Ask Slashdot: Computer Science Freshman, Too Soon To Job Hunt?

First time accepted submitter stef2dotoh (3646393) writes "I've got about a year of computer science classes under my belt along with countless hours of independent online and tech book learning. I can put together a secure login-driven Web site using PHP and MySQL. (I have a personal project on GitHub and a personal Web site.) I really enjoyed my Web development class, so I've spent a lot of time honing those skills and trying to learn new technologies. I still have a ways to go, though. I've been designing Web sites for more than 10 years, writing basic PHP forms for about 5 or 6 years and only gotten seriously into PHP/MySQL the last 1 or 2 years on and off. I'm fluent with HTML and CSS, but I really like back-end development. I was hoping I might be able to get a job as a junior Web developer, but even those require 2+ years of experience and a list of technologies as long as my arm. Internships usually require students to be in their junior or senior year, so that doesn't seem to be an option for me. Recruiters are responding to my resume on various sites, but it's always for someone more experienced. Should I forget about trying to find a junior Web developer position after only one year of computer science classes?"

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Re:Get a job as fast as possible

[BitZtream]

2007-2009 was not "a Great Recession", it was a culling of businesses that had absolutely no right what so ever to exist. Businesses that deserved to exist survived pretty easily. Many that didn't deserve to survive did as well.

If you think that time period was 'hard' in any way, your in the wrong line of work and probably just another idiot we should keep out of the work force for anything that requires thought. Very few people that didn't deserve it were effected, I'm sorry if that hits close to home but the truth tends to hurt.

You have no idea what hard times are, it's unlikely they have occurred during you life time assuming you are a US citizen, unless you're in your 90's or 100's