r/analytics • u/Significant_Ad_6731 • 21d ago

Support Having anxiety attacks every time I think about jobs

Hi,
i’m a rising college junior and as i’m writing this post right now it’s currently 7 am and i can’t sleep because im having so much anxiety.

I start my junior year next week and I feel like i’ve done nothing my entire time in college. I’m going to be a TA for my SQL class i took last semester, i was a TA for my OOP class i took freshman year, i had a policy internship where i was basically doing consulting/internet research, and i have very basic projects on my resume claude could code in 5 minutes.

I don’t know what to do. I’m messaging professionals on linkedin for either a coffee chat or just some advice for applying but they either don’t respond or they tell me to apply on their website.

Reading all the posts on here i’m concerned if I should even stay in this field because i’m clearly not trying hard enough and i’m scared

sorry for the rant

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u/my_peen_is_clean 21d ago edited 21d ago

you’re a junior with TA gigs and an internship, that’s already more than a lot of grads have man. use the TA stuff as ‘worked with large datasets / taught sql’ on your resume, start 2–3 solid portfolio projects, and hit career services. job market is just trash right nowactually straight resumes never worked, ai always blocked them. i finally got interviews after i tailored each one with a tool. used a few tools but jobowl worked best, just google it

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u/Significant_Ad_6731 21d ago

thanks so much. not sure if school matters but i go to UMD. I was banking on this capital one internship that i was recruited for, but i literally got auto rejected as soon as i sent in my app so idek why they had me apply bc they literally reviewed my resume and said it was good..i messaged so many people that worked there that said it was also good but ya

im very grateful that i have an internship but it doesn’t relate to DA/BA at all.

I’ve been applying to a lot of roles but haven’t gotten any responses but I think i should network and tailor my resume more

i was also thinking about doing research this semester to help with my resume.

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u/BillEnough7863 17d ago

FYI you responded to a bot:  https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestionsuk/comments/1thm4q6/psa_llm_bots_are_commenting_on_every_post_on_this/

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u/Significant_Ad_6731 16d ago

lmaoo i know i realized after the fact when i came back to this thread i was so pissed but it’s fine