Why Companies Aren't Hiring Entry Level Software Engineers

Why companies don't hire entry level software engineers and what you can do about it to increase your chances of getting hired.
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  • @TransmentalMe
    @TransmentalMeАй бұрын

    "Junior" Job Posts today: Bachelor's in CS + 3-5 years experience in Java, Spring, and Scalable Architecture. 5 years experience in database management. 2 years as a rocket engineer.

  • @AlKhafajiOne
    @AlKhafajiOne3 ай бұрын

    Good points, but still no luck here. 4 internships where I delivered actual products with no hand-holding, and a Computer Programming AAS later and still no luck. My expectations are On-Site, 52k salary, Startup, and still no luck. I love this field, I do it for fun a lot of the time, but to feel like the time and money I spent on this is nullified is such a sucker-punch.

  • @cuddy90210
    @cuddy902104 ай бұрын

    Excellent advice!!. Thank you so much!

  • @lamarfrazier4773
    @lamarfrazier47733 ай бұрын

    Hands down the best video on KZread about this topic. Informative, precise and to the point. Thank you my Brotha 👊🏾💯

  • @brian-cache

    @brian-cache

    3 ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @Jasmine-qw7tj
    @Jasmine-qw7tj2 ай бұрын

    This is the most informative video ive come across and has eased ny anxiety about switching careers. It all makes sense now. Thank you. New sub 🙌🏾

  • @Kytreeswerving
    @Kytreeswerving4 ай бұрын

    Don't freelance! It's a race to the bottom, and you'll pick up bad habits! The companies who hire freelancers for cheap on upwork aren't large enterprises who think about how to properly run and integrate technology. There was a time when freelancing was lucrative and beneficial. It is not anymore.

  • @UrbanFury12

    @UrbanFury12

    4 ай бұрын

    Is it better to freelance or find a different industry?

  • @wicket_gate

    @wicket_gate

    2 ай бұрын

    Yikes! i feel hopeless man. I have been applying for months and thought of joining Fiverr..it is really a race to the bottom. To make things worse(or better), I'm from a third world country

  • @BanzukoKen

    @BanzukoKen

    4 күн бұрын

    @@wicket_gatetry Freelancer app

  • @King.MaidenHeaven
    @King.MaidenHeaven3 ай бұрын

    Thanks for this! I’m not a software developer yet, but I’m learning html, css, and java script. So getting insight about pre interview is great!

  • @KenBoyer-ij9iz
    @KenBoyer-ij9iz3 ай бұрын

    Great video thanks!

  • @JoshEmmanuel-se8ps

    @JoshEmmanuel-se8ps

    3 ай бұрын

    haverzt is the best vendor all over the world …..

  • @Poesghost
    @Poesghost4 ай бұрын

    When I was interviewing I looked for a git repository link on their resume. This would help me see the projects they were working on, how often do they commit, do they use detailed commit messages, and other things. The last two individuals I interviewed and hired were fresh out of college or self taught and both turned out to become exceptional software developers, exceptional. They required some mentoring which was fine, I didn't mind, and they learned things they don't teach in college. Great videos!

  • @King.MaidenHeaven

    @King.MaidenHeaven

    3 ай бұрын

    Teach meeee! I currently work as a cna at a nursing home. But I take the bootcamp course careers, and I chose the program “Frontend software developer “ I’m learning a lot, but I’d love for someone to give me all the insight they have ! Please and thank you !

  • @glst1974
    @glst197428 күн бұрын

    New sub after this, TY🙂

  • @cody_codes_youtube
    @cody_codes_youtube4 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing this video. I've also been getting those same messages. The 100% remote position as a junior is SUCH a good point!

  • @brian-cache

    @brian-cache

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks Cody

  • @monkeyshinserman
    @monkeyshinserman4 ай бұрын

    If it makes you feel any better, they're not hiring any Senior Software Engineers either

  • @nerdobject5351
    @nerdobject53519 күн бұрын

    If your looking for first dev job I would also suggest looking into Professional Services, Customer and Support engineering jobs. They can spring board you into a dev job over time.

  • @SNAKEx197
    @SNAKEx1974 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the info, I’m doing freelancing atm while I’m applying. I have yet to get a call back. I’m happy with any salary or pay, as long as I can improve myself as a dev. I didn’t know companies would prefer in office workers than remote. It doesn’t matter to me but I’m applying to other states besides my state. I’ll try to prioritize in office jobs. Thank you!

  • @cody_codes_youtube

    @cody_codes_youtube

    4 ай бұрын

    How well has the freelancing been working? Where do you source? (I’ve been freelancing for 8 years) I love to talk about this stuff

  • @King.MaidenHeaven

    @King.MaidenHeaven

    3 ай бұрын

    @@cody_codes_youtubehow to get in contact with you ?

  • @psychedelictacos9118
    @psychedelictacos911820 күн бұрын

    Also make sure that you build projects that use technologies that your region is hiring in. Being Australian, unfortunately popular great technologies which I like such as React, although in demand and I still do see listed in a lot of developer jobs appear a bit less common than personal unfavourable programming languages and frameworks such as wordpress, php, shopifiy, C#, .NET. Which seems to be more in demand than popular technology stacks like MERN which I believe is more popular in the U.S.A!

  • @Rawrbee
    @Rawrbee3 ай бұрын

    What editing software do you use if you don’t mind me asking, also mind doing a tutorial?

  • @brian-cache

    @brian-cache

    3 ай бұрын

    Hey I use Final Cut Pro. I’m still a beginner at it I feel lol

  • @twothreeoneoneseventwoonefour5
    @twothreeoneoneseventwoonefour54 ай бұрын

    Meanwhile, me in Russia... - learned for 4-5 months - had a 15 minute interview - got the offer to work as a "senior" developer - fully remote, pay is pretty good for a junior dev... with some quirks - do tasks expected from at least a middle dev... - architecture and develop all the frontend by myself... can use basically anything I want as long as I achieve the assigned task. - did a lot of unconventional fun stuff (developing a non trivial highly interactive map, while integrating that (direct) js map library into a react project), learned actual reactive programming(using rxjs), architecture and structure patterns, technologies and skills, and also a bunch of geo related knowledge. - around 1 year passed since then - but, unexpectedly, I have a lot of free time to relax or learn. It was a challenge to figure out the structure and architecture of the project, I had a 2 week rewrite of the project at the start(2 months-in point), and a whole almost 2 months one fairly recently(10-12 months-in point). However when it's all done, and in between of them, I work only like 2-3 hours a day on average. - Also at this exact moment, I and one other developer are starting to write a new mobile app project in native android (kotlin jetpack compose), with probably another senior(actually senior, not like me) dev hire. I volunteered to work on it, btw. Why not. - Overall, I am happy with the job and will probably work there for a couple more years, as I still have stuff to learn there. (probably 1-2 years until I have no more things to learn there? idk)

  • @KazzyMoney
    @KazzyMoney3 ай бұрын

    Hello I'm from Nigeria and I really know about colding but I don't have money to buy a system so I can be lean on here I hope you can help me sir 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

  • @ReadingsbyDom
    @ReadingsbyDom4 ай бұрын

    Wow. I’ve been trying to recreate myself given the current housing/finance industry. My 20-year career in residential construction financing became worthless. Invested a year in learning the basics. Looks like I’m back to being worthless. Wish I saw this a year ago.

  • @drunkspartan711

    @drunkspartan711

    4 ай бұрын

    In life life learned its best to have more than one tool in the bag.

  • @UrbanFury12

    @UrbanFury12

    4 ай бұрын

    Hey at least it's just one year. I was stupid enough to go get a bachelor's degree.

  • @drunkspartan711

    @drunkspartan711

    4 ай бұрын

    @@UrbanFury12 not entirely useless if you find work

  • @UrbanFury12

    @UrbanFury12

    4 ай бұрын

    @@drunkspartan711 I get interviews but I don't have enough work experience to get hired.

  • @drunkspartan711

    @drunkspartan711

    4 ай бұрын

    @@UrbanFury12 any experience is work experience. Start on projects and tools that work. That have uses. Something that could be scaled into a company. Its more of proof that you wont break everything

  • @skyhigh2624
    @skyhigh26242 ай бұрын

    Interesting

  • @tuckvison
    @tuckvison4 ай бұрын

    "No remote positions" -- should disabled people give up then? (Honest question.) I would accept minimum wage instantly, I am only going for this position because I need a job I can work from home at the entry level, in-person roles are not an option at all. But I don't want to feel like I've wasted hundreds of hours on a skillset that cannot benefit me....

  • @brian-cache

    @brian-cache

    4 ай бұрын

    No remote positions was for people that can and do have the option to go into an office. Knowing your situation you have to do your best with what you have. Even if that means only being able to apply for remote positions

  • @timtanhueco1990
    @timtanhueco19904 ай бұрын

    No remote positions? What about PWDs, specifically orthopedic disabilities?

  • @tuckvison

    @tuckvison

    4 ай бұрын

    This is my issue as well. It seems this industry is just not for us, based on the advice in this video.

  • @paulsingh11
    @paulsingh114 ай бұрын

    Does Data Engineer fall in this?

  • @brian-cache

    @brian-cache

    4 ай бұрын

    Absolutely

  • @JoshEmmanuel-se8ps

    @JoshEmmanuel-se8ps

    3 ай бұрын

    I taught I have directed you to havertz A master key to crypto currency

  • @JoshEmmanuel-se8ps

    @JoshEmmanuel-se8ps

    3 ай бұрын

    Only havertz will be ok

  • @chemcell9819
    @chemcell98194 ай бұрын

    No matter how long you program, you will never feel good enough.

  • @brian-cache

    @brian-cache

    4 ай бұрын

    Facts

  • @travelvideoz
    @travelvideoz4 ай бұрын

    One tip: Do not move to a city with no tech jobs. You will be doomed.

  • @JoshEmmanuel-se8ps

    @JoshEmmanuel-se8ps

    3 ай бұрын

    You should know that without a vendor your lacking haverzt is the best

  • @JoshEmmanuel-se8ps

    @JoshEmmanuel-se8ps

    3 ай бұрын

    Feel free and reach Him on

  • @ahmedb8613
    @ahmedb86134 ай бұрын

    Deploy, deploy, deploy

  • @user-km6hb4xw4s
    @user-km6hb4xw4s4 ай бұрын

    yikes

  • @EverydayBeing-de1qu
    @EverydayBeing-de1qu4 ай бұрын

    Exactly and that's what annoys me about these junior devs that can't find jobs and try and bring everyone down with them. They're either looking for remote only or they just know the classic 'MERN' stack or they don't want to get underpaid.. People need to realise if there is a shortage of positions in your field then you aren't in a position to demand anything, you will need to make sacrifices whether that be going into the office 5 days a week or learning a new backend technology or settling for a lower salary etc. It's like anything - if you're new to a field why would you expect to be on 6 figures within the first day? You need to work towards it and earn it.

  • @brian-cache

    @brian-cache

    4 ай бұрын

    100% agree. I didn’t and couldn’t ask for anything special for my first job.

  • @marioherrerajr5293

    @marioherrerajr5293

    4 ай бұрын

    As someone who is learning web development now i could agree more! I want an office position to learn from my peers, and I'm willing to take a lower pay if it means getting my foot on the door!

  • @pureamateur649

    @pureamateur649

    4 ай бұрын

    Also, being willing to move will help. You might have to live somewhere whack to get those first years of experience.

  • @trevortrevor6720
    @trevortrevor67204 ай бұрын

    Everyone and their mama got into coding and even more people have been starting “coding bootcamp” for $6k learn to code in 6 months” .... supply and demand...the market is oversaturated and by tons