Youtube comments of (@michealcoleyoung).
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No offense taken. You are correct in a few of your observations. You mentioned that I come off very snarky and entitled and I can see exactly why you would think that given my attitude in the video. What you are seeing is my frustration with the process of finding employment in todays job market because it would seem I've made no progress at all despite ANY of the efforts I've made and experience I've gained in the past 6 years. When it comes to submitting applications, I will admit that I have applied for jobs where the role may have been a little out of my league but not so out of my league that I wasn't willing to at least take a chance on the basis of realizing that I checked off a few boxes in terms of what they were looking for. For example, for the jobs that might be a little out of my league my take is this, if I am able to get at least 70% or more of what is required in the job description, I'm still going to apply even if there is a crucial 30% that their looking for that carries the most weight among those requirements. This is to say that despite the fact that they really want me to have that 30% I'm still going to apply anyway because I have 70% of the other things they are looking for. Now, for any job that I apply to whether it be within my league or out of it, do I believe I am entitled to it? Absolutely not. And as far as senior roles go I never ever apply to those because I know I am a long way from that. I am a Junior Developer at best and I am honest and upfront about that fact with employers and anyone else for that matter. On the topic of honesty, we often hear people say "fake it until you make it" and I have always despised that saying because I've taken it literally for so many years. Because I know that if I claim to be an opera singer when I am really just a rock singer someone is going to find out real quick and then I'm going to be exposed. Instead, I've adopted the saying "know it and then show it" because if I truly know how to do something I should be able to prove this by showing or teaching someone how to do the thing I claim I know how to do. The catch is to have an opportunity to be able to show it and that is where most of my frustration lies. Regarding finding work. Is there a good possibility that the reason why I am not able to find work in my field is simply because of me? You bet, but so far in an effort to solve the issue of what I think I might be doing wrong I have found that it's been a fruitless endeavor. This comes with taking into consideration what I think I am doing wrong along with what others in the field have suggested I might be doing wrong as well. But what it boils down to is this. There is always a perceived problem and then there is the real problem. What I am looking for is the real problem. I would love nothing more than for someone to rain absolute hellfire criticism down on me to account for exactly what I am doing wrong so I can improve and make progress. However, this hasn't happened yet and that ties into some of my frustration. What makes this even more interesting now vs a few years ago is now I see an abundance of people on LinkedIn every other day sharing similar stories like mine to the point where I can't help but acknowledge that the landscape has totally changed and not for the better. I see folks who are way above me in terms of qualifications sharing stories about how they are on day 320 (just giving a random high number to illustrate my point here) of trying to find employment in the same field but still no luck. Now sure, I run through the same round of questions like anyone else when it comes to wanting to know why they haven't landed a job yet. But to see this massive group of folks sharing similar stories to mine only confirms that there is more than meets the eye to this issue.
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