u/ArisRayle

Halos wala naman akong makita na job listings 😭 Puro 3-5 YoE agad hanap, wala pakong naeencounter na "fresh grads are welcome to apply" "junior role" "training provided" :(

For context, graduating BSIT ako in a few months. I have 1.5 YoE na as Assistant Manager for Technical Programs, if counted internships ko, 2 YoE. I come from a data analytics background and want to shift horizontally to an IT Business Analyst role. Familiar naman ako sa workflow kasi sa college ako lagi PM/BA sa lahat ng major subjects na may software development kahit na data-related experiences ko.

Akala ko medyo may edge nako kahit papaano magapply since may experience nako even before grad.

I know with the advent of AI + wars + socioeconomic landscape talagang matumal ang trabaho, pero di ko naman inexpect na GANITO kalala.

Partida IT pako (ayoko lang talaga magdedev kaya BA/DA gusto ko), paano kaya sa ibang majors? Tapos sobrang issue pa ngayon sa batch namin ng mga MNCs/big corpo na pinaprioritize/finifilter out mga taga top 4 schools.

LinkedIn, Jobstreet, Indeed, dyan ako mostly nag-apply, pero para lang akong nagsusubmit sa kawalan. May LinkedIn premium ako pero di ko naman alam saan magsisimula mag cold DM. Binababaan ko na rin asking ko kahit 30k na sahod ko now. Pumunta na rin akong career fairs nakapagpasa naman ng resume pero wala rin.

May websites ba dyan na kung saan nakatago mga trabaho? Kahit may paywall pa yan desperada lang 😭

Edit: May nag-DM sakin na may marami raw sa mga top 3 schools may JO na Q1 palang tapos Q2/3 gagraduate. Q2 din ako gagraduate pero di ako top 2 school, wala pakong naexperience na "trabaho ang lumapit" sakin

Halos wala naman akong makita na job listings 😭 Puro 3-5 YoE agad hanap, wala pakong naeencounter na "fresh grads are welcome to apply" "junior role" "training provided" :(

For context, graduating BSIT ako in a few months. I have 1.5 YoE na as Assistant Manager for Technical Programs, if counted internships ko, 2 YoE. I come from a data analytics background and want to shift horizontally to an IT Business Analyst role. Familiar naman ako sa workflow kasi sa college ako lagi PM/BA sa lahat ng major subjects na may software development kahit na data-related experiences ko.

Akala ko medyo may edge nako kahit papaano magapply since may experience nako even before grad.

I know with the advent of AI + wars + socioeconomic landscape talagang matumal ang trabaho, pero di ko naman inexpect na GANITO kalala.

Partida IT pako (ayoko lang talaga magdedev kaya BA/DA gusto ko), paano kaya sa ibang majors? Tapos sobrang issue pa ngayon sa batch namin ng mga MNCs/big corpo na pinaprioritize/finifilter out mga taga top 4 schools.

LinkedIn, Jobstreet, Indeed, dyan ako mostly nag-apply, pero para lang akong nagsusubmit sa kawalan. May LinkedIn premium ako pero di ko naman alam saan magsisimula mag cold DM. Binababaan ko na rin asking ko kahit 30k na sahod ko now. Pumunta na rin akong career fairs nakapagpasa naman ng resume pero wala rin.

May websites ba dyan na kung saan nakatago mga trabaho? Kahit may paywall pa yan desperada lang 😭

Edit: May nag-DM sakin na may marami raw sa mga top 3 schools may JO na Q1 palang tapos Q2/3 gagraduate. Q2 din ako gagraduate pero di ako top 2 school, wala pakong naexperience na "trabaho ang lumapit" sakin

To those currently working as DEs: Please help a junior out!

To better prepare for jobhunting soon, I have a few questions po as I learn and study more. You can answer even just one if you're super busy but I would really appreciate it if you could answe a couple/all >.<

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1. How are pipelines built/planned in your company?

- We were only taught Kimball's: Select the organizational process, declare the grain, identify the dimensions, and identify facts. Inmon top down/Kimball bottom up. However, I feel like this is too theoretical for actual practice and I wanna know what actually happens once I'm in a proper work setup.

-- Do you sprint plan with a PM first?

-- Do you have to wait from the BRD from a BA before you start planning?

-- What does your plan usually contain? If we're not creating and only modifying a pipeline, does the flow/steps in planning change?

2. In what parts of your workflow do you use AI? In contrast, what parts of your workflow will you NEVER use AI no matter what? A DE has told me that he uses it to write tests and scripts.

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3. What's the common mistake that you notice junior DEs do? And/or rather what's the biggest mistake you've seen a junior do/you had to deal with?

4. What are the common issues that you experience nyo on a daily/weekly/frequent basis?

5. What was the hardest challenge you had to deal with po and what did you do?

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6. I have never worked with a "real" pipeline before. When the time comes to work, how can I "settle in" sa existing codebase bukod sa "just read the docs"?

I'm being endorsed for a Jr. DE role after my DE internship. However, I feel anxious and scraed because I do not hardcode Python/Java. I SQL is doable. But most of the time, what I did was plan the architecture, set up the environment, etc. basically plan on my own but when the building part actually comes, I use AI to code. Don't get me wrong, I don't prompt the AI to "build a pipeline based on this plan and make no mistakes." But rather, when I plan, I plan part by part, then I "build" those parts one by one by component, and turn off auto-approve in Claude Code so that I can read, understand, and check the edits one by one. TL;DR—

7. Do I have to be a coding god for a DE role? A blank IDE makes me freeze. I recently took a coding exam for the first time ever in my life and I definitely bombed it...

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Ultimately, I'm not so confident in being a DE and have honestly been applying to BA/DA roles thus far. However, given the current job market for juniors/fresh grads, I'll take any opportunity I can and that includes not declining the endorsement. I just want to at least be well-prepared so that I don't waste the time of the managers who will talk to me me even if I'm sure as hell I'll flunk any coding assessment.

Thank you so much! 🙏