Message from @EndangeredProdigy

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2018-12-26 08:17:40 UTC  

i applied to the same place like ten times

2018-12-26 08:17:49 UTC  

i got 9 no responses and one yes, immediate interview and job

2018-12-26 08:17:55 UTC  

my advice is

2018-12-26 08:17:55 UTC  

gonna have a damn masters in cybersecurity and will have to probably work fuckin help desk for a year

2018-12-26 08:18:00 UTC  

a lot of the hiring people

2018-12-26 08:18:03 UTC  

are not actually all that smart

2018-12-26 08:18:05 UTC  

they are very fickle

2018-12-26 08:18:12 UTC  

having seen them from multiple perspectives now

2018-12-26 08:18:15 UTC  

including from inside the company

2018-12-26 08:18:19 UTC  

a lot of people actually hate them

2018-12-26 08:18:29 UTC  

so i mean

2018-12-26 08:18:31 UTC  

just bear that in mind

2018-12-26 08:18:34 UTC  

they just know the answer to the question they ask that is extremely technical

2018-12-26 08:18:50 UTC  

theres not neccesarilly an actually good reason for rejection on that front

2018-12-26 08:18:55 UTC  

the other thing is you can apply way before actually graduating

2018-12-26 08:19:01 UTC  

and more or less be in the job by the time you are out

2018-12-26 08:19:02 UTC  

it takes time

2018-12-26 08:19:08 UTC  

I'm gonna be looking into some positions next month

2018-12-26 08:19:09 UTC  

just tell them when you will graduate

2018-12-26 08:19:23 UTC  

didn't want to do it too soon

2018-12-26 08:19:33 UTC  

because some places don't hire that far out

2018-12-26 08:19:42 UTC  

meh some dont

2018-12-26 08:19:47 UTC  

i dunno its probably a good idea to try for it

2018-12-26 08:19:49 UTC  

it took me ages to find a job

2018-12-26 08:19:53 UTC  

i wished i had started earlier

2018-12-26 08:20:05 UTC  

I don't think Lockheed hires anyone past 6 months before grad

2018-12-26 08:20:08 UTC  

im not exactly going to tell you you should definitely do something i was too lazy to do

2018-12-26 08:20:13 UTC  

just say its probably a good idea

2018-12-26 08:20:22 UTC  

why lockheed

2018-12-26 08:20:53 UTC  

I feel like that would be a good place. I want to do contract work with the DoD but I don't want to work FOR the DoD

2018-12-26 08:21:01 UTC  

fair enough

2018-12-26 08:21:09 UTC  

Lockheed does a lot of contracts with them so it would be a good start at least

2018-12-26 08:21:25 UTC  

afaik they are hiring new people right now

2018-12-26 08:21:32 UTC  

so not the worst ever

2018-12-26 08:21:45 UTC  

yeah I've got a buddy that knows some people there, but they are more on the aviation research side and not the tech end

2018-12-26 08:21:56 UTC  

so I am not sure how much help they would be

2018-12-26 08:22:04 UTC  

>shrug

2018-12-26 08:22:11 UTC  

can't hurt to try though lol

2018-12-26 08:22:15 UTC  

quite

2018-12-26 08:22:45 UTC  

it's either that or I try to find a job working at a network traffic monitoring center

2018-12-26 08:22:50 UTC  

talk about boring though