Career advice for recent Computer Science graduates

1 · Chip Huyen · Oct. 8, 2018, midnight
Ever since graduation, people have been asking me: “What’s now?” My answer has been an unequivocal: “I don’t know.” I used to think that by the time I finished my master’s degree, I would know what to do. I thought I’d be a “master”. Boy, was I wrong. School did little to prepare me for the post-school world. The academic environment provides continual feedback – you go off track a little and somebody is sure to let you know, even guide you back in. In real world, I have this fear that I’ll make...