Stuff like programming languages, frameworks, tools all come and go throughout your career
Whereas the core concepts/theory you learn in a CS degree don't change from job to job
When I was in undergrad I wished we did more practical hands on work, but now later in my career I'm glad we didn't because its easy to self learn that stuff and it goes out of date anyway
no knowledge of this area, hence asking.
Companies are looking for people who can immediately improve their bottom lines. Why hire someone out of college with no practical skills when they can hire someone for slightly more that already has practical skills?
As an employer we're not just looking for someone to fill a role now, we're considering the person's potential to grow and move onto more challenging roles.
As an employee money is clearly a driving factor, but other things also impact quality of life. Working conditions, work-life-balance, annual leave, scope for advancement, company structures etc all make a difference.
Yes money matters, but if you choose only based on that you end up in places where people (co workers and managers) only care about money. YMMV.
I’ve seen this personally in companies that had 20 people all the way to the US’s second largest employer. Not to mention, it’s much easier to get a promotion by changing employers than going through the internal promo process.
Unless you are working for a non profit, everyone mostly cares about money. Any halfway competent interviewee knows how to fake “passion about the mission”
I’m 50 now and I do value things more than money about my company. An equivalent position to what I have now pays 30%-40% more at AwS (been there done that) or GCP (I’ve turned down recruiters and managers). But I value autonomy, my real usable unlimited PTO, having influence on the company direction, work life balance etc.
I can make those choices. When you are young and just starting out you can’t and honestly you shouldn’t.