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Discussion on: How I got into Software Industry without a CS Degree (no summer school, no internship)

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Abdelellah

Im a CS degree graduate and i have been teaching my self development for almost 3 years as i did not practice development after i graduated

For the last 8 months i did almost 16 interview and i failed in all of them
90% of those interviews were about algorithms mixed with math which where I’m bad at
Dont know what to do

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hidden_dude

Advice that may work for you:

Look for a different sort of company. For example, one of my first jobs was working for a research project at a University. The development was fairly simple, and the requirements not as high as in a software company.

The key is to get SOME experience. Maybe not at the ideal place at first, but making SOME money from programming is a way to start. Not all sorts of companies will ask you all these algorithm questions, especially those where you'd be the only programmer.

Advice that is probably not useful to you anymore:

The best time to get some work experience is while you are still in college. Doing this or that internship so when you graduate you IMMEDIATELY have a job.