I have a friend who graduated with a CS degree in '17. Since then he's sporadically looked for work in the field but not found any, and has worked as a supervisor. His coding skills have atrophied substantially.

I've been encouraging him to grind leetcode and apply for at least 10 jobs a day, I'm not sure how much hes really doing.

Is there any chance of him finding work? Would taking a bootcamp help him? At this point I'm considering advising him to move on.

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He may want to consider quitting his job. Some people go into overdrive mode when they have no source of income and that may get him motivated to actually leetcode. It's tough, I've been leetcoding for a year after work everyday and I'm finally close to feeling confident for FAANG interviews.

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Is he motivated? There's a shortage of devs out there, so if he wants, I'm sure he could make it happen. Pick up some gigs to build his credibility and then work his way up through small companies

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Not sure what's the latest, but I remember hearing people do Upwork. There's toptal, which might be testing based - which would be good if your friend studied and prepped. Probably also dependent on what type of development he's wanting to do. e.g. AWS has their own marketplace of freelancers

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Sheesh since 2017? I don't know, this might not be the field for him. Where is he working as a supervisor?

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Yes I am aware

How does one not find a job after 4 years in this field? There’s gotta be more to this story.

I dont know. He's been looking infrequently, and I think he tends to bomb interviews.

I think at this point employers must be assuming he sucks because he hasn't found a job in a long time

I hit this same status when I graduated. I have to agree with A1 that grinding it out and working gigs for a while is the best way to get back on the horse

How should I recommend he find gigs?

After reading some of the responses on this thread, I think he needs help with interview prep etc more so than the coding skills. I mean the bootcamp might help, but if he can't be personable enough in the interviews and/or communicate skills, it's not gonna work

Thanks, I'll try to get him to do a mock interview with me.

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