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Now, a lot of students are taking this course because you want to get a job.
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And I have some pieces of advice that I often give students who are in your position.
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One of the first things to do is don't worry about your qualifications. Your interviewers will care far
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more about what you can do than where you've studied.
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Now, admittedly, there are companies where they have a blanket rule where nobody gets in the door unless
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they have X degree from X university. But the majority of companies aren't like this,
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they'll look at what you can do.
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So show them what you can do.
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Build a portfolio.
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Have a look at some of the job listings on Indeed or LinkedIn and look at the skills that the recruiters
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are looking for.
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And then, based on those skills and those pieces of--and those expertise and the expertise that they're
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looking for, try to build a project that demonstrates that.
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And then once you've built up all your projects,
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think about how you can help other developers like answering questions on Stack Overflow or going into
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the Q and A and helping other students. Because another really, really important thing for recruiters
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is knowing that you work well with other people including people who are senior to you,
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so people who you can learn from, and people who are junior to you, people who you can teach.
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So I believe that at any moment in time, there's always people who will be above you and below you.
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And a true team worker, somebody who's going to perform really, really well in a company is somebody who
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can handle both sides really well.
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So practice and see how you can demonstrate that to a recruiter.
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Start building up your Stack Overflow reputation or start doing some code reviews with some developers
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who are more senior to you.
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And this way, you'll be able to demonstrate not only are you really capable based on your project,
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but also you have the interpersonal skills to make it at the company.
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So have a think about how you can pursue some of those things
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I spoke about, and keep going.