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Now a lot of students are taking this course because you want to get a job.

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And I have some pieces of advice that I often give students who are in your position.

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One of the first things to do is don't worry about your qualifications. Your interviewers will care far

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more about what you can do than where you've studied.

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Now admittedly, there are companies where they have a blanket rule where nobody gets in the door unless

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they have X degree from X university but the majority of companies aren't like this.

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They'll look at what you can do.

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So show them what you can do,

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build a portfolio.

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Have a look at some of the job listings on Indeed or LinkedIn and look at the skills that the recruiters

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are looking for.

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And then based on those skills and those pieces of-- and those expertise and the expertise that they're

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looking for, try to build a project that demonstrates that.

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And then once you've built up all your projects

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think about how you can help other developers like answering questions on Stack Overflow or going into

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the Q/A and helping other students because another really really important thing for recruiters

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is knowing that you work well with other people, including people who are senior to you

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so people who you can learn from, and people who are junior to you, people who you can teach.

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So I believe that at any moment in time there's always people who will be above you and below you.

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And a true team worker, somebody who's going to perform really really well in a company, is somebody who

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can handle both sides really well.

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So practice and see how you can demonstrate that to a recruiter.

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Start building up your Stack Overflow reputation or start doing some code reviews with some developers

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who are more senior to you.

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And this way you'll be able to demonstrate not only are you really capable based on your project but

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also you have the interpersonal skills to make it at the company.

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So have a think about how you can pursue some of those things

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I spoke about and keep going.