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I'm so excited guys. After over 200 applications , 20+ interviews, and a lot of almost giving up, I GOT A OFFER WITH MY DREAM AEROSPACE COMPANY. Crazy thing is... I didn't even have to do a dumb "code this" technical interview. I get 60K starting off! with a bonus!! That's amazing starting off in the South. Crazy thing is someone who works there , while I was doing a internship, told me they wouldn't hire a black man straight out of college. I'm glad I kept trying. Shoutout to r/cscareerquestions for all the help in this process. Edit: Thank you all for the kind support! It means a lot to me. Just to clear up a few things. I graduate with a Bachelors in CS in a few weeks so I'm not self taught. To address the lack of diversity in STEM, do your research. The data is out there, the accounts of what people go through are out there. Educate yourselves and fix the problem. Most of our jobs is googling so you can do it haha. Edit 2 : Since people are asking, I'll go into a little bit of my background. I am graduating with a Bachelors in Computer Science W/ a minor in Mathematics in a few weeks. I have had a internship every summer of my undergrad which includes two summers at a really famous science institute and 1 at a REALLY famous space company. During my time at both companies and in undergrad, I built up a crazy professional network of people I could rely on for information and some for a recommendation. A awesome woman at said space company, recommended me to her friend on another team and I got the interview then the job. So what else did I do in terms of the crazy amount of interviews and applications? I did some Hackerrank, Leetcode, and messaging recruiters on LinkedIn which helped me get interviews. Polishing my LinkedIn helped me get way more traffic and I got a Google interview doing so. I also used organizations like NSBE & ACM to help me get interviews at conferences or find resources. My resume also went through numerous changes over the span of my applying to jobs (August - Now). In terms of job sites, I used everything. LinkedIn, USAJobs, Handshake, Hired.com, Indeed, Seen, etc.