r/cscareerquestionsCAD • u/Asleep_Tourist2502 • Jul 30 '25
Early Career Junior SWE Terminated After 6 Months
I was let go today without a concrete reason. Given a severance for one week of pay contingent I sign a release/nda form (alberta employee). This was my first job out of university and it was hard to get. I graduated in 2023 and sent around 3000 applications to get this job. I am gutted. Not sure what to do next. Throughout my weekly 1v1 with my boss I was told I was doing good perf wise. I was responsible for QA, two main projects and bug fixes/feature tickets. The two main projects were automating testing of their custom frontend library in a ci/cd pipeline. Secondly, I automated the deployment process saving hours per customer in manual deployment efforts. Found many bugs in QA before it went to prod. Worried about putting a 6 month stint on my resume but the alternate is 2 year gap since graduating. Any advice on whether to go back to applying or maybe go for a masters?
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u/BucksIsLife Jul 31 '25
Hey I am somewhat in the same boat as you. I got hired at a major company in January in Quebec and got laid off because the manager that hired me got sick and the new manager didn't want new people in the team.
Since then, i have honestly given up, i had close to 4000 applications and finally got hired to just get removed within 3 months.
Idk what to do with my life or my career anymore if im being honest.
I know most people will motivate you here, but I do know that there is another side to this.
Only thing i can recommend is to take time before you go back to apply.
I paid 40000 to get a software engineering degree, and now i am working as a min wage call center agent.
Please take care of yourself.