a lot of work to get into it.

Source: Me, an English major who got a SWE job post-grad.

mbqwljgs · Answer

The biggest thing is to create full stack projects and keep them alive in the cloud. Link the in your resume!

Anthrocene · Answer

Focus on JS and Python and practicing interview problems. Do them daily and push to GitHub. Start building as many small apps and scripts as you have time for. Find some preseed startups that need help hacking things and have them pay you in gift cards if you have to. Then put on your resume these are paid projects I’ve done. If you want a slower route try and join a support team at a startup then transfer.

Wargrave · Answer

Let’s be real…. You have a Finance degree and now you want to go into IT and compete with people with Computer Science degree, you are unrealistically thinking that you can basically switch up majors post graduation to IT.  What was the point of spending all your money or your parents money for a Finance degree you don’t want to use.  You should have switched majors when you were in college. You didn’t even say you minored in CS, which is even worse.Realistically what you should do I get a job in Finance.  Let it be known to your employer that you are technically capable and pivot that way.  I work with Finance and the ones that don’t just want to use the tools but are also technically capable actually do IT work… it’s called FinTech.  You can work on large ERP systems like Oracle or SAP within Finance. Or you can Finance data analytics using Alteryx or other data wrangling tools.  There’s ton of IT related work in Finance if you look.  Especially with AI coming fast and furious, I see it now where I work and ca. see departments like Finance taking advantage of it more.

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