I’m extremely frustrated with my job situation. I want to code, I absolutely love building stuff with software. My current job is a “tech” job, but involves absolutely zero coding. I don’t know what else I can do to stand out more or make myself a better candidate.

-I’m a new-grad with a flawless in-major GPA (computer science major)
-I have other past internship experiences that involve coding
-I frequently do my own side projects and post them to GitHub
-I work well on teams (life-long and collegiate athlete)

I apply to tons and tons of places only to get no response, or to have a single fucking interview and then get dropped

Fuck this stupid shit I am so frustrated

Sucks to be where you're at (where?), I haven't had to update my personal resume or write a job application since I landed my first job 7 years ago.

> I want to do the thing.
> I love doing the thing.
> Why won’t people let me do the thing?

Do the thing anyway.
As in: with clients, for money.

Worst case, it’ll make you look even better.

If the current job is paying good enough, isn't too boring and isn't too demanding, you could just deem yourself lucky and keep coding as a hobby.

@Root that’s a good point, a little scary for me though. And the only contract-like work I can think of is web dev and I don’t want to do any more of that lol

@Oktokolo that’s true, I just had an expectation for myself that I could get a development-focused job

@DeepHotel You certainly can get a developer job. But when you are developing software eight hours a day, there probably will be no energy left for coding after work and chances are, you will not want to see code on most weekends either...

You can ruin any hobby by making it your job. So if coding currently is a hobby you really like, i would advice against making it your job - especially when you already got the perfect job to pair with a demanding hobby like coding.

But if you are just not hating coding and happen to be good at it despite not actually investing much time and don't need the mana for anything else... I would actually still recommend against a developer job when already having a somewhat safe and not too taxing source of income. People underestimate the worth of not being exhausted in their free time.

@Oktokolo i definitely understand your point. Except I’ve had programming roles in the past and absolutely loved them. I don’t really want to do anything that doesn’t involve programming in some aspect

@DeepHotel Well then just try switching role where you are and/or keep searching.