Just graduated.

dowie · 22 May 2017 at 08:05

lawrence281 said:
I'll have a look if they are, any chance you could send me info links about consultancy big 4, or whatever that is .

come on, you could at least put some effort into this yourself:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=big+4

lawrence281 · 22 May 2017 at 10:12

dowie said:
come on, you could at least put some effort into this yourself:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=big+4

Hahaha, sorry, had a long shift yday, was too exhausted to do anything!

Jae-So · 29 May 2017 at 17:59

For reference, I graduated at the end of 2010 with a degree in Comp Science and didn't know what to do.
I did sales until I got onto a marketing scheme at a large engineering company where I progressed to Product Management.
Now I'm a Product Manager at a medium sized credit bureau.

Careers are never linear, try get on a reputable scheme even if not what you want to do forever.

Diagro · 30 May 2017 at 14:37

I graduated @ 25 with a 2:2 in CS&Robotics.

No jobs around in robotics so i am now training to be a CS teacher.

dowie · 30 May 2017 at 15:00

That isn't really true - there are jobs in robotics... however you might have struggled to land a relevant grad job partly because you got a 2:2

Diagro · 2 Jun 2017 at 18:09

dowie said:
That isn't really true - there are jobs in robotics... however you might have struggled to land a relevant grad job partly because you got a 2:2

If i wanted to travel 150 miles every day then yes. And with a wife who wont move..... No jobs.

Having a 2:2 means nothing.

Buffman · 4 Jun 2017 at 08:43

Diagro said:
If i wanted to travel 150 miles every day then yes. And with a wife who wont move..... No jobs.

Having a 2:2 means nothing.

Unfortunately a lot of people need to move to get their foot in the door. This doesn't mean there aren't jobs in the sector.

Diagro · 4 Jun 2017 at 08:48

The Craig said:
Unfortunately a lot of people need to move to get their foot in the door. This doesn't mean there aren't jobs in the sector.

I meant no jobs for me.

Semple · 5 Jun 2017 at 08:53

Also did CS and got 2:1, although wasn't a fan of programming. I did an internship with one of the largest tech companies in the world, and that kinda secured me a job after uni - wasn't a graduate scheme though. Now i'm a systems engineer, i would say our R&D unit is probably 66% devs, and 33% engineering, so it's not all about programming.

Infact from my experience, i've noticed programmers aren't very much out of the box thinkers, the focus is purely on their own area. So engineering is still a crucial part of putting a product together.

dowie · 5 Jun 2017 at 15:35

Diagro said:
If i wanted to travel 150 miles every day then yes. And with a wife who wont move..... No jobs.

Having a 2:2 means nothing.

That is rather a different matter than simply 'no jobs', not wanting to move is the issue there not lack of jobs.