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@CS2NoVa @XirtCS The job market is brutal, and I don't think it's going to get better. Gotta get creative. I'd be happy to help in any way I can, you have me on discord that's where I'm most responsive. Hang in there

@CS2NoVa @XirtCS I got every internship and my current job from my university's job board on Handshake. If you have access to something similar use it. Otherwise best bet is to build cool projects, post about them publicly, and reach out to people at small companies that might find it interesting

-Dads cancer came back Stage 4 now (he’s fighting well but it’s still terrible) -No software/tech job luck after a year and a half straight of applying with recommendations cover letters great resume etc -now PC is bricked, the cherry on top of the worst year of my life so far :(

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this is not meant to be judgemental towards pros or those trying to go pro. I tried. this is just one of the reasons I stopped. the BEST case scenario is a short career in an industry that burns investor money to provide entertainment.

if you actually have the talent to go pro in cs (or any esport) you're probably talented enough to reach the top 1% of most fields. talent is not 1 dimensional. if this is you, please consider the good you could do outside of a money burning entertainment industry.

What's the move nowadays for cashing out skins? Skinport? Trying to sell my BS butterfly black lam

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Time for ECL relegation!

@pufkd yeah it's doable, although it wouldn't leave much time for friends, cooking, exercise, etc cs as a hobby is fine I'm talking about people trying to go pro. the commitment it takes to make it isn't worth the risk

@navycs2 tbh its not as hard as ppl think to balance a full time job and CS, unless you're like deep playoff advanced or ecl

Just got my first big boy paycheck It's worth it bros stop grinding cs and grind something actually rewarding you're not going pro

@HotdogAlicia Appreciate it, hope you're doing well

@navycs2 Proud of you ❤️

@C0J0M0 I'm mainly talking about people who are neglecting their real life trying to go pro. Real life won't start to become great accidentally, it takes effort The opportunity cost of ~5 nights a week of practice (plus any time spent outside of that) is greatly underestimated

@navycs2 I’d say do what you love and if real life starts to become great (more money + opportunities) then take break from grinding to “pro” and start doing other things with the game 😁 Content, team building, weekend lan trips, hosting 10 mans, etc…

@SweatyMcRibCS yeah I agree, if cs is just viewed as a hobby that's totally fine

@SweatyMcRibCS and when I say "you can do both if you're a prodigy", I mean go pro while setting yourself up in life outside of cs. Karrigan comes to mind, pretty sure he played pro cs while getting a masters he is the exception not the rule

@SweatyMcRibCS you can do both if you're a prodigy pro cs selects for people delusional enough to make it their whole life with no plan b. if you are putting time into a plan b you're falling behind if you have no plan b and don't go pro (likely), you've now wasted your prime for nothing

@SwillCS that's awesome, sounds like you'll probably do fine the important realization in software is just that getting a degree alone isn't enough to guarantee a job. I only realized that my last semester lol

@navycs2 I’m also in software engineering and am aware that the job market is crazy. My dad (who’s pretty senior in software stuff) has been showing me projects to work on that will be +rep, and also I know a lot of people through him. Pretty lucky

@SwillCS that was with 2 internships btw. so ig "not much effort outside of classes" isn't entirely accurate, but I was definitely coasting compared to what I could have been doing

@SwillCS yeah it depends on the field how much effort is required. I majored in software engineering and didn't put in much effort outside of classes until my last semester (too busy with cs). Took me ~5 months of full focus on the job search after graduation to land one

@SwillCS cs feels all consuming when you're in it. the contrast when you leave it is insane. none of this shit matters. if you spend all of your free time playing cs life will eventually catch up to you you're in school so you're doing better than many - just don't graduate jobless

@navycs2 The only thing I want money for is to play cs better