Ask HN: How scared should a new grad be of the possible economic downturn?

Re:Ask HN: How scared should a new grad be of the possible e... by eof on Saturday August 06, 2011 @09:12AM (#2853764)

Being 'scared' is rarely useful; and I don't have any specific advice other than what others have said in this thread already.

But, you will have 0% problem finding a job that pays decently, even if it is not interesting I think it should be able to tide over your visa requirements until you can find something nice.

In short; there is a much much higher demand for people with your skills than people to fill those positions so you are in a fine spot.

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Re:Ask HN: How scared should a new grad be of the possible e... by kubrickslair on Saturday August 06, 2011 @09:24AM (#2853781)

This may come off as a reddit kind of comment, but it's ironic for me that my slightly scared state of mind became more apparent when I misinterpreted glimcat's comments in a negative light. I agree being 'scared' is rarely useful.

Also a related question to anybody who cares to answer. How often do people doing startups get scared or strongly discouraged. Is it much less often when working in a team. And the kind of well-knit team induced self-delusion which helps in hardships, also results in insularity which lead to the final downfalls- the kind we are seeing with RIM co-founders for instance.

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Re:Ask HN: How scared should a new grad be of the possible e... by glimcat on Saturday August 06, 2011 @09:34AM (#2853795)

"How often do people doing startups get scared or strongly discouraged."

There are ups an downs. It's easy to get discouraged - and sometimes, you should be. The success ratio for startups is not very high. But the startup environment has a lot of perks, like working on interesting problems with highly enthusiastic people. Teams help, as does remembering to actually get out of the lab occasionally.

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