Seeking employment

Standard Bank Graduate Recruitment Rocks - and they are accepting applications till the end of the month.

http://graduate.standardbank.co.za/standimg/Graduate/recruitmentProcess.html

Other than try - place your CV on career junction.

If you want to be a software developer (aka professional bug writer) and you are good - then the sky is the limit. Just be willing to start at the bottom with short term contracts paying little, as your experience builds your salary will increase exponentially.

While you have some time on your hands - do your own projects and host them on Amazon AWS using their free tier products to build a portfolio for yourself. Once you have a portfolio setup and still looking for a software development job - drop me a PM. Depending on what technologies you want to work in I might have some people you can contact.

Education is only a small part of what makes a developer. A willingness to learn, adapt and solve problems is what makes a great developer.

Source: Personal Experience :)
 
Looks like your institution is working against you. Time to put your money where you mouth is and show people what you're made of. It wont be easy but you'll need to dedicate all this free time you have while seeking employment to build up a hefty portfolio of impressive work. That way when you do get an interview you will be able to go in with code that proves you're better than what CTI is putting out.

I know developers who are earning R1mil+ per year who have nothing more than matric because they sit down every day and build on their skills and repositories when they have free time. Everyone has a degree these days, if you want to break into the market you have to show your hunger to stand out from the rest of the potential candidates and you need to do it now. The harsh reality is potential employers don't owe you **** so there is no point in sitting around waiting and hoping for someone to give you an opportunity. You need to make yourself seem so valuable that it is impossible for them to even consider denying you one.
 
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If got one in software engineering from Unisa and no luck, but I think my current location is partly to blame. Makes it hard to even get an internship.

Thinking of starting my own small computer business from home, because I'm tired of being rejected and not getting an opportunity.
 
If they can't afford a R75 per annum domain name and R10 per month hosting then you know exactly how much they can afford to pay you. And if you guessed R0 you're being far too optimistic :whistle:
 
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