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Re: No Jobs for new computer guys :-(

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On Wednesday, August 15, 2012 12:34:02 AM UTC+1, Lew wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 11:35:00 AM UTC-7, Kevin Doyle wrote:
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> > Hi all,
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> > I was wondering if there are other guys out there who are a year or two out of university and still looking for software type jobs? I have a degree and masters in IT and still I find that companies are only hiring experienced guys with 5+ years even though the company advertises for "graduates"! 
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> > Where are good countries to get jobs in? I'm in Ireland and really bad now! :-(
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> Lots of folks hiring in the U.S., especially in hotbeds like Silicon Valley, DC/Baltimore, 
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> and perhaps Research Triangle Park, Redmond, New York City, ...
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> I live in the Silicon Valley area of California and there is mad hiring going on here
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> for computer programmers, with a special category in many companies for recent 
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> graduates.
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> You should be prepared to show major competency in algorithms, various languages 
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> and major concepts like data mining and logging.
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> Lew

Thanks for that,
Wow most of those topics are not covered in university training, at least not in the university I attended! Data mining and Algorithms are usually the reserve of a PhD or higher. The Comp Sci education system in the USA must be miles ahead of  what we have in Ireland/Europe??
Cheers again,
Kevin. 

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No Jobs for new computer guys :-( Kevin Doyle <kfrdoyle@gmail.com> - 2012-08-14 11:35 -0700
  Re: No Jobs for new computer guys :-( Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-08-14 16:34 -0700
    Re: No Jobs for new computer guys :-( Kevin Doyle <kfrdoyle@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 14:01 -0700
      Re: No Jobs for new computer guys :-( Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-08-15 14:17 -0700
        Re: No Jobs for new computer guys :-( Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 14:31 -0700
        Re: No Jobs for new computer guys :-( Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-08-15 19:08 -0700
          Re: No Jobs for new computer guys :-( Kevin Doyle <kfrdoyle@gmail.com> - 2012-08-16 07:50 -0700
            Re: No Jobs for new computer guys :-( Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-08-16 08:47 -0700

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