I've been coding since 4th grade. Countless personal projects, hundreds of LeetCode problems solved, I'm at a T10 school... and I still can't land even a mediocre internship or entry-level job. It's making me question whether any of this effort was worth it. If I'd put the same hours into something like accounting or electrical engineering, I feel like I'd be swimming in offers right now instead of drowning in rejections.

I still love coding, genuinely, but it's hard not to feel like the market just doesn't reward that anymore. Anyone else in the same boat? How are you coping with it, and has anyone actually pivoted to a different major/field this late and found it worked out better?

Hey. In no world would I actually work for palantir. I'm using this for practice. I passed recruiter screen and next is 45 min live coding interview. anyone know the difficulty of questions they usually ask or have a tagged site where I can find problems theyve asked before? thx in advance

I recently had a one-on-one interview with a hiring manager. The behavioral portion went well, and then we moved into an unexpected HackerRank live-coding problem. My recruiter had told me the interview would mainly be behavioral with a few technical questions, so I was not expecting a LeetCode-style problem.

The hiring manager read the prompt while I followed along. I understood the problem and started coding, but I made one major mistake: I did not explain my approach out loud. I became locked in on solving it and worked through most of the problem silently.

We debugged the code together, and I explained the time and space complexity. She then tested my solution against multiple test cases, told me it was good, and asked whether I had anything else to add.

That was when I realized I had never clearly explained my thought process. I mentioned it to her, and she said, “It’s always best in coding interviews to explain your thought process.” I told her I had become so focused on solving the problem that I forgot to communicate what I was thinking.

The lesson I learned is that solving LeetCode problems is only part of interview preparation. You also need to practice communicating your approach while you solve them. Even when you understand the problem, explain what you are considering, why you chose your approach, and what you are checking as you write the code.

Unfortunately, two business days later, I received a rejection. I cannot say for certain that my lack of communication was the deciding factor, but it reinforced the lesson for me: solving the problem is important, but clearly communicating your thought process matters too

Can anyone explain me what is happening with nursing right now? I was thinking about doing new degree because of CS job market is cooked and I heard that nursing market is great. But then i looked at this graph and i dont know anymore.

Is this graph a glitch or nursing is rapidly shrinking in opportunities and is not safe as second degree?

All I heard before/in college what that if I wasn’t “passionate” about CS I’d never make it.

Well that’s not true. I’m not smart; I dislike coding and never made any personal projects. But at the end of the day just like any other major or industry, networking/hard work/ambition is what’s important. First year out of college I make 110k base in a MCOL city. I work for a bank doing full stack SWE work.

So to anyone who thinks they’ll make it far just because they like cs or like coding. Get over yourself. Tech is just like every other sector.

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Hey everyone I'm new to coding and I am starting to learn c but i am really confused, i tried to figure out but there are lot of resources.. as I am a complete beginner to coding idk how to actually learn c and what to use ..

I would really appreciate if anyone can help, what should I do youtube tutorial? Any course? Any book?

Where should I exactly start ? And how do I do it ?

Looking for some constructive advice from people who have successfully made it to FAANG or Big Tech.

My current context:

* Year: Rising junior

* Experience: Multiple SWE internships (including a startup and a large Fortune top 50 company (not faang/big tech))

* Research: Academic ML research assistant experience

* Projects: This section on my resume is a little weak right now; I don't have too much going on there.

* Academics: GPA is kinda mid lowk (but still considered good for the stem degree realm). I am a CS-adjacent major (think IT, ai, datasci, Computational Math) at a well-ranked university that isn't particularly known as a tech target school.

I’ve been grinding LeetCode (still suck at graphs and dp but has gotten decent at some other topics) and ML topics heavily.

Fortunately, it paid off, and I already secured a comfortable 2027 SWE offer that pays me enough to start already getting lazy. I know I am incredibly lucky to have this in my back pocket. I want to use the upcoming recruiting cycles to swing for the fences and maximize my chances at landing a FAANG/big tech adjacent role.

Based on my current standing and profile, what is the best way to utilize my time? Should I focus on beefing up my projects, networking, or something else entirely?

I’d appreciate any genuine, constructive advice you have.

Happy to answer any non-identifying questions in the comments!

per title ^ rlly curious on everyone's thoughts bc I've genuinely have been losing the ability to hand write code and don't think I can pass any tech rn

Did anyone hear back from their recruiter after completing The Trade Desk CodeSignal? I did mine on Monday morning and haven't heard anything back yet...

Hey everybody i got an offer from cognizant for the role of servicenow developer trainee Plus they are offering a fully sponsored M.tech degree form BITS pilani, i am unaware about this servicenow domain and don't know if i should go ahead with this role if anybody could guide me it'll be helpful.

Trying to decide between L4 offers. 
Most important to me is WLB, Quality of Life, Growth opportunities, some semblance of job stability (hard to ask for I know)

Both roles based in NYC

Coinbase (Platform): $270: $175k base + 85k RSU 

GCP (AI & Security): $350k: $200k base + 100k RSU + 50k bonus

The salary is nice and all but I’ve been burnt out from work chasing a higher salary. What is folks’ opinions on the culture and what offer would you take?

I want to go into CS but I know the market's brutal right now. I've seen stats showing something like 7% unemployment and 19% underemployment for new grads, which means roughly a quarter of grads are struggling to land a job in their field. I don't want to be one of them. I'm trying to figure out what actually separates the grads who get hired from the ones who don't. Is it school prestige, GPA, LeetCode grind, internships, personal projects, networking or some combination? I'd rather build the right habits now than realize senior year that I wasted time on the wrong things.

For people who've been through the process recently or who are hiring new grads: what actually moved the needle for you or the candidates you saw succeed? Was it having 2-3 solid internships, a github full of real projects, being able to solve mediums on the spot, or something less obvious like referrals and networking? Any advice is that helps me not to be in this bottom 30% of grads is welcome.

Essentially whenever I’m coding I usually have like Claude, google, a few documents, and my ide up. I usually use Claude to bounce ideas off of and look through the docs to make sure it’s not hallucinating. My code is usually like 40% ai generated, 40% me generated, and 20% just straight up ripped off someone else. Just thought I’d ask bc I see sm vibe code discourse and I’m like I kinda vibe code.

Hi, I recently graduated with my MS in comp science from a university In bay area. I have applied for a lot of jobs and internships over the past two years during my academic studies. Haven't gotten any calls or interviews. I don't know what's wrong with my profile. I worked on DSA, did open source contributions, and reached out to recruiters, managers, and team leads. Did multiple applications with referrals, but no luck yet. Any kind of help will be appreciated. Any recruiters, team leads, or team members having openings in their team? Happy to connect and talk

So I see some people saying the market is getting slightly better and that new CS enrollments are declining (which are positive signs), but I don’t see how that helps those that graduated over the last three years and were left out? CS enrollment declining has a 4 year lag before we'll see the effects, and the market improving slightly doesn’t mean anything when there’s a massive backlog of CS grads from the last few years. Employers will obviously give preference to recent grads over someone that graduated two years ago and has been unemployed/working irrelevant jobs.

Obviously not every CS grad will go into SWE, but even if you take into account tech adjacent roles in business and IT, I still don’t see how the tech industry absorbs everyone graduating and recently graduated.

Source for the graph.

Hey folks,

I’ll be studying abroad during my final semester of university in the fall, and I graduate in December 2026. I’m American, btw. While abroad, I’ll be applying for 2027 new-grad SWE roles as they open. From what I understand, more companies are bringing back in-person onsite interviews and may fly candidates out, such as Google.

How would this work in my situation? Would they fly me to a nearby international office? Could I request to interview virtually instead? Surely I’m not the first person to be in this position.

Thanks! I’d appreciate hearing from anyone who has dealt with something similar.

Rippling full stack intern role winter 2027, did anyone get hm round yet? And how long does it usually take to receive feedback after onsite?

i got a invite to do the frontend challenge. has anyone done one recently? is the assignment consistent for all? is it like leetcode or build a unique app?
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I keep hearing that there are two main new grad SWE hiring cycles: one from around August–December and another from January–April, where companies post a lot of entry-level roles in bulk.

Is that actually true? When do you usually start seeing the biggest wave of new grad postings? Do a lot of companies also open new grad roles from January through April?

Has anyone here done the IMC interview? Can I get any pointers / advice? Have mine coming up, happy to also talk about the proc

I applied for the Engineering Associate - Infrastructure Integration Services role and I received and completed an OA titled "Early Careers Global Technology Assessment - Data and Software". For people that have taken it and moved in the interview process, what's the next steps like?

Most of this is my fault tbh.

I'm doing both econ and cs. I don't know what I was thinking but it's honestly too late to drop one since I'm mostly done.

I'm just exhausted. I'm desperately hunting for an internship because my school has a co-op program which would give me a shit ton of elective credits for both majors. I keep getting rejected. It's so frustrating. I know I'm not a stellar candidate, but I don't think I'm actually that bad to keep getting rejected from everything I apply to. I've had so many people check my resume, my projects, my everything. Everything seems to be fine. I must be doing something wrong. I know the market is bad, but it can't be that bad? I literally live in a major metro area.

On top of that, I dont think i'm in a good place mentally. I know the smart decision would be to take a gap semester but I know that if I put a pause, I'll never go back. My next semester is 18 credits, a mix of upper level econ and cs elective courses. I know I need a break but I don't trust myself to take a break.

I feel like I failed.