Little Kat Gets a Job

After graduating from college, Little Kat took a small gap vacation. It lasted about 5 weeks. Then he got down to business applying to jobs. I told him to shoot for at least 100 applications a week. He has been doing this for about 6 weeks.

Little Kat got some online assessments. But aside from that, he has been ghosted. There have been no interviews. I used to think computer science graduates could get 1 interview for every 100 applications they submitted. It seems like it has devolved to 1 interview every 500.

I had some ideas. Little Kat should get some tech certifications. I also started a project with Little Kat that I thought we could pivot into an internship or a position at a company we co-found. Little Kat started on a program to kick off the startup. He found it very difficult.

At school, Momoko was talking with the principal and assistant principal. It seems elementary school teachers are understaffed and are having trouble getting their planning time. Their solution was to create a new computer lab position that would allow them to plan. Momoko told them Little Kat just graduated with a degree in Computer Technology and was looking.

Long story short, Little Kat got the job. It is not his dream job. The pay is good. The requirements are not difficult. He will work for people he knows along side of people he calls friends. The plan is for his to stop job applications and stop the project we are working on. I told him to spend all time before the job starts getting at least 1 certification. We will give him a few months to get acclimated to the new job. Then we will regroup.