Believe

Just 35 days ago I posted this with no hopes at all. https://www.reddit.com/r/csMajors/comments/xnsbtk/am_i_not_a_cut_for_swe/ Even though I solved 300 problems over the year, wasn’t passing any phone interview. The current economic situation and the fact that I’m an international made it more difficult for me. From August 2020 I started my job hunting process. Applied on more than 500 positions for Summer’22 internship. Didn’t get any offer after just 2 virtual on-site. I kept grinding whole summer. Again started the full-time hunting, but this time I was more prepared and more confident. And very soon every hope was going away as I kept failing phone interviews. Some rejections were so brutal to digest. I know lots of people have felt this way at some point. People were telling me to try for less technical roles. But I knew, I can do this sooner or later. Believing in yourself and keeping up the hard-work is the key. Anyway, after seeing all the suggestions and motivation from the previous post I decided not to beat myself anymore over m a job. I was still applying like crazy but wasn’t getting more interviews due to the hiring freeze and economy. Fast forward today, I signed an offer as a Full Time Software Engineer at a pretty big corporation. Remember, It’s always darkest just before the dawn. TC: 123k (first year) at a MCOL area. Thank you guys all 🙏🙏🙏