23 Years Old- Too Little Experience 7 Years Ago, Now too Much Experience
Having had an obsession with programming related tasks since I was a small boy, I got many years of programming experience and ended up consulting for tech companies as soon as I was 16. I now work for a large corporation at 23 years old where I am now unhappy and no longer feeling secure with my career. Everything is being outsourced to India and other foreign countries to save money, and our department’s tasks and projects that I love and take pride working on are depleting rapidly. I have been on the job hunt for 6 months now, but I cannot find a position. My resume is either sent to a black hole with thousands of other considered applicants, or when I do hear back- it’s a great interview— until I explain my job experience at an enterprise level. I have applied for HUNDREDS of jobs in August alone. I am being told left and right I have “too much experience for the position, and they’re looking for someone to stay for the long run”. I explain that I am in this for a career, not just a job and genuinely enjoy what I do, and the employers that I interview with feel I would end up bored.
I did try to apply higher up in more “advanced” IT and developer roles that I may or may not qualify for, but then again- I get more of a black hole here than anything.
I’m only 23 years old, on my own, and I am scared to death. I’ve been lucky to get work with so much experience and a great portfolio (no degree, but many applicable certifications), but now nobody wants to hire me at all. When our department is completely moved out of country, I don’t know what I’m left with... Am I on the right website to explore options here?
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Ok Nick I'm going to keep this response short and sweet. from what you say you are a coder??? short term for programmer. which means you can write short scripts, hook scripts also. and you probably do it using Python or Ruby, well sir that means there's lots of jobs out there for a person like you..Splunk operators are in high demand.. It's called data modeling. Puppet program engineer are also in high demand... do I have to say more??? this is a Supply and demand marked,, figure out what is needed using the god given skill you have and sell yourself. these apps can be downloaded if you need to practice... AWS Cloud