I'm a 2:2 graduate I can't even get minimum wage jobs

This is why...
First of all you shoulda knew that computer science is one of the degrees with the highest unemployment rate so a lot of people not having jobs is expected.
Secondly, a lot of companies recently got rid of computer jobs (Microsoft most famously) so there are thousands out there with no jobs competing.
And thirdly, a 2:2 in a degree with highest unemployment rate does not look too good. If you did work as hard as you could then unless you're from Oxbridge, a 2:1 should have been possible at least.
And which uni did you go?
Employers always favour unis even though they say theyy don't.

But getting a degree in Computer science was very hard, I spent a lot of time coding in to the late hours whilst my friends from other degrees partied all night

Must have been solid if you only got a 2:2.

Though don't worry I have a 2:1 and a 1st and work experience and can't get work either

I think people are over-analysing this.

The OP has no work experience, and is unwilling to get any by working for nothing. In a world where graduates with better connections and better degrees are working unpaid for months in places with more job opportunities in order to get a first foot on the ladder, the OP is expecting to be hired straight from the dole queue in an unemployment blackspot.

Moreover, the OP's position will only get worse unless he does something about it. After a time, group think sets in. Hirers will think "I can see nothing wrong with him, but there must be a problem with him, otherwise he wouldn't have been out of work so long. Next please!"

Just graduated with a 2:1 in Computer Science and a 1st in my dissertation. It was very hard work and my social life was non existent in my third year given my dissertation was 15,000 words plus the practical implementation of the project - coding it led to many sleepless nights - but guess what? That's what I signed up for so how can I blame anyone else? You need to put more effort in OP because it sounds like you got a degree and thought it'd get the job for you.

I've got an online personal website and portfolio and my LinkedIn is always up to date. I've had 7 job offers to date - not interviews but job offers. However I want to go into teaching so I declined them. The one was really good pay too but I'd rather be unemployed than live in London as its too fast and too much of a rat race for me. I like the place for a weekend but that's about it.

As for the person saying law is more respected I can't stop laughing. The work after might be once you do the LPC and real work but the degree is no different from A levels in how it is assessed - most law students are constantly out on the piss, cram revise and do their essays a couple days before and still get a 2:1.

Where's the practical application?

I was also 0.01% away from a 2:1

I have bigger fish to fry.

About to launch my tech start up, product is pretty much finished.

Degrees are important, but if you let that hold you back from being successful, then you are not built for the commercial environment because you can't think outside the box. Going to Oxford etc cannot teach you this. (General entrepreneurial skills) Either you have it , or you don't. That's why I find your elitism pathetic at times.

There is no excuse. Crying over spilt milk will not help you become successful, it's how you pick yourself up from a set back that defines a man.

Anyone can start up a company its £75 you just fill an online form with companies house, was thinking might even start up a business in "waste management". The problem being money is a reflection of success. You told your little brother jalebi the same thing from being a kid going to durham. He thought the same shortcut to money, to being a kid working in a bookie at 23/24 on payday loan and going to birmingham city uni. Everytime he write to me he is regretting listening to you. Imagine at 29-30 if you don't have £100k behind you out of earnt money and saves from work its incredibly bad. 10 years later your middle aged its worry. You get people owning homes at 21-22 now. Just regular folk, stop creating bad situations for others. Personally if my parents/family screwed my stuff over there would be more then breach of the peace. Share successes not failures!

Just graduated with a 2:1 in Computer Science and a 1st in my dissertation. It was very hard work and my social life was non existent in my third year given my dissertation was 15,000 words plus the practical implementation of the project - coding it led to many sleepless nights - but guess what? That's what I signed up for so how can I blame anyone else? You need to put more effort in OP because it sounds like you got a degree and thought it'd get the job for you.

I've got an online personal website and portfolio and my LinkedIn is always up to date. I've had 7 job offers to date - not interviews but job offers. However I want to go into teaching so I declined them. The one was really good pay too but I'd rather be unemployed than live in London as its too fast and too much of a rat race for me. I like the place for a weekend but that's about it.

As for the person saying law is more respected I can't stop laughing. The work after might be once you do the LPC and real work but the degree is no different from A levels in how it is assessed - most law students are constantly out on the piss, cram revise and do their essays a couple days before and still get a 2:1.

Where's the practical application?

Anyone can start up a company its £75 you just fill an online form with companies house, was thinking might even start up a business in "waste management". The problem being money is a reflection of success. You told your little brother jalebi the same thing from being a kid going to durham. He thought the same shortcut to money, to being a kid working in a bookie at 23/24 on payday loan and going to birmingham city uni. Everytime he write to me he is regretting listening to you. Imagine at 29-30 if you don't have £100k behind you out of earnt money and saves from work its incredibly bad. 10 years later your middle aged its worry. You get people owning homes at 21-22 now. Just regular folk, stop creating bad situations for others. Personally if my parents/family screwed my stuff over there would be more then breach of the peace. Share successes not failures!

No one likes computer scientists, you are seen as nerds. Pop culture sees you as socially inept weirdos. Also, looking at the types of people in your classes, you all look weird. Similarly to your idea about rather being unemployed than living in London. I would rather be unemployed than be a computer scientist.

It was your choice to take C.S. , so inevitably you have to live with the stigma. When I ask girls what they think of computer scientistss they talk about how much money the industry is making. But along this same breath, they talk about how you all look like socially inept basement dwellers.

Tbh the guy is a moron for seriously taking advice from someone who has not made it yet. It is like these people on TSR who expect other students to have the answer... I would not trust these people as they are either looking to brag or are competitors. Note how lacking the actual practical advice is on these threads, yet these people ask the same questions over and over.

There is the Google searchbox, it is very useful.

Which is ironically what you are equivalent to now due to the fact you're unemployed. Bash on about us all you like but I'm going into a different sector, doing well, I lift weights and I'm seeing someone. This basement dweller who actually lives in a coastal apartment is distraught. Enjoy collecting your next dole payment.

The thing that always amuses me about computer scientists is how they always seem to have a chip on their shoulder to say how their degree is just as well respected as the traditionally respected degrees. It is like they have been overlooked their whole lives whilst growing up, as being a bit weird, a bit niche. It is a different type of arrogance, one which is constantly in your face and desperate to push a view on to you. But because they suddenly have jobs and there is money in it, they expect everyone to suddenly see Computer Science as some great discipline. Whilst the views may change and it may become more respected in popular culture, right now people see computer scientists as being a bit odd. You only have to see the types of people who graduate from these courses to see what social types they are, they look odd. I can post photographs on here from Facebook to show you what they look like, but hey, that would be overstepping the mark a bit.

Which is ironically what you are equivalent to now due to the fact you're unemployed. Bash on about us all you like but I'm going into a different sector, doing well, I lift weights and I'm seeing someone. This basement dweller who actually lives in a coastal apartment is distraught. Enjoy collecting your next dole payment.

Says the guy who aspired to be this:

Some people choose not be be employed.

Sometimes its good to wait for the right opportunity, having many short employments at a certain age is bad. He is young, he can afford to be fussy someone at my age 26, can 't be. He is better making the right choice now then regretting it, i keep getting asked why B2B sales, when i looking at other sectors. They made me sound like a fool for not realising what i wanted to do at 23-24.