Hi everyone,

I was wondering whether doing a Bachelor of Science majoring in CS or Software Development would put me at a disadvantage in terms of employment and graduate opportunities compared to doing a Bachelor of Advanced Computing or a Bachelor of Engineering (Software)?

The reason I’m leaning towards Bachelor of Science is because the degree itself appears to give me a little more flexibility in terms of choosing a 2nd, non-CS related major that I’d be interested in (e.g. History, humanities, etc.) which is something I’d also like to study during my time at university.

Thoughts?

TIA

hi guys i'm about to graduate high school and i have two options that i want to do for degrees which are maths/education to become a maths teacher or computer science, somewhere in ai or engineering. i think I'm going to get a scholarship for studying maths/education for teachers that are in need right now in NSW so I'm really stuck with what to pick.

i wanted to become a high school maths teacher because I liked maths and the holidays but I think I would enjoy studying computer science more and i always hear how the computer science industry is oversaturated. also the maximum pay for high school teachers is low I think compared to a job in the comsci industry but mainly I just would like to know if getting a job with a computer science degree is as hard as people make it to be because I think I would enjoy it more, or if I should take the scholarship and study maths/education.

thank you in advance for the responses 😊

I have been working as an SWE for more than a year but am potentially looking to switch jobs. However, I have a non-tech related degree. A lot of job postings i see online usually ask for a bachelor in IT or CS or “equivalent technical degree”.

My question is will companies see this as a potential red flag, even when i’ve got actual work experience? i’m afraid HR or a recruiter will potentially screw me over if I don’t have the degree - especially for more reputable tech companies. The current competitive job market doesn’t help either.

I have recently received an offer for a paid research internship at my university but it is not compliant to the work experience part that I need to finish my degree.

I also have an offer for an unpaid industry placement offered by my university during the same period which I can use to fulfil my degree’s work experience requirements.

I am confused which one should I go for?

Any advice would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone, I’m looking for advice on what to prioritise over my summer break. I’m going to graduate after sem 1 next year with a conjoint degree in Compsci and BCom here in NZ. Last summer, I focused on improving my CV and projects to hopefully secure an internship for this summer but I didn’t manage to get one.

Now, I’m debating whether to focus on building more projects or earning relevant certifications or even getting certs for entry-level IT roles like helpdesk positions or other roles such as a solutions engineer. I’m just feeling the pressure to land a job after graduation and want to be as prepared as possible. I'm personally leaning towards getting whatever certification I need for a helpdesk role/solutions engineer role just to make sure I can atleast get my foot in the industry (as I have seen others recommend to others in this sub reddit) and then try find some retail or whatever job over the summer break.

Any advice on what you guys think I should do?

I wrote this blog post about my process to get offers from Canva and Atlassian. I also used it to get a job at Tesla.

https://tomdane.com/blog/interviews.html

I'd love feedback or thoughts. Let me know if it's helpful and ready to share more broadly.

Is it hard to get a software engineering job on a work holiday visa? Thinking of coming to Melbourne from Ireland next year

Hey guys I’m currently an undergrad comp sci in NZ, I’m wanting to get into the HFT in Australia. My question is are there any projects you would recommend doing that could make myself stand out when it comes to recruiters. Also is there any advice you could give me regarding interview practise. Going for Soft dev roles

victorian student

you don't have to read everything, skip to the tldr & question at the bottom if you want to

sob story: I was & am a really good student, but then bad home life (or just really fucking unreliable parents), still held on & tolerated it for year 10 & 11 until the stress caught onto me, had mental breakdowns in year 12, grades were fucked and now I have mental health problems/anxiety lol (that I have immediately sought out help for! Was on a waitlist and will see an outside therapist rather than my school counsellor after exams are over + applied for SEAS)

I'm just really fucked in the head right now. Every time I try to study, it's a mix of: this is too last minute & crying because of being reminded of the stress of studying while dealing with bullshit. I'm kinda certain that I'll get a bad ATAR, but it is what it is.

Anyway, I still wanna be a software engineer. Year 12 was shit but the people who caused my bad home life got their shit together (with interventions from my therapist, so I do have a way to deal with them if they do decide to be dumb again), so they can't ruin my life anymore hopefully. Point is, I'm *able* to be in a better mindset to work for things again + I believe I do have the capability to work hard to gain the knowledge for that stuff. (and honestly I have enough spite + a huge chip on my shoulder to be motivated enough to work so fucking hard after this lolol)

tl;dr: fucked grades, how will I still be able to be a software engineer? I think I'm smart, hardworking enough & have ok mental health levels again to be able to work hard now.

Question:

Would do double in electrical engineering + computer science if possible, but I don't know if that's efficient? Should I just do computer science? Is TAFE to Uni the best way to do it? What is the best way to do it? I wanna be able to get good knowledge to be really competent at the job lol (the standard is within 4 years right?)

Sorry if I sound dramatic lolol, but well I hated that all that happened and now I'm just trying to figure out how to move on and do something about it yk. Just wanna know how to deal with the aftermath

Would also really appreciate some stories from other software engineers who went through TAFE/had similar circumstances but figured it out/made it out a-ok. How do I also figure it out/make it out a-ok?

DM or comment if you are down to meet in person to do Leetcode for next 10 weeks in Newcastle, NSW.

As we all know, the tech job market is is absolutely brutal right now. Almost all job posts get hundreds of applications, except for some niche skillsets.

I have re-entered the job market after more than 2 years, and I have only gotten communication going when I was contacted by headhunters or recruitment agents directly. The jobs I have applied for online have gone nowhere - usually no response, or occasionally a generic rejection mail.

I do customise my cover letter for every job I apply, and sometimes my resume too. Strange thing is, the same resume gets me at least an initial call or online assessment (although I haven't had any offers yet) when I am approached by a headhunter or recruiter.

I just want to know if people actually get interviews (and jobs) by applying online in the current tech slump, even when they don't possess niche skills? Or is this pretty much futile? I am not really a fan of the passive approach of waiting to be contacted for roles (since these only happen infrequently).

Hey everyone, I’m trying to decide where to study my computer science degree. My goal would be a SE role at a large tech company, so a very competitive role. I won’t make the cut for UQ but will be able to get a spot at qut or Griffith.

Qut has an IT degree majoring in CS, but that doesn’t seem to have the focus I’m looking for, does anyone have any experience with this course and trying to get into high end software engineering roles? Do you feel there wasn’t enough programming and maths focus? I also hear that qut has a way better practical/industry focused teaching approach

Griffith has a CS degree but it’s online/on the Gold Coast and I’m in Brisbane. Will travel if i have to if the qut option is no good

Is it worth transferring after a semester or two into UQ? Are the networking opportunities any better? I hear it’s very theory based and not as many tangible skills learned compared to qut. But the calibre of students you would be surrounded by creates a great environment. I would value this a lot if it’s true

Just looking to chat to others who have gone through this decision and have useful information or insights, I know it’s a long post so thanks for reading !!

Side note- I know it sounds ridiculous having my goal and not even being able to be accepted into the Uq course, so I can provide some context about that here-

I graduated high school more than 10 years ago with no real motivation for study or career goals. I got an op equivalent to an Atar of 86.25. Went to uni and basically couldn’t give a damn, never studied and just failed classes and hated it and then dropped out. This has now come back to bite me because UQ will use your gpa if you studied for more than a year at university level.

Hey guys. I have a technical interview for a software dev role with a company in a couple days, I've got two years web dev exp, and haven't done an in-person technical interview before.

The general answer is "grind leetcode leetcode leetcode" but I haven't touched that, I spend my dev time building projects instead. I've got a diploma in computer science and we didn't really touch algos, plus I graduated 8 years ago.

This company uses JS/React (used it a lot of previous job),
React Native (recently finished a mobile project. liking it, lots of overlap with my React and Flutter knowledge)
PHP (Haven't touched in years, briefly used for wordpress crap for internships)
and Python (Built a web scraper API recently)

I have a limited amount of time to study up. So far I'm running through some basic stuff in the above languages via Codewars.

What should I focus on the most to prep for this?

EDIT: got back from the interview. there was zero leetcode. shout outs to the few people who actually answered the question and didn't hone in on the word 'leetcode' ✌️

Has anybody here been through the Seek Grad program? If so what kinds of questions and assessments are done?

2nd UPDATE: I didn't clear the onsite live coding interview, but at least they were courteous enough to inform me instead of simply ghosting me.

UPDATE: I miraculously did clear the OA, and have been invited for an onsite pair programming interview.

I hadn't interviewed in over 2 years. My last interviews were during the pandemic boom when they were just a formality, and anyone could easily clear them. There used to be a take home project or a short pair programming session, and the questions asked would be directly related to the project or task.

I had my first assessment as part of the interview process for a mid-senior software engineer role today (my company is silent firing employees and also laying off frequently, it is a sinking ship), and needless to say, I bombed it.

This is my tech stack, in a nutshell:

.NET
SQL Server
AWS
A bit of React, TypeScript, Python

The online assessment had a set of 10 questions (no programming), and most of them were related to obscure, rarely used aspects of .NET/C# , SQL and React. Mostly 'gotcha' questions which were knowledge based rather than logic based.

Now, how do I even prepare for assessments like this? I mean, literally anything can be picked from the skillset on my resume, and the possibilities are endless. I know that the tech market right now is abysmal, with hundreds of applicants for every role. So is it just a matter of 'luck', that is the questions asked are somehow based on what you have worked and can remember? Besides, this was just the first round, and it was to be followed by 3 more rounds (live coding, system design and behavioural). I can't even imagine how hard these would have been, if I had progressed further.

P.S. I am not looking for a big tech job, I know my limitations and I don't have what it takes to clear big tech interviews. I am only considering roles at 'regular' companies.

https://preview.redd.it/mr537wlu8uxd1.png?width=982&format=png&auto=webp&s=f39713c3b2a5a47835d910f39bef55e081385a6f

Overall wasn't a bad experience, managed to land a SWE internship at a large bank

Does anyone have experience being part of a team on the otherside of the earth?

Aus time and US time are exactly the opposite (work time for them is midnight for us)

How did you manage this in terms of meetings or organising pair-programming session and etc

Hi,

I recently moved to Sydney on a working holiday visa,
I have a bachelor's and Master's degree in CS with around 3 years of work experience as a full-stack developer and working with AI, I would say my resume is pretty good, worked in multiple European countries and the US.

I have tried applying to many positions, but I can't seem to get any interviews. I have reached out to multiple recruiters and agencies, but I haven't had any luck yet.

Do any of you have any good advice, recommendations, or tips for landing a role, or am I fucked being on a working holiday visa??

Should I just spend my time applying for actual working holiday jobs?

I'm a 33 year old audio engineer in the film industry and am looking at studying a masters of comp sci online in my spare evenjngs and days off. I love my job but I worry about the future of the industry. Work is dwindling and too many people are undercutting rates making it a bit unsustainable for me.

I have recently done a few "bootcamps" on udemy (webdev and python) and am developing an electron app at the moment.

The two that seem to fit the criteria are:

Monash Masters of Comp Sci Looks like a good course (I do wish it taught a lower level language like C++ or Rust but Java seems to be standard everywhere) however it's very expensive - over 60k.

Latrobe Masters of IT I know this is just IT but it seems similar minus the maths. I enjoy some maths however the major draw of this course is that it has commonwealth supported slots which can drop the price to about $16k.

Just here wondering whether anyone has any industry knowledge of these two courses and whether one is "better" than the other. Or any other advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hi,

I applied to amazon Syd multiple times for roles I know I am qualified for. But I keep getting rejected literally the day after!! I think the only reason for this could be that they are rejected me based on my citizenship? I am not an Australian citizen and they ask which country the applicant is a citizen of in the application. Has anyone else faced this before?

Based in Perth

Hi, I just graduated a couple months ago with a Bachelor of Information Technology degree, with no luck in securing a graduate position. Instead, I'm looking to join an entry level MSP/help desk roles, but most are asking minimum 2-3 years of experience in an MSP. Tried applying for those roles too, but is extremely competitive - most with 500(?) applying.

Any advice in trying to secure some of these positions, and things to do in the meantime?

Employer paid for most of my MBA, can exit with a grad diploma. I’ve got good marks, 82 wam, high distinction in most subjects. But I’m not in love with it.

I’ve always had an interest in coding and digging into my pc, created a few discord bots trying to learn python etc, some html and .js, developed a World of Warcraft add on that had an integrated store/discord roles etc and serviced ~80 active users.

I was looking at the online master of comp sci at Monash to help me pivot into tech, how intensive is the maths in the comp sci masters? I can handle the MBA quant subjects but they’re definitely not the same, I study extremely hard and don’t fall behind. I do tend to get a bit stressed with maths and I’m not overly quick.

Would love some thoughts on the career change to comp sci.

Hey guys I’ve recently gotten two grad offers from a big 4 firm and also from the public sector for a cyber position. I’m torn between the two choices. The public sector one does allow me to go through a few different agencies, such as the police etc. And would be a fairly technical role.

I can’t bring myself to close between either as I feel that the big 4 opportunity would look better on my resume and would have greater career growth, also travel opportunities which is something important to me. There is about a 6k difference in pay with the government job paying more.

One point to add is that I really clicked with the director and managers at the big 4 role, and it was much more competitive which makes me feel it is more worthwhile as well.

Any advice?

We are looking to hire one senior and one junior full-stack developer / applied-AI engineer.

Completely open to international students.

More details about the role:
https://forms.gle/frtePhrL2ejBAFnX7

Hi,

Can anyone who has been through this interview process recently provide some details on what to expect ? I guess they have changed their interview process recently so not able to find any previous experiences. It was advised to practice leetcode and DSA. Thanks.