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I've been talking lately to anxious college students (mostly in computer science) who are nearing graduation. Some have struck out at their first interviews and are wondering how they'll ever be able to break in to the field. I'm curious to know what advice the people here would give to them.
- November 27, 2018
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2. Flojomojo
  
  Be prepared to work, but don't worry if you have to leave if it's a bad fit and you're miserable.
  
  November 28, 2018
3. GoldLeader
  
  I had a career for 15 years as a Broadcasting Tech, and when I left to "semi-retire" there was tears and cake, but even in that example, my initial employment with the company was held up for 4 months by a pencil pushing dimwit (Who didn't even last there very long)...I had multiple friends within the company who went to bat for me just to even get on initially, and many friends who would have been good workers were turned away at the gates while the company hired misanthropic num...
  
  November 28, 2018
4. GoldLeader
  
  Also, cliched though it may be, it's happiness and not money that won out in the end for me
  
  November 28, 2018