u/PortgasDaceu

Hi! I’m looking to get some certificates to enhance my CV and learn from them. I’m looking for non traditional software dev roles, preferably minimum coding. Areas of interest of mine are data/information/system analysis, dba and data engineering, IT compliance and IT audit, and project management.

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Cisco

CompTIA Security+
CompTIA

AWS Technical Essentials
Amazon Web Services

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services

Azure Administrator Associate
Microsoft

Azure Security Engineer Associate
Microsoft

Cisco CyberOps Associate
Cisco

CompTIA CySA+
CompTIA

Cisco Network Professional Enterprise (CCNP)
Cisco

Cisco Support Technician IT Support (CCST)
CISCO

SACA COBIT S
ISACA

Oracle Database 19c: RAC, ASM, and Grid Infrastructure
Oracle

Oracle Java SE 8 Programmer (OCA)
Oracle

Oracle APEX Cloud Developer Certified Professional
Oracle

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
Amazon Web Services

Oracle Database Administration 2019 Certified Professional
Oracle

Oracle Database PL/SQL Developer Certified Professional
Oracle

Azure Al Engineer Associate

ISACA Advanced in Al Security
Management™ (AAISM™)

ISACA CISA-Certified Information
Systems Auditor

CAPM® - Certified Associate in Project Management

Advanced Al Audit (AAIA)

CompTIA DATA+

Certified Data Privacy Solutions
Engineer (CDPSE)

Hello! This will be a long rant but does it get better?
I graduated less than a month ago, and I’m already burnt out! My last year of uni was light in terms of flexibility and working/studying from home but it been mentally the hardest for me as I was anxious all around about my skills and my coding skills and not being good enough. And wether I would ever get a job or stay unemployed while my friends are all getting jobs. I graduated, finally! I will be happy! Or I thought…. I am now having 0 motivation don’t want to work don’t want to do anything but also I can’t not do anything. I am doing a 2 months low pay internship were everything is vibecoded and it came to me as a crash. I thought I’d at least learn something new from it but it wasn’t at all… I can vibecode projects from home I don’t need to do this! But hey experience on the resume!
I also have been applying to jobs and interviewing and it’s also mentally draining me. I am overall very stressed and overwhelmed even things that excited me about my career are fading away. I don’t want to work in dev roles since I hate the feeling of being inadequate and also I enjoy coding the least of everything and personally it stresses me a lot. I was looking into data analysis, or any analysis role for that matter and low/no coding jobs but since during my degree all I did was software dev projects that’s all I am being offered and I feel depressed about it too. And also I am being terrorized by the thoughts of working full-time forever.

Sorry for whining, I feel very childish but also I have no one to talk to about these things since no one else I know is in tech so they don’t understand. I have deep regrets about my career choices that began haunting me the last 2 years of my degree. I guess grass looks greener on the other side.

I’m a fresh graduate, not a month yet. I got an offer for an internship that pays 20% of the minimum monthly salary. I was like ok! As long as I’m learning how software dev works in real world even tho software dev isn’t my area of interest.

During the interview, very little questions about me was asked and I was given some MVP project proposal documents? Ig these are what they are called and was told to choose one on the spot “Red flag 1” for me. I told them I will review the docs at home and make my decision “btw they told me to start working the next day”.

The first official day is here, I am told to write the requirements and visualize the system. Then I’m expected do the ERD and start implementing the next day? I’m overall very confused, I feel like there’s not much to learn here? I’m not shadowing a dev, actually there are only 2 devs, 1 senior and 1 mid level dev. They have the habit of hiring interns to do work for a fraction of the price and I’m vibecoding the whole thing. So I’m not learning any codebase I’m not adding my own features I’m just speeding producing this mvp for them to polish and ship. I feel like there’s no real value added at all.

Idk if my expectations of internships are different than reality? But I expected to at least shadow a dev/ do small tasks or be shown how stuff operates here before starting my own project. I am disappointed.

Follow up on my last post, it’s totally vibecoding in here. Even the Senior dev also vibecodes. A coworker said they were doing stuff from scratch at first but now they’re totally just vibecoding all the way.

I am not sure if I’m gonna learn anything from this internship but at least it’s paid and it’s experience

I graduated this month, I have been applying to jobs extensively since April and haven’t even gotten a single callback. Most jobs were requiring at least 3+ years of experience. I got contacted for a 2 months paid (really modestly) internship where I will develop an MVP. The company is an outsourcing tech/software dev subsidiary company of a big bank. I don’t know if it’s college burnout but I really hate doing dev work but this internship pays something… the amount isn’t appealing at all but its ok and also it’s experience in my CV since I can explain what I’ve done. But I’m not sure if this will be suitable experience for roles I’m aiming for. (Analytics jobs/ QA)

With jobs I’ve noticed a pattern of companies hiring new grads as trainees for couple of months to a year then hiring them full-time in their role so thats why i considered the internship. I asked if it could lead to a full-time they said they’re not sure and would see based on my performance but after-all I don’t wanna do dev work but I also don’t want to rot at home with my degree. Idk if I’m complicating things on my own but I’m conflicted.

I realized that during my second year when coding started to get more complex. I focused on passing rather than actually learning cuz of the pressure and also the heavy assignments/exams. So for assignments I would get help from youtube or AI and for exams I would study exactly what is coming in the exam to pass. So I don’t really have any real skills with programming. Going into it, I thought it was like math but it’s very different. My profs also didn’t teach anything at all.
I’m learning python now and I’m starting from 0. I want to be comfortable now with it instead of seeing it as the enemy. I would like to expand my JS skills too so I have a chance of landing a front-end job. I am comfortable also with creating basic database structures and tables and I can also do UI/UX.
So now I want to know what jobs can I apply to or consider with my situation? I am thinking of data analysis for now.