Resume Advice Thread - August 25, 2018 CS Career Questions |
- Resume Advice Thread - August 25, 2018
- Daily Chat Thread - August 25, 2018
- So I kinda don't know what I'm doing with this job search thing...
- Apply Early But Less Prepared or Later and More Prepared?
- How do you network properly? I've gone to meetups but it was mostly other guys looking for jobs as well.
- Does GSoC help you as a 3rd world university student?
- Tell me your official and actual reason for leaving your previous job.
- What was your transition like from a Software Engineer at a company to creating your own company?
- Do I need more practice, or do I just need patience?
- As someone with a non-CS degree, how should I get started on how to apply for jobs? What types of projects should I work on to stand out on a resume?
- Anyone here transition last minute away from a different major? Have some questions.
- Applying to internships while taking a semester off?
- Is it (financially) worth becoming a software engineer in the UK?
- Advice on Reverse Engineering careers?
- Does programming require creativity?
- Career Moves: When Should I Quit ?
- CS minor worth it
- What is your favorite speciality in computer science? What would recommend a new undergraduate to specialize in?
- Should I re-write my side project?
- Overstimulation and Burnout
- Job Jumping...
- When’s the best time to start applying to summer 2019 internships?
- I'm a Physics student. Could I earn some extra money with my skills (mainly maths & coding)?
- Just accepted a Job offer with a company that contracts with GE. Its a 2-3 year contract position?
- Should I look into data analyst internships as an undergrad if my goal is to become a data engineer or a data scientist?
- Experience with Huawei?
- Is it hard to find a SQA job in Vancouver, Canada
| Resume Advice Thread - August 25, 2018 Posted: 25 Aug 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 - August 25, 2018 Posted: 25 Aug 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]  |
| So I kinda don't know what I'm doing with this job search thing... Posted: 25 Aug 2018 01:26 PM PDT Hi all. It's been a month or two since I've gotten out of grad school, and I feel like I'm running around like a headless chicken trying to figure out how to best apply to jobs, or at least make myself "hireable". I guess I should jot down something here about me, since I've already seen a few threads here where the OP conveniently omits shortcomings about themselves.
Now that that's out of the way, my questions:
Sorry for the long-winded post. Appreciate any help I can get with my predicament. edit: Thanks for all the help so far. Seems like I should be applying for any and all jobs/internships that I might be even remotely qualified in and hope for the best. [link] [comments]  |
| Apply Early But Less Prepared or Later and More Prepared? Posted: 25 Aug 2018 10:36 AM PDT Rising Junior here! I was wondering when you all think the latest to apply for a summer internship is. I'm absolutely not ready for interviews yet (need to do more leet and CTCI), but I don't know at which point the "applying too late" outweighs the "extra preparation" in terms of landing a summer internship. Any advice is appreciated! Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2018 07:33 AM PDT As someone who is about to graduate from a no-name uni next year, I hear networking is important. My school doesn't have a CS alumni base nor do we have career fairs. I've attended a few tech meetups here in NY and I'd say 90% of the people, or the ones I've spoken too, are also job seekers and they were all mainly bootcamp grads. [link] [comments]  |
| Does GSoC help you as a 3rd world university student? Posted: 25 Aug 2018 04:00 PM PDT Hello ! First of all, I'd like to thank you for all the answers and topics here, they helped me a lot :) I am a computer science student (sophomore starting of september), from a 3rd world university (say ranked 1000 worldwide) This year (as a freshman) I participated in GSoC with a really cool org, and worked on a cool project. While I have some side projects (mainly: PHP & Node.JS Web Dev, Python with Scikit-learn - Numpy data related projects) I do have decent knowledge of algorithms and data structures (studying in CLRS, practicing in Cracking the code interview book ) Do you think with such profile, I can land a summer internship -2019 or 2020- at top companies in the valley? And what do I need to improve in your opinion to minimize the gap between a world's top university student and a dirt's top university student? PS: I know I didn't provide much information, sry. [link] [comments]  |
| Tell me your official and actual reason for leaving your previous job. Posted: 25 Aug 2018 11:01 AM PDT Would you go back in time and change your official reason? Did you have 2 versions for official reason, one for management and one for your team? [link] [comments]  |
| What was your transition like from a Software Engineer at a company to creating your own company? Posted: 25 Aug 2018 10:04 AM PDT For devs who've started companies. What was your process like? Did you wake up one day, have an idea you wanted to pursue and quit your job? What was your experience like? How did you manage to work on your own time? When did you start making money/ or when did you decide you needed to get a job? Just a few questions, I have more just a few starters. [link] [comments]  |
| Do I need more practice, or do I just need patience? Posted: 25 Aug 2018 05:30 PM PDT Hello all. Just looking for a few inputs on an issue(?) I've been having with LeetCode. I have just finished my introductory programming classes (2 in C++ and 1 in Java) and started practicing on LeetCode. I've only been able to solve a few of the easy problems without help, but my run time is always in the bottom 5% of run times on their website. I will be taking Data Structures next quarter, and then algorithms after that. My question is, do I just need some patience until I learn those topics, or should I be able to solve more problems and run solutions faster? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2018 04:09 PM PDT To provide a backstory I guess, I recently graduated college a couple of months ago. I was originally studying CS but didn't end up majoring in it. Looking back I regret this. I remember going to a few career fairs during college but they didn't go well. Every big company was there but there were also long lines of people and I didn't really have a way to stand out. I simply didn't take advantage of my college experience. I was applying to a lot of jobs, but I kind of got demotivated after not hearing back from most of them. It's not surprising because I don't have any work experience in this field, and I don't have many personal projects outside of a few rudimentary class projects in a few courses I have taken. I want to land a well-paying job, preferably in software engineering since that's really the only field I have some introduction to. As I see it, I'm nowhere near ready, and I'm willing to put in the work to try. So TL;DR , I have a few questions:
Thanks for reading this long post. Any and all advice will be much appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Anyone here transition last minute away from a different major? Have some questions. Posted: 25 Aug 2018 06:18 PM PDT Hey everyone, So I'm in the "no internships" boat, but as much as I would have liked to have an internship, I was a pre-med student before I declared a double-major in computer science. I only got approval to major in CS about 3 months before summer of 2017. I graduated June of 2018, so that timeline left me incapable of getting an internship. I had a few hits on my resume and narrowly missed out on an entry embedded position at Honeywell, but overall, I still have a pretty bad response rate to my resume. I believe this is because of my lack of internships, so what I'm doing now is working on expanding my github with some new projects and rewritten old assignments, and also reworking my LinkedIn as I apply. What I'm actually interested in asking: is there any value at all in having my research/internship experience from my chemistry/pre-med schooling on my resume? Is there any angle at all that I can take on my past experience and working with what I have to maybe use it to get a dev job at a health company or a research company? Or is this just wishful thinking and it literally has 0 value? I've gotten mixed opinions on this, from "literally no one cares, don't even mention your double major" to "omg I'd totally love this if I were looking to hire someone, I can't believe you're getting such a bad response rate." Does the software field care about any of this, generally? Resume if anyone is interested: https://imgur.com/6tVlQb4 [link] [comments]  |
| Applying to internships while taking a semester off? Posted: 25 Aug 2018 06:00 PM PDT I'm planning on doing a fall internship in 2019. Will the fact that I will not be enrolled in school at the time (a lot of job descriptions say a basic qualification is being "currently enrolled in a degree program"...) hinder my ability to apply/get an internship for summer 2020? Will companies even know? [link] [comments]  |
| Is it (financially) worth becoming a software engineer in the UK? Posted: 25 Aug 2018 04:12 PM PDT I've recently become interested in studying a Computer Science degree when I go to uni, as I like the subject and have heard great things about it online. However, I recently found out that UK (where I live) salaries are significantly lower than places such as the US. This has really put me off the career, as the pay and benefits were really appealing to me. I also don't really want to be forced to work in London, which is where the salaries are best. My main question is, is it worth becoming a software engineer in the UK in terms of pay? Will I still be able to get a good salary, or is it worth looking at other careers? [link] [comments]  |
| Advice on Reverse Engineering careers? Posted: 25 Aug 2018 02:55 PM PDT Hi all, I've started to learn C and x86 assembly. I'm doing this with the intention of getting a job in reverse engineering and I was wondering what the job prospects would be for someone who is self-taught.. I'll continue learning C and x86 Assembly even if there aren't many jobs because i'm reeaaaaalllly enjoying it anyway. TIA for your responses :) [link] [comments]  |
| Does programming require creativity? Posted: 25 Aug 2018 06:29 PM PDT I'd like to hear your opinions, a friend of mine says that programming requires low creativity, and that it's similar to "being as creative as solving math problems". I disagree, and have already told him how making programs (especially larger ones) do require problem solving skills and some form of creativity especially when designing them. [link] [comments]  |
| Career Moves: When Should I Quit ? Posted: 25 Aug 2018 08:28 AM PDT Hello dear friends, I am writing you today because I am currently in the process of changing job. In my current job, it seems to me that I have been put in the position (and I must admit, I have worked quite hard toward it) of a technical lead for some of the critical thematics in my company. This involved continuous effort on my side to keep learning, improving and delivering at a good pace. At some point, I started to think that I was really in a position where a career evolution (promotion with a subsequent raise) should have been given to me. I have waited many monthes for this but it didn't seem that the internal policy of the company has worked toward this option. I was really enjoying my work, but the raise and the new position finally came from another company. I thought a lot about it but finally grew tired of the situation, main reasons being: - Upper management not so great humanly speaking on many points - Low salary compared to market rates, with high expectations - Technical leading of less experienced colleagues, without any compensation or official status evolution. So I resigned from my current position to go elsewhere. I must admit that I am the kind of guy that is darn emotional about working and colleagues that are also friends, so it came with a feeling of relief but also deep sorrows. Sorrows were more deeper even because the work I had to do was really fascinating and interesting. I would like to know how I could have managed better, because I mean, I really think if someone should have been on the list for a consequential raise, it would have been me, and the specificities of my job, I think, are making me rather precious for my current employer (kind of an asset that you would like to groom). [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2018 04:24 PM PDT Almost done with my informatics degree only required 1 python class. Do you guys think a cs minor would be worth it? Would learn Java, advanced python and C# Don't necessarily wanna be a developer but I've come to realize most jobs in the industry require decent foundation of languages. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2018 07:56 PM PDT Hi everyone! I'm a freshman at an UC. I find myself interested in data (more specifically data engineering and data science). I want to be able to do everything, from building the pipelines to implementing models and analyzing them. However, I'm worried about getting pigeonholed. Also, I'm not really interested in web dev or mobile dev. As such, I was hoping you guys could share some other specialities in cs as the subject is pretty broad. [link] [comments]  |
| Should I re-write my side project? Posted: 25 Aug 2018 03:51 PM PDT Hi, I am a student going into my second year of university and planning to do an internship next summer, to help my chances I decided to make a side project since the last one I made was a long time ago. I decided to make an iOS app for the first time however instead of carefully planning it out I just jumped in and learned as I made the app. The project is done and works well now, however, the code inside has no architecture and is not organized. Should I bother re-writing it to fit a MVC architecture, or do recruiters not care? Another option is that I have another idea for an app, and I could just apply proper coding practices for that. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2018 01:15 PM PDT In mid 20s, about a year into my first dev job, and having a tough time with it. It is a competitive small environment filled with extroverts who are very driven, and it's been draining for my mental and physical health. A few months ago, the job stressed me out so much that I would have long (multi-hour) panic attacks. Sometimes they would start in the afternoons and last through the evenings. Some context. I have struggled with various mental health issues for most of the past decade. I remember in high school, it was very competitive academically, high pressure, and I had signs of depression, which later on (in college) turned into social anxiety and other sorts of anxiety, as well as burnout, to the point that leaving my room would be draining and focusing on academics was hard. I'm hypersensitive to stimuli (a sudden noise when I'm not expecting it will make my heart pound really fast for 10, 20 minutes, maybe even more). I've learned to cope pretty well and come off as engaged and pleasant in short-term social interactions (apartment hunting, even job interviews - which is how I got this job in the first place). But longer-term is a different story, I haven't had any real friends throughout life or even fake friends because small talk is hard for me, and mostly isolate myself socially. Longer term at the job seems to be hard too. At first I thought it was the work environment. Easier to blame it on the stress of a startup and the social isolation of being one of few female engineers. After several more months (all of which have been painful by the way) I'm wondering if it's me. I was telling my coworker about some of the social difficulties I was having and she mentioned that a lot of what I had sounded like high-functioning autism. I didn't receive much healthcare as a child so was never evaluated psychologically for these sorts of things. I've always felt my brain was different, but I thought my downfall in the past was caused by anxiety and depression, now I'm not sure, but all I know is that I feel so overwhelmed and out of place in the workplace that I'm not sure how to cope. My last job was part time, remote, flexible, and didn't stress me out to the point of being so overstimulated like this. But it also paid accordingly (by which I mean not enough to survive long-term on), and I have doubts about my ability to hold down a full time job long term in life. I'm feeling very lost. Does anyone have any positive experiences you have had with coping with any of these things, have you found any environments that have been amenable to any sorts of these struggles? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2018 07:07 PM PDT I have been in my current job for 4 months and absolutely hate it. Want to leave so badly, but I hesitate to because I have a relatively important mid-level role within the company and I'd be leaving them in a real lurch if I just up and left. There are seriously some days I feel like quitting without evening having anything lined up. Anyone here ever leave a management role within a short period like this? How'd it go? [link] [comments]  |
| When’s the best time to start applying to summer 2019 internships? Posted: 25 Aug 2018 07:06 PM PDT Yeah I know it's a bit early but when's the optimal time to start searching? Like december/january time? perhaps a bit earlier? [link] [comments]  |
| I'm a Physics student. Could I earn some extra money with my skills (mainly maths & coding)? Posted: 25 Aug 2018 09:41 AM PDT Background: I'm a college student (non-US) from a pretty low-middle class family pursuing a degree and career in Physics. Between my schoolwork and social life, I still have a moderate amount of time left. While my parents are not rich by any means, college is pretty cheap here. They have been able to provide me with the minimal necessities so far but lately, the financial burden has been getting a bit harder on them. I'm looking to make earn extra income so I have some more cash on hand to do fun stuff, and so I can relieve some of the burden on my parents. In the past I have had some jobs in restaurants in bars, and did some tutoring. These weren't bad but I feel I might have other options. I feel kinda silly doing stuff that has nothing to do with the (seemingly) useful skills and knowledge I'm acquiring in school. I'm unsure how I go about turning these skills into money? Short list of skills I think might be useful:
The kind of things I'm looking for is preferably something that allows me to work it around my school schedule. I've been looking into freelance programming, but I'm unsure as how to find projects involving programming I can confidently say I can handle or can be done in the time I have available. Any tips, suggestions or thoughts would be really appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Just accepted a Job offer with a company that contracts with GE. Its a 2-3 year contract position? Posted: 25 Aug 2018 02:38 PM PDT I interviewed on GE's campus with a GE employ and the contracting company employee. They say that its a 2/3 year contract position doing QA for GE. I will technically not be working for GE but instead for the contracting company. What should I expect from this "contract" job. How is this different then just working for the company that contracts out to GE or just straight working for GE? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2018 02:20 PM PDT Hi, I'm a freshman at a uc studying computer science. All the data science internships are looking for ms or PhD candidates, and I'm still in undergrad. I'm also interested in data engineering but there aren't many internships in that. I'm considering applying for data analyst internships so I can pivot to data science after? I'm only a freshman so I know I have time, but I'd prefer to get an internship next summer. I have skills in python. SQL, and c++. I'm also going to learn spark and mapreduce. Any thoughts? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2018 06:44 AM PDT This has been asked a while before but I'm hoping there are some new people here. I've been offered a role in Europe with Huawei in ML/AI applied to image processing. Online reviews and comments on Huawei in any of their western offices are... toxic to say the least. Does anyone have experience working in Huawei, office culture, benefits, profit sharing etc? [link] [comments]  |
| Is it hard to find a SQA job in Vancouver, Canada Posted: 25 Aug 2018 10:14 AM PDT Hi there! My husband got a job offer in Vancouver Canada, and we're going to move there. And I'm wondering would it be hard to find a SQA job there? I'm a QA with a 3+ years of experience, mostly in manual testing. [link] [comments]  |
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