How I Got My First Tech Job Without Experience (2)— Application Stage (with Personal Example)
Disclaimer
Part 1 for context: link
First of all, sorry it took so long to finally get to Part 2 with such a huge time gap from the previous part — I’ve been dealing with a great deal of writer’s block for the past few months, causing me to procrastinate until now. I was too caught up in my mind about how to go about this perfectly, but now I think it, it might be better to just get my thoughts out there in a stream-of-consciousness way and then worry later...
Without further ado, here are some skills/food for thought that I thought might be of use to those who are just starting out (I’ll try to give some personal examples too within reason):
Expectations vs Reality
When I first started looking on the school job board, I was bombarded with all the job posts and intimated the number of bullet lines listing everything an employer is looking for in a single post. However, later on, I realized that what’s on the qualifications is just a sketch of what an ideal candidate could look like, but not necessarily that depending on the “supply and demand.”
In reality, it’s all largely dependent on the pool of applicants and how competitive the…
