The only way to get hired in CS 🤫 #compsci #Tech

If you're in computer science, the worst piece of advice that you have probably been given is just build a coding project. Everyone in their mom has a coding project and you aren't gonna land a job just because you built a to-do list app. Plus, with Cloud Code and Codex, you can build a project within seconds, so you're not impressing anyone. So, if you're a computer science student trying to land a job, what do you do? What do you build? Let me put you on to the YC radar myth. I want you to search up YC Summer 2026. There, you'll find a list of a bunch of AI companies. These people are actually getting funded, so they're solving problems that are actually valuable. Then, I want you to look into a few of these companies, then maybe see if there's like a feature or an improvement that you can make. That feature is actually what you should build out, but you cannot stop just there. You gotta get visibility. Gotta post your work online, whether that's X or LinkedIn and tag the founders. And this is actually how one of my friends got hired. A hiring manager saw the project he posted, and he didn't even have to interview him. He brought him in straight for the room. And in a crowded market where everyone's building the same boring gold coating projects, you can actually stand out. Tell this helps a lot for more.