Rahul Pandey

Hi M Rahul G Pandey,
"I consider myself to be more competent than a CS grad with no actual real-world experience" Hmm, you do realise that studying Computer Science is not the same thing as studying programming? There's also more to a programming job than churning out code. I'd be suspicious of someone who claims to have 7 years experience and then applies for low-level roles. How you'd proceed would really depend on your age. You're young, so any sane employer wouldn't expect you to step into the role of a Technical Architect, they'll give you a chance to get up to speed by making you work on fixing bugs before throwing you into bigger and better stuff. It's a competitive market, you have to sell yourself. You'll be fine as long as you can back up any claims you make. List C++ as a language you know, and give examples of the projects you've worked on. 'Years of experience' only counts if it's been in a professional capacity.