>be late 30s software engineer>no cs degree>absolute shit resume>only ever worked for companies nobody has ever heard of>7 year employment gap that only ended a year ago>get auto filtered on 100% of job applicationsConsidering going back to school for a CS masters just be able to get an internship and "reset" my resume to look like I'm a new grad looking for my first job. Could this ever work or would being 40 by the time I finish the degree make me too old to even be considered for junior level positions anymore?
>>109900013No, you fucking idiot. You have experience. It's the single greatest hamstring for new graduates, and you want to handicap yourself because of what you're worried someone MIGHT think?
>>109900025My experience is objectively worth nothing. I've applied to close to 1000 jobs over the past few months without a single interview. Somehow I managed to get my current swe job last year after a 7 year employment gap but it fucking sucks and pays like shit and I want to leave it asap. Guaranteed a resume with just an internship at any Fortune 500 company gets more interviews than my resume with 10+ years of completely worthless experience.
>>109900013im same as you, but no employment gap. just been wageslaving and paying off the mortgageif this company who i've worked for for 7 years fire me, i don't really have a backup plan lol
>>109900013youd just be a 40 year old autist with two degreesits 2026 anon, you get jobs by having a great linkedin and recruiters calling you not by applying to jobs which is what boomers did in the land before fucking time
>>109900056>Guaranteed a resume with just an internship at any Fortune 500 company gets more interviews than my resume with 10+ years of completely worthless experience.No shit. And you don't have one. You have your "worthless" experiece, that still puts you above a college grad. Christ, are you actually taking advice from people on here? I know that's rich since I'm posting here too, but holy shit you got FUDed. Hard.
>>109900056The market is fucked, anon. For example, there used to be this meme where you should apply if you fulfill 1/3rd of their requirements. At this point you need 100%. I work in a niche technology and was rejected by a recruiter for a migration project, because I did not have experience in the product they were using at that moment and only knew the one they were going to migrate to. I do not work in rocket science. So basically, they were looking for someone with two niche specialisations. There are very few people around the world with actual production experience in what I worked with, and they wanted a combo so niche I'm 100% sure they never filled the role or coped by finally lowering their standards.
>>109900114My point is that if I go back to school I would be eligible for an internship.
>>109900128How much debt?
>>109900136I don't have any debt, and I have enough money to pay the $15k it'll cost for the degree.
>>109900143Eh. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeh.
>>109900114>xp puts you above a college gradI think you underestimate the ick that Stacy associates with time away from work. It’s arbitrary and retarded, but so is HR. Somehow, a years away seem to invalidate the substance of your resume, so that, retarded as it is, at a certain point, which OP is unfortunately probably well past, they would rather interview some kid that just graduated from college, even if they don’t have any proven xp. Idk how or why it works this way. HR roastoids are p braindead though so there’s that.
>>109900056>I've applied to close to 1000 jobsThis is how you should instantly know that either:1) This person is one of the most extreme, disgusting, mentally ill, brainwashed, people that exist, and/or is not actually willing to workor2) It's a fabricated propaganda post meant to spread doomerism mentalityThere's no other possibility
>>109900013boomers benefitted from gut-check hiring, then pulled the ladder up with antiracism and antisexism credetialism replacement, then flung open the doors to 3rd worlders who LOVE credentials, and love child abuse (forcing kids to do too much schooling) to enhance the "merit" (it's not merit, it's just credentials).the 3rd world credential farm and the cuckold boomers who instituted it, they are your enemy, and their law, which is evil itself.law is evil
>>109900013I would just get the fuck out of tech. It has been a shit industry for as long as I can remember.
>>109900218ok boomer
>>109900229I don't care what the cause is because there's nothing I can do to change it. I just want to do whatever will help me get ahead in the world we live in.
>>109900013Dont. Your age has 0 reason for me saying this. Im saying this 100% in regards to ANYONE trying for any STEM degree related to CS...dont. I literally want to die, and have started transitioning to be a "woman" just to quell my anger and aggression thats surfaced due to extreme bitterness from effort/time/money I put into my degrees, only to end up in fast food, making $15-25k/year. For comparison my sister got a liberal arts degree, and had a $60-$80k/yr job out of college.
>>1099002181000 applications without an interview is pretty common for tech jobs these days. There's hundreds of threads on reddit with this exact story.
>>109900245>nothing I can do to change itSame way as with a company. "There's no way I could run an entire hotel myself"what a dumb retard comment!
bumping
>>109900013>go back to school to get a masters degreeSolid idea, will only make you move competitive in the market>reset your seniority and try to start over as an internQuite possibly one of the dumbest moves you could consider my friend.
>>109900013just have claude make a better resume and fucking lie my nigga you have experience what the fuck
>>109901442The 7 year employment gap already reset my seniority and made me permanently unemployable at any worthwhile company. The only way to fix this is to hide it, and I can't do that without basically resetting my career back to zero.>>109901467Already did that and it made no difference.
>>109900013I am surprised by the amount of high skill but low IQ tech workers, you make the perfect employee because you don't have any ideas of your own, but you are very good at doing what you are told, not taking credit for anything, and making your manager look good.I am sure something will turn up, you sound very employable. What did you do for 7 years?
you're a Contractor
>>109900013Big if true
>>109900025anything under 5 years of experience is auto filtered anyway.
>>109901495You ARE employed, presumably in some kind of programming role. The 7 year gap is over. Stop thinking about the 7 year gap and move on with your life. Spend 2-3 years at your current job. Figure out how to spin it into some kind of leadership and growth story. Work on the masters on the side if you feel like it, but pretending to be an intern at 40 is literally retarded. You will almost certainly get filtered from any recruiter looking for 22 year old new grads to low ball.
>>109901769>The 7 year gap is overThen why do I get auto rejected from 100% of jobs I apply to, both with my own resume and my AI written one?>Spend 2-3 years at your current jobThat's not happening. It's fucking miserable here and they're probably going to run out of money and fire everyone soon anyway.>You will almost certainly get filtered from any recruiter looking for 22 year old new grads to low ballI make $90k at my current job and I would go way lower if I had to for a Fortune 500 company. Name recognition on your resume seems more important than anything else today.
>>109901796>Then why do I get auto rejected from 100% of jobs I apply to, both with my own resume and my AI written one?It's truly impossible to know without actually seeing your resume but my main speculation would be :1. You are applying to application portals and linked in (ie, fake job market) rather than the real job market2. You probably haven't been at the current role long enough.>It's fucking miserable hereWhy?>they're probably going to run out of money and fire everyone soon anywaySo ride it out until it burns to the ground and again make up some bullshit about lessons learned>I would go way lower if I had to for a Fortune 500 companyThey would never consider someone so desperate. Well maybe for a contract position, but definitely not a FTE. >Name recognition on your resume seems more important than anything else todayName recognition has always been important, but the most important thing in the current market is actual network connections.
honesty does not benefit job applicants in any way
>>109900056>>109900013Nigger where the fuck is your networking? Why are you applying to computers instead of talking with someone roping you in? Quit applying to big tech bullshit, it's enough to pay the bills nigger.t. NEETYou know what being a NEET is like.
>>109900013>Considering going back to school for a CS mastersDon't you need a bachelors to do that?
>>109900013>late 30s>Considering going back to school for a CS
I'm back in school now, its comfy. If you want a predictable higher paying wagie job, I would do something else semi-stem, medical, driving, flying with actual good certifications.
>>109902587>drivingI'm thinking about becoming a truck driver after I retire from the military in a few years.
>>109900013>>7 year employment gap that only ended a year agocount me in. next year is my first decade.graduate from EE
I graduated at 38 with a CS degree, and I have over 7 years of experience in the IT field. No, unless you bring something unseen in the field, you're just burning cash.
>>109900056How the heck did you get a job with a 7 years gap
>>109902782>>109900013What about a 38 year old thinking about going into the CS masters program at a university who's been using Loonix for 8 years now from Devuan, Arch, Artix, Void, Slackware, and Gentoo? My only work experience was being a failed YouTuber right after high school who got demontized and ragequit everything in 2013 after my account got fucked over. Since then I've been literally surviving off of selling retro video games, pokemon, and yugioh cards. But my collections have dried up and getting stuff real cheap to flip is harder than ever now. My entire area is DRY and my mom is making the one-time offer to send me to school. I'm physically too weak and old now to get into a physical trade. I did attempt to get a job driving a forklift in 2015 where I almost got crushed by the machine and almost killed another person. I was screamed at and my whole hometown won't hire me in anything physical due to word of mouth going around to all of the big wigs in the area. I'd probably just relocate as the school I can go to is in an a whole new area which is something I've wanted for a very long time.I've also thought about trying to find a 3/10 chubbers girlfriend that may be interested in me that's in her 20s. I don't know. It's not something I care deeply about but it's whatever.
>>109900013I have 7 years of savings, hmmm I have been fed up lately... not a bad idea
>>109902814You know we can tell it's you right?
>>109900297what the fuck am I reading?
>>109902822>You know we can tell it's you right?Who do you think I am? Also, what about the answer to my questions? I'm genuinely wanting to know. It's the last chance I'll ever have to go into an educational program like this to have a better chance potentially for my life.
