#CareerPlanning #JobSearch #PlanB #BackupPlan
Hey there! 👋 So you’re thinking about your backup plan in case finding a dev job takes longer than expected. No worries, it’s always a good idea to have a Plan B in place. Here are a few things you can consider:
1. Freelancing: Look into freelancing opportunities to build up your experience and portfolio while still making some income. Websites like Upwork and Freelancer are great places to start.
2. Skill Enhancement: Use your time to learn new skills or enhance your existing ones. Maybe consider taking a course or getting certified in a specific programming language or technology that’s in high demand.
3. Networking: Connect with other professionals in the field through online communities, forums, and social media groups. You never know who might have a lead on a job or be able to offer some valuable advice.
4. Side Projects: Work on personal side projects to showcase your abilities and creativity. This can also help keep your skills sharp and make you stand out to potential employers.
5. Part-time Job: Consider taking on a part-time job in the meantime to cover your expenses while you continue searching for a dev job.
Remember, everyone’s journey is different, and it’s okay if things don’t happen as quickly as you’d hoped. Stay positive, stay focused, and keep pushing forward. You’ve got this! 💪🌟
Pivot to a new career by applying to data entry roles and other similar roles that require a BS in anything.
I want to avoid retail/ food atm because I would rather get a career-starting job started as soon as possible. Not that retail/ food can’t kick off to lifelong careers, but they’re not the industry that I want to be in and I might as well take advantage of the fact I have a degree at all.
Plan B is one rain dance and sunny day dance till the day I die for climate change to destroy humanity cause my revenge grudge against HR department heads is unreal from rejection PTSD. Gonna be waking up a decade from now in a cold sweat remembering graduating cs/swe in 2023, the Vietnam trauma of application/interview loop struggle bus, having to skip meals and praying that I get an offer.
Hope C-suite mofos lose their 5th beach vacation home when the coastlines start flooding.
Military.
One thing this fucking market can’t take away from me is my athleticism.
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Apply for jobs in a completely different field or join the trades. I thought about military, but that’s last resort.
Worst case, fake my death, cash out the life insurance, move to another country
reality though, work in a warehouse, default on my debts, get sued again by debt collectors
Probably jerking off punks underneath the Queensboro Bridge.
Find another job.
something cat related
wendy’s dumpster
I will do a part time receptionist job at a yoga studio or at gym. I also can drive Uber or door dash.
as a QA turned developer, starting your career as a QA is not a bad option
I’ve always been interested in gene therapy for curing diseases. I have a molec bio and cs degrees. I’d be cool taking a break and doing a masters or PhD in computational genomics.
For money I’d probably open a food truck that serves fancy grilled cheese sandwiches or something of that nature.
I’ve been thinking about studying security and starting a new career in that. If that doesn’t work out then completely pivot to something non-tech.
My other thought, but it’s a very dumb idea, is to just try my luck going indie gamedev. But I know it’s a dumb idea and that it’s most likely to fail, so I really need to not do that, but it’s so tempting lol.
Im a dev. I build software.
If I dont find a job, I’l just build something that solves a real issue and makes me money.
This world is ours for the taking guys, we just gotta do things in a smart way.
medical school or law school anyone?
Sit at home doom queuing world of Warcraft solo shuffle on my pandaren avatar
Why does no one here ever suggest writing and selling your own software? If you really are a good dev, prove it. Start your own SAAS if no one will here you
I was attending grad school part time, so looking to transition full time if nothing out within the next month
Go back to driving buses for public transit
Plan B, sugar baby for a lifetime if it works out well.
Probably go back into hardware until I finish my Master’s in AI
If I lost my current job, I guess move back in with my parents and be depressed. And then finally take the opportunity to apply to grad school.
I’ve thought about this a lot recently. Here are my plans for if I were laid off:
**Plan A**: simply find a new software engineering job, if that doesn’t work:
**Plan B**: Find a job technically related that requires a similar technical degree. Something like data analysis, graphics programming (it’s a hobby of mine but wouldn’t want to do it for a job), cybersecurity, etc.
**Plan C:** If finding a tech job isn’t working out, then I’ll try to get a job in tech sales. It’s not coding but you don’t really need experience (aside from a degree), it’d pay the bills, there’s long term career growth, and would probably be interesting.
**Plan D:** If finding a “white collar” job isn’t working out at all, then I’ll go to trade school to become an electrician. End goal here would be to start my own electrical business
**Plan E:** Worst case scenario, take some basic job that’s enough to pay the bills. Cashier, warehouse employee, etc.
Not in that situation but for those that are you can try Analysts and QA roles.
There is no plan B. Sit on my front porch with a shotgun when the bank comes for my house.
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Having a Plan B is smart. Consider freelance work, internships, or side projects to gain experience while job hunting. Stay persistent!
Call Center Analyst. It’s what I did before going back to school and I could easily automate 90% of it with the knowledge I have now. Wouldn’t pay near as much as I make now but if it was full remote i could probably swing working 2-3 of them at a time.
Was considering going back to school to study nursing for two years. Depending on how bad the market for entry to mid level engineers overtime is, i’ll probably make the transition to nursing.
Plan B is to try to get into one of those venture studio / founder-focused accelerator programs like Antler, a16z START, Z Fellows, Sequoia Arc, Entrepreneur First etc and use that as a launchpad to start one of the two ideas I’ve been mulling over.
Plan C is to say fuck it and go teach English in East / Southeast Asia for a bit. Pick up some life exp. Learn a language proper. Access the local job market for tech if poss.
Plan D is to try to jump into the experienced hire pipeline at a consulting or services firm. Even if it’s like a shit tier consulting or services firm.
After that? Dunno. Will probably try to get some shitty part-time job, use the spare time to build a product and try to pitch investors myself.
If you’re struggling to find dev work…niche language positions pay well, with better LWB than FAANGs/traditional dev positions.
This isn’t my plan B, but my experience on what I did when I wasn’t having luck in the application call back department.
I graduated in May and didn’t have a prior internship, so really no experience other than class work. By June I started getting nervous so picked up a simple retail job for the time being to pay for rent. Unfortunately I was working that full time so that left very little time to keep applying so don’t do that lol (unless it’s a part time gig).
I asked for advice because I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to land a job without prior experience, and I ended up starting to also apply for internships. This is not something for everyone, im sure a lot of people would not do that and just keep trying for an entry level. Anywho, got an internship, got references, updated my linked in with the position, updated my resume, kept applying for entry level positions.
I was reached out to by a recruiter on linked in, I applied for that position, and now I’m finishing up my internship and have a new job lined up.
If you’re good at communicating and describing stuff, you might look into technical writing. I could see myself eventually doing that if/when I truly get sick and tired of the stuff around programming.
Got laid off last month
My experience is mainly in SWE and tech art. I’m still finishing a master’s, working with fluid sims. If neither of those work out, alternate routes I could do based on areas I’ve touched on and liked are:
– further graphics programming / research, would enjoy this but don’t really want a PhD
– cybersecurity (must get certs, some could lead to roles like sysadmin or networking but I’m nowhere near that level right now)
– controls / PLCs (working on some Udemy stuff for this)
– embedded (I have a *significant* amount of upskilling to do before I stand a chance there)
– try to go indie game dev route, maybe coupled with freelancing or releasing mobile apps
– art commissions and Patreon, would be fun, but obviously there’s a ton of risk there due to stable diffusion etc.
– back to tech support or network operations. I enjoyed both, just not the pay and hours.
– data center technician, computer technician, I can build PCs and also would enjoy fixing them — again, pay sucks
– maybe my novels will take off
– work for my dad’s business, would be pretty boring as legal stuff does not interest me
Last resort, online school for engineering (EE or ME, probably the former). I’m not cut out for the trades — bad at manual labor and hands-on stuff.
Definitely data roles or business analyst. Putting numbers into graphs is fun
Plan B is to keep doing Plan A until my mental can’t mental anymore ðŸ«