Sunday, September 18, 2005

Jobless in Vancouver

It's been 5 months since I graduated and I'm no closer to finding a job. I seriously doubt my abilities to ever make myself productive in my chosen career.

Barriers to employment:
  1. No relevant industry experience. I never did co-op, and I wouldn't have gotten in anyway. (See point 2)
  2. Rubbish grades. It is a miracle I have a graduating average of 77%. For every A (only 2 I think), I have a smattering of mediocrity.... nothing like a D to round up your transcript. I have so many Cs on my transcript... I have no excuses for doing badly in them. Either I am dumb compared to the class (quite likely since I am often below the class average) or I didn't really care at the time (equally likely).
  3. Being a foreigner. Telling an interviewer that you are neither a citizen or landed immigrant is as good as not being interviewed at all. I possess no attribute that would help me stand out from any other entry-level Computer Science graduate here, there or anywhere.... so why employ me over someone else who took the same courses, did bettter and requires no paperwork to be gainfully employed in your organization?
On a related note, I hate those damn interview questions. I don't know what my strengths are... but I can sure find a lot of weaknesses. BTW if you can think of a strength that I apparently posses, let me know, cos I sure can't find any right now.

Strengths:
  1. ???

Weaknesses:
  1. Lazy
  2. Short attention span
  3. Slow learner
  4. Unmotivated
  5. Gets tired easily, needs a lot of sleep
  6. Horrible at socializing with people I just met (eg at job fairs, networking events etc)
  7. Not exactly the smartest person around
  8. Slower than a snail at coding. Moreover, the code I write is rubbish; inefficient, full of bugs and uglier than a bulldog... takes a long time to polish it up

Sending out resumes feels like wasting the (electronic) ink that it is on. I don't get calls, and on the off chance that I have, nothing comes out of them anyway. It's not as if I am asking for anything extravagant. All I want is a entry level position to learn from and start a career. Even that sounds mighty impossible right now.

Sometimes I wish I could have a simpler life... just end up doing a menial job everyday. Don't care for career advancement. Just get stuck in the same job for 35 years and collect my pension at the end.

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