“The University cannot and does not pretend to complete a man’s education; it merely gives some materials to his hand or points out certain paths he may tread, and it says to him,—“Here are the materials I have given into your hands, it is for you to make of them what you can;” or —“These are the paths I have equipped you to travel; it is yours to tread them to the end…”
— Sri Aurobindo
You’ve completed a course, but you’re green. You have to gain experience as a fresher to get a job but you won’t get a job without experience. What should you do?
Make your own “employers” or “clients” by creating your version of their work. If you want to apply to a VC firm, make a portfolio on paper of startups that you would recommend investing in. If you want to apply at a publication, rewrite articles they’ve published. Let your work not be rehashed information from Google or Wikipedia—anyone can do that, and frankly, such work appears lazy—but your unique ideas.
You may not get a job immediately, but you are educating yourself in the true sense. You are learning by application, refining your understanding, and designing approaches that you can explain. When the pros see your work, they will give you feedback, not advice. Inevitably, you will stand out in a crowd and land yourself a good job or set of clients.
A course gives you Lego blocks. What you make out of them is true education.