Tech companies are facing a crisis "hiring"

[Ayo]

I keep hearing this but these places are still ghosting candidates, requiring five+ years of experience for 'entry level' positions, and refusing to consider new graduates even if they have internship experience.

The problem is people keep ‘hearing’ it but how many are actually trying? And if you are trying is it only at big splashy tech companies or only in niches that you’re interested in?

I left a pretty big Silicon Valley ‘startup’ not too long ago and we had a lot of interns from Stanford and Duke and a few other schools so shyt is competitive regardless. But we also hired plenty of interns from ‘regular’ school students ps after graduation and retained a few part time just to be able to hold onto to them post grad.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

It’s true. Every engineer who comes in has 4 or 5 other offers. Every UX designer or product manager has 2 or 3 others.

Positions are staying open for weeks with most candidates being so severely under qualified (people with 0 experience who can barely string together a coherent sentence in any language) that they don’t even make it past the screening call.

I’m enrolled in this course right now on Google just for fun

 

[Ayo]

How long did you stay before you left the 2nd time.

7 months. It’s always about you and your family. Remind them of that and no one is going to be mad at you.

 

[Ayo]

I’m enrolled in this course right now on Google just for fun

I hear good things. Only complaint I’ve heard is that it’s “Googles way of doing UX” and they are heavy handed with design sprints. But there is no single way to do UX so ‘Googles way’ isn’t a bad thing. I have over a decade of experience and I might check it out.

 

[Ol’Otis]

It appears to be similar in accounting. I get hit up like crazy on handshake and I ain’t even graduate yet.

Same
But I get bookkeeping positions

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Same
But I get bookkeeping positions

What degree do you have?

 

[Ol’Otis]

What degree do you have?

Nothing, I’m in school for accounting

 

[JetFueledThoughts]

Tech industry the place to be lil bih

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Nothing, I’m in school for accounting

That makes sense bookkeepers will probably come at you first. Experience non the less. Since I’m an internal auditor I’m actually looking to finish my accounting credits. Wondering if I should do a CPA later

 

[Apollo Creed]

The problem is people keep ‘hearing’ it but how many are actually trying? And if you are trying is it only at big splashy tech companies or only in niches that you’re interested in?

I left a pretty big Silicon Valley ‘startup’ not too long ago and we had a lot of interns from Stanford and Duke and a few other schools so shyt is competitive regardless. But we also hired plenty of interns from ‘regular’ school students ps after graduation and retained a few part time just to be able to hold onto to them post grad.

What is a “regular” school to you lol

 

[Apollo Creed]

There’s a lot of info on TheColi when it comes to careers, certs, stocks etc. There are hundreds of avenues to make passive income. The info is there, how you apply it is up to you. Yeah, I fukk around on TLR but I don’t when it comes to my money.

The cats that dont have the initiative to seek the info dont stand a chance in tech if we being real lol

 

[UberEatsDriver]

What is a “regular” school to you lol

A school with no fancy name. Honesty the social status of schools needs to be dropped already

 

[Ol’Otis]

That makes sense bookkeepers will probably come at you first. Experience non the less. Since I’m an internal auditor I’m actually looking to finish my accounting credits. Wondering if I should do a CPA later

You don’t have your degree yet?

 

[Apollo Creed]

A school with no fancy name. Honesty the social status of schools needs to be dropped already

What is fancy?

lets be specific because MIT aint UGA and UGA aint Alabama State, and Alabama state aint Shorter College

 

[UberEatsDriver]

You don’t have your degree yet?

I have my MPA but I only did a few accounting credits with it.