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HELP: I Want Work (Fresh Out of College)
 Bahamut.Senaki
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By Bahamut.Senaki 2026-08-30 04:53:51
I would never ask someone why they want to work here. Every answer is going to be a lie 99.99999% of the time.
"I need a job and money" is usually 90% of the truth
"Why do you want to work here?" fill in box for a job
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By Bahamut.Senaki 2026-08-30 05:30:43
Business Analytics is a business side role, ie you talk to other companies, figure out direction of travel for your company, set objectives. Management path, needs business administration oriented skills/knowledge.
Business Intelligence is a mix of tech and business roles, not really all that common.
Data analytics is a tech role, tech path, needs tech oriented skills.
There are some common skills, how in depth they go varies.
Thx for explaining!
In that case, I think my degree was really BUSINESS analytics. It was all focused around 'business solutions'.
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By Bahamut.Senaki 2026-08-30 05:31:24
I will suggest to you that if you are a US Citizen ITAR is your best friend, as are enterprise software implementation projects. The big money pipelines are all projects for the government or big companies that are basically extensions of the government, usually paying some consulting company many tens of millions to implement some crappy enterprise software. Your foot in the door is the big consulting companies that get those contracts. PWC, Accenture and Accenture Federal Services, really any of them that you can find who will talk to you. They will stuff your butt into a chair to fill a quota and lie about your qualifications to the client. That's how you get in and build experience. They will want you to travel at least part time.
It's probably not a bad idea to try to learn a bit about enterprise software, but this is tough outside of real project experience. SAP and Teamcenter both get used a lot. The big money-maker is knowledge of the vendor-specific stuff. In other words: not generic SQL, but how to make a SQL view in SAP using their tools and terminology and plug it into an SAP front end app for some CIO to look at. Some of my peers make good money doing just that, in fact.
Maybe this is a dumb question... but what IS enterprise software?
By YabbaSanjo 2026-08-30 20:38:22
I don't have a complete answer, but I immediately went to all the software acronyms, CMS, ERP. Anything that has a feature set that can handle and scale with a lot of data I'm guessing. IT Software that supports the business (if it isn't outsourced). I honestly would vet our answers with Gemini or any of the latest tools, although I enjoy reading everyone's thoughts on the subject.
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By Asura.Iamaman 2026-08-30 22:38:28
Maybe things have changed, but in my mind if you can't articulate why you are applying to a company vs. their competitor or anywhere else the only reason to hire you is if your skills are so uniquely suited to them that any incompatibility with their culture and values doesn't matter.
I've done hundreds of interviews and read hundreds of resumes, cover letters go straight in the trash. The resume and stuff you submit is only to decide if I want to talk to you on the phone or in person, nothing else. To that end, you have about 15-30 seconds to make me interested in talking to you, if that, so make it good. I'm not reading a wall of text from a dozen or more applicants a week.
YMMV. Some industries are different. IMO the biggest determining factor on whether you hear back or not is whether or not a hiring manager actually sees your resume in the first place. Beyond that, it's me skimming to see if I want to talk to you, the biggest thing I pick up on are the skills that you have which apply to what we do and are things you picked up or did on your own.
You don't need a cover letter to show you are passionate about something. If I see a resume that looks like all you've done is take classes...not a good look.
By Genoxd 2026-08-30 23:11:58
I have interviewed at google, facebook, amazon, and a few other large companies. Not a single one asked why I wanted to work there and I would not expect them to.
What they did ask (indirectly) are about conflicts in the workplace, problems I have solved, how I dealt with bad feedback, how I've driven alignment on projects, and the impact I have had.
When people tell me "I really want to work for your company because xyz" internally my thoughts are: and how does that make you any different from 90% of the other applicants?
You want my corporate answer? "I want to work here because I think the work is going to be challenging and I can learn a lot from being here. It looks like an interesting space that will help me grow"
By Dodik 2026-08-31 03:37:30
but what IS enterprise software?
Anything big corporations sell to other corporations with support contracts for its use.
Aka - bloatware, too expensive software that try to do tons of things and do none of them well. See Workday, everything IBM offers now days, logistics software, accounting software, HR management software etc etc.
I'd avoid any job that says it involves working with "enterprise software". That's a red flag.
In the past 20-30 years, most enterprise software has become redundant and replaced by several other smaller software, often open source with support contracts from companies like Red Hat, IBM, Accenture, Ubuntu lately, etc.
There are still some kicking about, and yes there is money in supporting them. There is also obsolescence and lack of growth in anything other than "enterprise support" for that specific software.
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By kaffy 2026-08-31 06:15:36
Appreciate the insight, my experience is with smaller local businesses. Looks like it isn't relevant in a lot of these big tech places, but you still have to be able to sell yourself and do something to get that 30 seconds of attention.
Hey guys,
Figured I'd ask this given I'm struggling a bit and it cannot hurt. I'll be as brief as possible.
So I am graduating this term with a MS in Data Analytics -- 4.0 GPA. My undergrad was an unrelated field. I have 0 job experience 'in-field', but have worked various unrelated Student office jobs for almost 4 years (Student Government -- Higher Positions that were paid, Teaching Assistantship.). So I know the Microsoft packages (Excel, Outlook, Teams, etc), office conduct, how to write an email, etc. Certified in PowerBI, familiar with R / Python / Tableau / SPSS, proficient in SQL.
I have been applying to 'entry' level jobs and internships [even unpaid ones], but so many just never get back to me. Those that do seem to have wildly higher exceptions beyond what they list online that I don't qualify for. It's rather discouraging. I tried going to my College's Career Center --- but all they did was review my Resume and say 'looks good'.
Given my last term ends early January, and I have absolutely 0 lined up, I'm starting to get worried lol.
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Anyway... does anyone have any advice or on what to do when fresh out of college to get hired? Is there some specific website I should be looking at beyond just Handshake, Linkedin, Indeed, Glassdoor? Is there something I SHOULD be doing I'm not?
Thank you,
A really shitty Rune Fencer.
-Senaki
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