Nice post. I like some of the specific tips, such as searching LinkedIn for people who had done the course you were considering.
Unless I missed something, it seems like you only applied for 2 internships, 2 graduate programmes, and 2 jobs. This seems a surprisingly low number of opportunities to apply for, given the time you spent exploring this. I wonder if there was a particular reason for this. Did you not find the experience of applying useful for the applications you did make? Or was it just that there are few opportunities in the field(s) you were exploring?
There are not many opportunities in the field I was exploring. I also had a very high bar, given the job I was already in. Otherwise, I would probably have applied for more positions.
Nice post. I like some of the specific tips, such as searching LinkedIn for people who had done the course you were considering.
Unless I missed something, it seems like you only applied for 2 internships, 2 graduate programmes, and 2 jobs. This seems a surprisingly low number of opportunities to apply for, given the time you spent exploring this. I wonder if there was a particular reason for this. Did you not find the experience of applying useful for the applications you did make? Or was it just that there are few opportunities in the field(s) you were exploring?
You did not miss anything.
There are not many opportunities in the field I was exploring. I also had a very high bar, given the job I was already in. Otherwise, I would probably have applied for more positions.