I am soon to graduate with an undergraduate degree in Software Engineering. Recently I applied to The Guardian for their graduate software developer role, I flew through the the first 2 stages (beating possibly hundreds) and unfortunately I fell at the last stage. The Guardian basically wanted examples of large team work I've participated in, but how am I going to get that if I've never been in a long running job and at uni the max group work is like 5 people... Anyway, failing to get into The Guardian has made me think, I don't want to work for megalithic company where my talents probably would go to waste (even though they said I was one of best at completing the technical challenge...).<p>In short, I want to help a startup but I'm having trouble finding any that are looking for a graduate web/software developer, any tips? I'm even considering leaving software development behind to do something else.
I cannot answer your question (I'm a CS undergraduate), but did you know about this subreddit?<p>> <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions</a><p>I didn't know about that. There's plenty of questions answered. It might inspire you somehow.