Ask HN: 2010 CS graduate here, where are the jobs?

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cs_grad_2010

15 years ago

I graduated a few months ago from a state university with a degree in CS from their engineering school. Right now I'm working for a large corporation doing extremely entry-level IT at a low hourly wage, and I feel like my brain is rotting away from lack of challenging work and the opressively dull environment.

When I search for "computer science starting salary" and related, all I see is glowing articles talking about starting at $50-60k a year, the huge demand, etc.

When I read threads on here about jobs, its talking about how plentiful they are, anyone with some personal programming experience is considered job-ready and even offered work! People talk about the great work conditions, enjoyable work, cool coworkers, etc., which for me would be way better than increased pay!

However, when I go on any job sites to reconcile these amazing tales of entry-level jobs to any openings, all I see is Java/.NET development at BigCorp, for people with 3-5 years of experience. (And I have a feeling they don't mean 3-5 years of experience installing Windows XP and troubleshooting email.)

So help me out here HN, how do I go from my stuck in the 80's corporate IT job to working on a small team of HN calibre developers on something that I could actually be proud of?

--2.6 year member of HN, Recent CS Grad

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