Resume Advice Thread - April 07, 2018 CS Career Questions |
- Resume Advice Thread - April 07, 2018
- Daily Chat Thread - April 07, 2018
- When to apply for fall 2018 ?
- How can I find some open source projects to join?
- 2.5 years of experience, time to start looking around again?
- Establishing coding standards and code reviews at work
- Always want to quit after 1-2 years?
- Desirable cities for an entry level job?
- Healing burnout without taking time off?
- Applied to an internship as an underqualified freshman... help please????
- Career advice- shifting from dispensable business analyst to Web Developer, 1.5 year timeline.
- Shopify or Intuit for internship?
- Out of curiosity, how easy would it be for a cs major to work as a recruiter?
- Dressing to Impress
- Which is better for an undergraduate degree in computer science: UNC for 25k a year or Georgia Tech for 50k a year?
- Want to change jobs in roughly 5 months time, when should I start applying?
- How useful are fall internships?
- The Traveling Programmer
- What kind of things can a BS Comp Sci major do vs an AAS Computer Programming?
- How can I get an internship as a freshman in college with no experience prior to college?
- Should I go for it or should I wait ?
- Can I keep my side business if I get a new job?
- Design Technologist Question
- Imposter Syndrome: Self-taught and 2 years of front end development job experience. My prospects for a new job with a different stack?
- Thank you to all of the advice presented in this subreddit!
- How difficult is it to transfer an internship placement from US to UK?
| Resume Advice Thread - April 07, 2018 Posted: 07 Apr 2018 12:07 AM PDT Please use this thread to ask for resume advice and critiques. You should read our Resume FAQ and implement any changes from that before you ask for more advice. Abide by the rules, don't be a jerk. This thread is posted each Tuesday and Saturday at midnight PST. Previous Resume Advice Threads can be found here. [link] [comments]  |
| Daily Chat Thread - April 07, 2018 Posted: 07 Apr 2018 12:07 AM PDT Please use this thread to chat, have casual discussions, and ask casual questions. Moderation will be light, but don't be a jerk. This thread is posted every day at midnight PST. Previous Daily Chat Threads can be found here. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2018 03:27 PM PDT Hey guys quick question. I'm interested in a coop for fall 2018 and I've seen some postings already on Glassdoor. I was blessed enough to secure an internship for this summer so that would definitely help improve my skills, experience and resume. So should I begin applying with my current resume (no internship experience yet) or wait until a couple months into the summer internship. Since I don't know for how long these jobs are gonna be posted for or whether or not it looks bad to look for a coop middle of a summer internship I turn to ask you guys for advice. [link] [comments]  |
| How can I find some open source projects to join? Posted: 07 Apr 2018 01:38 AM PDT My resume and experience is rather lacking in projects that have nothing to do with school or my internships and I wanted to know the best way to get involved in some open source projects to boost both my confidence in coding and my appeal. [link] [comments]  |
| 2.5 years of experience, time to start looking around again? Posted: 07 Apr 2018 11:46 AM PDT I have about 2.5 years of experience out of school as a dev at a quant fund/prop trading firm in NYC. I'm trying to figure out whether it makes sense to look at leaving my company/the city for another role. My priorities are culture, compensation, work-life balance, and interesting work in about that order. My total comp remained about the same my first two bonus cycles (because of a signing bonus) and increased by about 25% this cycle, so I'm currently making about as much as an L5 at Google or FB. Guidance from my employer suggests that there's not a ton of headroom from here, maybe another 20-25% over the next couple of years and then a taper off. I don't have a lot of p&l responsibility so I basically agree with that assessment. I'm starting to feel that living in NYC isn't great value compared to other cities like Seattle or Boston, especially when it comes to housing. Many of my friends from college are starting to move out of the city so from a social standpoint things have gotten to be less fun. I think SF is basically worse in every way so I wouldn't want to live there either. The big pro of my current company is the culture and management. There's no bs, I feel like my interests are basically aligned with the company's (we all want to make money) and everyone I work with is smart and competent. My hours are decent but not great – I average about 50/week, which is sustainable, but I wouldn't want to do more. I feel that Google/FB in Seattle or Boston could make sense for me, but never having worked at either company I'm not sure if the team/culture would be a good fit. I'm also not sure how doable getting my current comp would be - I think I would likely be leveled at L4? At least when I looked for a job out of school, I was decent but not perfect at interviews, converting around 50% of onsites into offers, so I'm not sure that I would be able to get multiple competitive offers. I would be interested in learning more about those two companies, or others that I might be overlooking that could be a good match. [link] [comments]  |
| Establishing coding standards and code reviews at work Posted: 07 Apr 2018 05:02 AM PDT I'm a software engineer at a very small start up. During my interviews I expressed how important it was to have a set of coding standards and a regular code review process (both for regular individual pull requests and discussing code we've written as a group - we have 3 engineers). Now that I've started with the company I will be championing the efforts to set those standards in place. I have my own ideas about coding standards and code reviews, but I definitely want input from others. I came here to ask what elements are important to you when it comes to coding standards and code reviews at work? What do you like? What do you dislike? Thanks in advance for the help. [link] [comments]  |
| Always want to quit after 1-2 years? Posted: 07 Apr 2018 01:27 PM PDT Hey all, I've been a software engineer in the big west coast US cities for 10 years now. My track record is pretty consistent in that I end up leaving my job after 1.5 years or so. I just end up getting pretty miserable after that time period and want something new. I'm in the same situation now but am really trying to stick it out at least 2 years - hah! I'm starting to think my track record of leaving so soon might not be best for me in the future. Anyone else have this problem? Is it not really that big of a deal to leave after 1.5 years? What do you think? How do you stay interested at your current place? [link] [comments]  |
| Desirable cities for an entry level job? Posted: 07 Apr 2018 03:25 PM PDT Hey guys, what are some great cities for a CS college grad to move to? I'm looking for a city with plentiful job opportunities, weather that's not too cold in the winter nor too cold in the summer, reasonable rent to salary ratio, good nightlife, outdoorsy activities, large college age demographic, and overall great quality of life. What do you guys think? [link] [comments]  |
| Healing burnout without taking time off? Posted: 07 Apr 2018 09:25 AM PDT I love my job, but after working non-stop for a year, it seems that I found myself on a verge of a bad burnout. Any advice on getting better without taking time off? [link] [comments]  |
| Applied to an internship as an underqualified freshman... help please???? Posted: 07 Apr 2018 06:34 AM PDT Hi guys, I somehow managed to get an internship at a bank for this summer. However, I know that I am definitely underqualified considering that I have only been programming for around 6 months. I think the bank was more impressed at how determined I seemed to be to learn, rather than at my actual skills (which realistically only involve basic-ish Java and Python). I'm hoping to receive some more information about what software engineering interns typically do at banks, and how best to prepare myself so I don't seem too useless over the internship. Thanks so much! Lucky and scared underqualified freshman [link] [comments]  |
| Career advice- shifting from dispensable business analyst to Web Developer, 1.5 year timeline. Posted: 07 Apr 2018 05:19 PM PDT Hi Reddit, Here's what's up- I used to work for a large company doing work I hated with skills I knew would not transfer to other companies (proprietary gui database work on a dying system). I didn't feel the work and it showed on my performance. I felt I needed a change of pace, so now I'm at a community college studying a separate field that I think is interesting, but I have gotten a side job with a local marketing firm since I like the idea of digital Marketing and combining it with what I'm studying. (BTW, I do have a prior 4 year degree in Economics, not that it really factors in here besides overcoming potential HR degree bias) Right now what our business has been using has mostly involved PHP. I've been doing a lot of Wordpress implementation work using PHP, and have now even gotten some freelance work on the side. But the more I look into what happens if I sharpen my skillset, the more worried I am about the small salaries that WordPress/PHP developers seem to make. Part of my hope is that doing front-end work along with the PHP/Wordpress stuff will help make me competitive, but... I'm not sure. My goal is that by the end of the program in about a year and a half I'll have enough freelance and work experience to hopefully get a decent entry-level developer position of some type. Specifically, my goal is to get back to my prior career's salary ($42,000), which I was hopeful that really learning programming would help with, but I'm not sure. Reddit, is my plan reasonable? Is there a way to avoid falling into the WordPress Dev poverty pitfall? [link] [comments]  |
| Shopify or Intuit for internship? Posted: 07 Apr 2018 12:57 PM PDT Title. Just want to know which would open more doors and which one is more well known in the industry. Role and pay are very similar so that is not a concern. [link] [comments]  |
| Out of curiosity, how easy would it be for a cs major to work as a recruiter? Posted: 07 Apr 2018 05:33 PM PDT |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2018 06:24 AM PDT I was told to "dress to impress" by the recruiter for an on-site at a casual tech company in Austin. Should I be wearing a suit, since that's the best I look in? [link] [comments]  |
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| Want to change jobs in roughly 5 months time, when should I start applying? Posted: 07 Apr 2018 01:56 PM PDT I'm a little bit fed up with my team and project at work and I am looking for a change of scenery and something new to bite into. However, for personal and financial reasons I can't change jobs for roughly the next five months. When is the right time to start applying for a new job? My concern with starting to apply now is that if I find a smaller company that I match with, then I suspect they won't be ok with waiting months for me to start. I know that larger companies can be ok with a significant delay between your offer and your start date, so should I start applying to bigger companies now? Thanks for your help! [link] [comments]  |
| How useful are fall internships? Posted: 07 Apr 2018 06:59 PM PDT If I'm doing a summer internship as a sophomore then how important will a fall internship be? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2018 06:56 PM PDT At my current job and at a previous one I've done quite a bit of traveling for work. I'm a programmer. I write code, makes sites, make desktop apps, whatever the business needs. However, at my current job I've been doing lots of domestic and international travel for project deployments. This is not a bad problem to have by any means. I'm just curious as to whether this is becoming the norm in the industry or if most programmers stay put most of the time. [link] [comments]  |
| What kind of things can a BS Comp Sci major do vs an AAS Computer Programming? Posted: 07 Apr 2018 06:21 PM PDT Hi everyone, Talking about programming careers (i.e. development jobs of all kinds - web, games, office productivity apps, etc.), what kind of roles would someone with an AAS degree in computer programming typically be expected to be able to fill/handle vs a BS in computer science candidate? Assume experience level is 0 to 2 years. (Yes yes, I know computer science is about a lot more than programming... but just in regards to this particular field - programming.) In other words, "The typical AAS degree in computer programming degree holder would typically be expected to be able to do <fill in the blanks> programming career tasks/jobs". "The typical BS degree in computer science degree holder would typically be expected to be able to do <fill in the blanks> programming career tasks/jobs". [link] [comments]  |
| How can I get an internship as a freshman in college with no experience prior to college? Posted: 07 Apr 2018 06:17 PM PDT In this upcoming school year, I'll be attending a pretty decent school for CS. I really want to get an internship the summer after my freshman year. However, I have no experience whatsoever, and I've read that it's hard to get one your freshman year if you have no prior experience. How should I go about this? What are some things I should do to maximize my chances of getting an internship? Or is this goal too ambitious? [link] [comments]  |
| Should I go for it or should I wait ? Posted: 07 Apr 2018 06:07 PM PDT I'm interested in Web development and mostly javascript. So my main area of interest is Frontend but I like to do some backend as well. I've been applying for mainly frontend positions (which are rare here, as all are looking for general Software Engineers) and finally managed to get an interview for a Software Engineer - ReactJS position in a well known firm ( which is a holdings and their Computer Services department/firm ). I'm confident about my React skills. But I don't planning staying there for more than 5 years as it's not a IT related firm. But the firm is well recognised in IT industry in my country. As I don't plan staying there forever, I'd like to move into a reputed IT firm later as a Senior Frontend Dev after I get some experience. My main concern is as this job is specifically SE- Reactjs will it be an issue when I'm applying for general Senior Frontend Dev positions ? Because here we don't have much job postings which are looking for specialized developers in particular Frameworks. Any help/advice would be much appreciated . TLDR : Will it be a disadvantage start a career as Software Engineer - React if my goal is to become a Frontend Developer (as a general one)? [link] [comments]  |
| Can I keep my side business if I get a new job? Posted: 07 Apr 2018 02:03 PM PDT I'm a full stack developer, and the company I currently work for has no contract or documents we had to sign at all, and they don't care what we do after work. So I started a business with a friend of mine, that does two things. Software and hardware development for clients, and our own projects, one of which is really our core. This business was started in August, and we primarily work on our core project. We are currently in the process of applying for an Arch Grant here in STL ($50,000 startup grant). We plan to try and expand the business locally in STL, but slowly, which works well for our project and business model. There's no reason it should interfere with any full time position for a while. However, I'm currently interviewing for positions in Chicago, and am a bit worried how my business will be affected. I know contracts are standard. But my business is not at all related to the work these companies do, it will not interfere with work, and it already exists prior to interviewing. My question is what can I expect from possible contracts? Will I be able to keep my interest in our business? I was thinking if I do have to "divest", I'll just continue working on the code on my own time with no financial connection to it, and then rejoin later if the business gets to a point that it makes enough money for me to dedicate myself to it full time. Are there big problems with that? Sorry, I realize these questions probably make me seem naive. And I probably am... I just think it's crazy that it would matter what I do in my own time if it doesn't compete or interfere with my job. Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2018 05:47 PM PDT Does anyone know what a Design Technologist/UX Developer/UX Engineer/Design Developer does? Are there a lot of job opportunities for this position compared to SOLELY Front-End Developers, Software Engineers, and UX Designers? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2018 05:25 PM PDT My goal is to move out of the ASP.NET environment and take on more js focused full-stack responsibilities in a node/react related environment. I've attached my background below. My question: I feel a sense of impostor syndrome as I want to apply for jobs that are more MERN stack focused. I learned to implement these in one of my personal projects. Regarding MongoDb, React, Node, I would consider myself a beginner. I do, however, have a pretty good grasp at JS and can understand what is going on in most code bases given that they are not too uncleanly written.
Thanks (My background: Graduated with a BA in a social science major from UCLA and worked helpdesk/IT for a while. I had some preliminary experience there as I was responsible for website design and editing for some bio pages and our IT site. Then got another job in a marketing department (which I've worked for 2 years now) for a well known hospital/health organization as their lead front end developer. Mainly HTML, CSS, JS, in a Microsoft ASP.NET environment. It was a lot of front end work basically redoing three sites that also supports over a hundred CMS editors, working with REST APIs, AJAX, XML/XSLT and a lot of front-end javascript. I've been their lead dev for 1 year and a dev for them for a total of 2 years (for their marketing department which has always had two devs for their public facing sites). Im currently in New York.) [link] [comments]  |
| Thank you to all of the advice presented in this subreddit! Posted: 07 Apr 2018 01:34 PM PDT First off, I want to thank everyone who has contributed to answering anyone's questions! Specifically, I wanted to give a special thanks to everyone who contributed to any posts questioning about internships, resume advice, etc. While it helped me indirectly (not my specific posts), this sub has been a valuable asset for my internship search for the summer of 2018. I am definitely excited to announce that I was given an offer! DISCLAIMER: I am no trying to gloat and I do understand that I may have had an easier time than others. Application Process Stats:
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Half way through my application process, I had my resume re-evaluated by the resume service at my local university. After this step, I eventually stopped receiving so many rejection emails. Feel free to definitely ask about anything! I would love to help pilot others with my personal experience! [link] [comments]  |
| How difficult is it to transfer an internship placement from US to UK? Posted: 07 Apr 2018 04:35 PM PDT What are the odds of transferring successfully to one of the US (e.g. bay area) offices of the big companies if one was to get a placement at the London office instead? I know these internships usually include some time spent in bay area as part of the program but has there been successful cases of a full transfer to a different office? Do/can recruiters assist in this process? [link] [comments]  |
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