Ask HN: What to do when you're denied to every New Grad position?

Re:Ask HN: What to do when you're denied to every New Grad p... by codegeek on Saturday February 25, 2017 @01:26PM (#13732963)

$40K is low for entry level programming jobs in the tri-state area (NY/NJ/CT). If you have 2+ years of experience, you should definitely ask for more but I of course don't know your current situation.

If you are having trouble getting hired, look at your experience so far and focus on being a "specialist" of some sort. For example, don't apply to any random programming job. Pick a couple of areas which could either include specific languages/frameworks (node etc) OR a domain (finance, retail etc). You need to be good at one of those areas.

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Re:Ask HN: What to do when you're denied to every New Grad p... by EugeneFedotov on Saturday February 25, 2017 @07:58PM (#13734968)

I definitely do not have even 1 year of experience. God, it's so hard being a specialist when you don't even know what you want as someone with barely any experience. I did NodeJS for two months for a contract.

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Re:Ask HN: What to do when you're denied to every New Grad p... by sikan on Saturday February 25, 2017 @11:35PM (#13735698)

Just keep doing nodejs. It pays well to be a competent javascript dev

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