Resume Advice Thread - April 28, 2018 CS Career Questions |
- Resume Advice Thread - April 28, 2018
- Daily Chat Thread - April 28, 2018
- Where are all the older folks?
- Switching from web-dev to machine-learning field
- Lack of passion vs imposter syndrome
- Why do job posts say “or” when it comes to angular react and vue?
- Doing someone a favour vs career development
- How many times have you been laid off or axed in your software dev career?
- I'm really good at debugging but not as confident at actually building things. Am I a fraud?
- What are some cool programming assignments recommended for undergrad CS students?
- When should I let my boss know that I won’t be accepting the return offer?
- Local government jobs (not DC area, not defense contractor) for developers, work quality/experiences?
- Career switch from IT to front-end/UI UX?
- Switching from IT/Web Dev to Software Engineering?
- Best way to network remotely?
- Is React bad for my first job?
- How and when did you decide on a career path within CS/CSE?
- Cybersecurity vs CS/IT jobs statistics?
- Contacted by external recruiter after already talking to internal recruiter
- Any resources to brush up applying OOP concepts with System Design?
- Do you think that IBM's decision of removing old employees is correct?
- Really want to leave company but I'm just shy of my 1 year anniversary. Would you stick around for 2 more months, or aggressively apply and get out ASAP?
- New grad seeking advice on finding the right career for myself
- Is there a reason for thinking web dev is "boring"?
- quick question
- Cybersecurity (CIT) Purdue Polytechnic degree vs. UMass Amherst CS Degree
- UOttawa or CarletonU?
| Resume Advice Thread - April 28, 2018 Posted: 28 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 28, 2018 Posted: 28 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]  |
| Where are all the older folks? Posted: 28 Apr 2018 11:37 AM PDT I'm a late bloomer that is starting his first career in CS at 30. I started college at 25 after jumping from retail to retail jobs. My workplace, at the non-executive level, seems to only have staff in their 20s and 30s. I heard that age doesn't matter too much so I pretty much ignored it but now I'm starting to get worried. So where exactly do folks in their 40+ end up? I see a few here and there at the management level but where are the rest of them? I'm scared that my career will only last 10-20 years now. [link] [comments]  |
| Switching from web-dev to machine-learning field Posted: 28 Apr 2018 05:19 AM PDT Did any of you made that switch, what should I do to be able to be accepted to a machine-learning job. I'm a junior web-developer right now, but I think I can do better in machine-learning field. I have some little background on the deep-learning field since I had my graduate thesis on this. But to be accepted as a machine-learning engineer in the private sector, I don't know what to do. If I can get my first machine-learning job, then the rest will be easy I assume, but that's the tricky part I guess. Any suggestions? [link] [comments]  |
| Lack of passion vs imposter syndrome Posted: 28 Apr 2018 03:47 PM PDT I go to a random no name state school, and I'm going to be interning at a Big 4 this summer, but truthfully I don't feel like I deserve it. I don't have much passion when it comes to creating projects outside of school/work, in fact the last project that I completed for fun was my freshman summer (now a junior). After that, every line of code I've written has been for school or work, with the exception of a small Python script I did to automate something I didn't want to do. Unlike other Big 4 interns (and interns from smaller companies) I've met and spoken to who study and talk about all these tech stacks and frameworks, I don't have a "favorite stack" nor do I really care. I grinded Leetcode a lot to get this job, and I'd say I'm pretty good at that. I did the same last year, and it landed me a decent internship which I did okay at. I wasn't the best intern, but I wasn't the worst. In the end I did end up receiving a return offer. I don't think I actually enjoy programming all that much, but I do however enjoy the life that it allows me to live. Last summer, I looked forward to after work and the activities that I could now do such as travel and explore with the money that I had earned. This leads to feel inadequate and incompetent compared to those around me. Are there full time Big 4 software developers that go home and never think about work anymore? Because I feel that will be me, and quite honestly it makes me feel like I'm not cut out for this type of work. [link] [comments]  |
| Why do job posts say “or” when it comes to angular react and vue? Posted: 28 Apr 2018 11:24 AM PDT Does this mean that you can get away with a general understanding of a modern JavaScript framework and they expect you can pick up other frame works on the job? I mainly ask because I'm wondering if after a few react tutorials whether it is legitimate for me to put it on my resume? [link] [comments]  |
| Doing someone a favour vs career development Posted: 28 Apr 2018 05:20 PM PDT I suspect this is more personal than CS career questions related, but would like some advice (especially if you've faced similar situations). Long story short is I've been doing my friend a favour by letting this friend access my computer for compute resources he require for his project. I wouldn't have minded this but the thing is every time he uses the machine, my PC slows down significantly (heavy experiments they are). Imagine having to wait 2 seconds every time you alt-tab or click a new window. And the experiments are almost daily, since we work in the same time zone so the time he uses the machine is also around the time I use it. That's alright I thought, perhaps since he would probably used it for only a while. Thing is it's been a few months and will probably carry on for a few more weeks, because that's when his deadline is due. The dilemma is because I need the compute resource to do my projects as well, and it's been very inconvenient for me to do anything. I can't code because the screen lags. Even if I can finish my code, I can't use the machine since its resources are occupied (program can't even run). I've changed my mind in pursuing some competitions because I thought I wouldn't even have a chance of competing anyway, since ironically my machine isn't really my machine since I can't use it, even though it's a machine that I've only very recently built after many months of saving up. Time went on and I kept finding excuses that perhaps I wouldn't win even if I participated in those competitions anyway. But I hate the fact that I couldn't even try, and I consciously know I'm finding an excuse for it, because personally I'm a person who will give things I'm interested in a good shot. Now as it comes down, we both have deadlines around the same time, and it's perhaps my last chance to do anything meaningful this year. I considered getting him to yield the compute resource while I pursue my projects but his deadline is near as well. I'm a bit soft in this matter since this guy did me a favour (some advice like what to do to get some jobs) which led to some temp job offer, although I had personally worked very hard to get the offer too. The dilemmas I can sum up:
It's stupid I know. Am I being too soft in this matter? What should I do? I do a fair bit of reflection from time to time, and I aspire to not be very selfish and try to empathize with people as much as I can. The problem is I'm also an ambitious person, and I want to do projects on top of my school work (especially when I know that's what get me the jobs the next time). I find it hard to reconcile my ambitious side and empathizing side. What should I do? [link] [comments]  |
| How many times have you been laid off or axed in your software dev career? Posted: 28 Apr 2018 06:31 PM PDT |
| I'm really good at debugging but not as confident at actually building things. Am I a fraud? Posted: 28 Apr 2018 04:02 PM PDT I've had a number of internships at this point (including at BigN companies) but most of the work I've had to do entailed debugging and making small changes to large existing codebases. I'm pretty adept at this. I've even solved tricky race conditions that senior developers struggled with. But I'm worried that I'm now lacking in experience actually building things. Like, if you asked me to build a new app from scratch, I don't think I would know where to begin right away. I think I would need to spend a lot of time reading tutorials and stuff online before beginning. I don't even know how I would structure a new codebase. How bad is this? Does this make me an actual impostor? How do I get better? [link] [comments]  |
| What are some cool programming assignments recommended for undergrad CS students? Posted: 28 Apr 2018 06:59 PM PDT If you were to make a programming assignment as an instructor of a software engineering course spanning a variety of topics, what kind of assignments would you recommend? [link] [comments]  |
| When should I let my boss know that I won’t be accepting the return offer? Posted: 28 Apr 2018 01:46 PM PDT Currently an intern (I graduated recently). My boss has explicitly told me that I will be receiving a full time offer. The internship is 3 months long and I have 1 month left. I don't plan on accepting the offer, when should I let them know? At the end? 2 weeks prior? When they start scheduling me for tasks past my last date? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2018 02:42 PM PDT Is there some noticeable difference for developers working for the government for federal department vs. state & local departments? I hear a lot about government work as a programmer but mainly in the sense of working in or close to DC or defense contractors but I want to hear opinions on working for the local departments in your own city. Any differences vs federal jobs in the quality of the work, and compensation? Variety of work? [link] [comments]  |
| Career switch from IT to front-end/UI UX? Posted: 28 Apr 2018 09:53 AM PDT My first job out of college is going to be as an IT business analyst. I really want to do some sort of front-end or UI/UX development and design. Is this possible in the future/any tips for getting there? (Im getting a degree in computer science) Thanks :~) [link] [comments]  |
| Switching from IT/Web Dev to Software Engineering? Posted: 28 Apr 2018 05:43 PM PDT I've been working as an in-house (and now remote) system administrator and web developer for a small business for the past 3-4 years. Life got complicated while I was working remotely in a different city, so I had to "come home" to my parents and regroup. It's embarrassing, and I need to get out of here ASAP, but IT is making me die inside a little more everyday. During this regrouping period, I was forced to rediscover and rebuild myself, and I realized I really enjoy programming. I always have. Educational Background I have a bachelor's of science in IT from the summer of 2013. I went with IT over CS because I thought it would grant me more opportunities to grow into, since I wasn't too sure what I wanted to do at the time (data scientist? dba? sysadmin? network engineer? programmer? meteorologist?). I often regretted not majoring in CS though, partly because I didn't seem to fit the IT culture of my school (a culture of laziness?), and partly because I always enjoyed the programming and designing (like network and database design) aspect of my work more than anything. I just didn't know what software engineering opportunities there were at the time, and my school only cared about big name companies like IBM. It was said at my school that IT is for CS majors who aren't good at math or science, but I was good at - and enjoyed - both. Programming Experience For development experience, I'm full-stack lite, I guess. I'm a pro at frontend and I'm comfortable doing CRUD with SQL queries and triggers, learning languages (Ruby, Python, C#, whatever) and frameworks as needed, and setting up and managing a web server. I can make small programs, and at least design a skeleton of classes, methods, functions and some logic for a larger application. I'm sure I could push one out, but it would take me longer as I'm learning more advanced concepts on the go. My IT courses taught Java up to an intermediate level (so, excluding data structures, algorithms, memory management, web services etc.). I have some "knowledge" of these things, but next to no practice. I also have some natural artistic and UX talent, but I don't like designing websites from the ground up. As far as web dev goes, I just like programming the designer's vision or improving a site or app that already exists. Anyway, I have a few questions: 0) When can I call myself a software engineer? I feel bad putting software engineer on my job applications when I'm applying for software engineering positions, even though I fit most, if not all, of the qualifications? 1) How do I transition to a career in software engineering? Is it possible with this background? I feel like a full-stack or software engineering bootcamp might fill in the gaps of knowledge and team experience I'm lacking, plus I could really use the mentoring. Is there another, less expensive way? 2) What should a portfolio contain? Huge projects? Group projects? Class projects? Snippets? A full internet presence complete with regular blog posts, tweets and forum participation? I only have a few web site (not applications) projects from the business I work for, and a handful of code in my github - most of which is incomplete or embarrassingly sloppy (my pet project "math clock" and a skeleton of a POS application I fill out when I'm bored because I hate our current POS application at this small business I work for) and some assignments from Udemy courses in React and Vue.js. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2018 04:13 PM PDT I've been studying and coding non-stop for the last several months as an aspiring web dev. I love designing and building things, so spending time reading docs/tutorials and coding hasn't been an issue for me. My problem is the networking. Although I feel good about my progress with technical skills, I don't know how to reach out and build connections. I'm planning on attending a few meetups where I live (Las Vegas), but in reality, I'd eventually like to land a job somewhere else. To do so, I feel like I'd need to develop connections out of state. What's your best advice on networking remotely? [link] [comments]  |
| Is React bad for my first job? Posted: 28 Apr 2018 07:58 PM PDT For my first job, I was placed to be in charge of working with React in a large, well-respected company. I've always wanted to develop in C or Java. Will it be hard to transition from React into one of those other languages? Is React bad for my first job? I feel like I'll be missing out on lots of important stuff other languages teach you in a professional setting. [link] [comments]  |
| How and when did you decide on a career path within CS/CSE? Posted: 28 Apr 2018 09:18 AM PDT I'm going to be a senior this fall working towards my BE in CompE from a non-target public university in my city, and given the amount of different paths one could take from here(i.e., the various kinds of software development, embedded,hardware manufacturing, data, cyber security, IT, research, etc. and in what industry), I was curious how and when others found their footing. I don't have any relevant internship experience to draw from. I'm realizing that until I have a general sense of direction, it's hard to do industry research, pursue internships, work on the right skills & projects, choose appropriate electives, etc.. Any advice would be appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Cybersecurity vs CS/IT jobs statistics? Posted: 28 Apr 2018 07:50 PM PDT Hello, I'm wondering where I can find statistics on the current amount of cybersecurity/information security jobs out there compared with the total number of computer or IT related jobs? The only statistics I've found are from Bureau of Labor Statistics. Looking for other sources. Thank you [link] [comments]  |
| Contacted by external recruiter after already talking to internal recruiter Posted: 28 Apr 2018 07:35 PM PDT So, long story short: I was contacted by a recruiter working for a consultant company about a month ago, but due to sickness and vacation we haven't had a face to face meeting yet. It was decided we would set up a meeting once I'm back from my vacation. A few days ago, I was contacted by an external recruiter, offering to set up a meeting with the CEO of the very same company. So, I'm a bit unsure of what to do. On the one side, I guess it would be nice to meet the CEO instead of "just" a recruiter. But on the other hand, I don't feel comfortable "backstabbing" the company's own recruiter in order to so so. And also, I guess the external recruiter would expect some compensation for "finding me", so I guess it would be beneficial for the company to not include this middleman in the process. So... What would you guys do? [link] [comments]  |
| Any resources to brush up applying OOP concepts with System Design? Posted: 28 Apr 2018 07:34 PM PDT I'm on a job hunt as a fresh graduate. I have done 2-3 big projects, but non of them used OOP. We used basic PHP for one of them and the one which I'm doing now, I'm using Python 3 without OOP concepts. I've been in 5 interviews and in 3 of them, I was doing great until they asked OOP questions / System Design. I was confused and then it went badly. The project which I'm doing now is, Book Digitization system. When User input scanned copies to the system, it automatically identifies and separates the paragraphs, then it recognizes the words / letters separately, then it checks the spelling mistakes (mistakenly identified words using OCR ) and corrects then, then it summarizes the book by paragraph by paragraph and stored in a database. We are doing this in Python and with just functions (functional programming) without any OOP involved. Yesterday I had a interview and they asked me to present the above project with Object Oriented Concepts. I know the concepts. But I find it hard to apply them with System Design. So anyone can help me with some resources to brush up my OOP to apply into system design ? And if anyone can help me to present the above project in OOP concepts, I'd be thankful. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks :) [link] [comments]  |
| Do you think that IBM's decision of removing old employees is correct? Posted: 28 Apr 2018 07:30 PM PDT |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2018 05:31 AM PDT I have to think about the potential yearly bonus that may come out, and my reputation for not staying a year [link] [comments]  |
| New grad seeking advice on finding the right career for myself Posted: 28 Apr 2018 03:40 PM PDT I graduated in December with a degree in industrial engineering and a minor in computer science. My interests are in linux, networking, security, system administration, etc. I am not an expert in any of these fields but I do have some experience. I don't have any real work or internship experience. I am trying to figure out what kind of work is best suited for me. I am currently in the Bay Area but I am not against relocating. I will be happy to answer any questions that may assist in helping to guide me. Or anything else that I might have missed. Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| Is there a reason for thinking web dev is "boring"? Posted: 28 Apr 2018 07:16 PM PDT I have heard this a lot, how correct is this belief? Does it not involve as much problem solving as other fields of swe? Are there certain jobs within web dev that should be avoided if they involve more grunt work and less problem solving? I am just trying to find out what I want path I generally want to take and am going to check out web dev this summer regardless. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2018 07:08 PM PDT If I have had a 8 month internship. Can I list it as two consecutive 4 month internships on my resume? [link] [comments]  |
| Cybersecurity (CIT) Purdue Polytechnic degree vs. UMass Amherst CS Degree Posted: 28 Apr 2018 06:44 PM PDT Hello! As a senior in highschool I am torn between Purdue and UMass Amherst and the biggest difference between the two for me is the different programs I am interested in. At Purdue, I am majored in Cybersecurity (I could easily double major in CIT broadly apparently) but am also considering a CS major at UMA. I was rejected from CS at Purdue, and supposedly it is hard to transfer into their CS program due to competitiveness. I want to focus on Cybersecurity and eventually go into that field. Other differences aside, I am wondering about specifics of Purdue's Cybersecurity program (which is apparently ranked #1) vs. a degree at UMA with a focus in cybersec. From looking at past threads, it seems that a CS is desired more than a CIT/Cybersecurity degree. I am wondering about this specific case, and I have to put my deposit down by May 1st so I am kind of stressing haha. I am sort of interested in AI as well (which I could check out at UMA) but cybersecurity is my top priority. Thank you in advance! Edit: I eventually want to start a business if that changes anything [link] [comments]  |
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