I sympathise. A lot of companies hired other people will less prestigious degrees (which matters a lot more in the US than elsewhere) and less breadth of skills, because they had industry experience.
The way I got around that requirement in the end was 1.) having a publicly available and well-used open source project, to demonstrate "ability to actually produce a product" and 2.) not going through conventional channels, where an HR drone will see no experience and throw out your resume, instead going directly to the tech people who can actually see what you have to offer. That's tricky of course, but most schools have well-connected career offices for students and alumni, to help with that kind of approach. |
