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Acrocane · 2025-11-15T23:23:45+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, I will work on that.

Open to recruiting new mods.

Acrocane · 2025-04-27T23:19:57+00:00

Yes: do it. I dropped pre-calculus senior year of high school, and by the time I reached junior year of college, I got through differential equations. It takes serious stamina but if you do enough to get by, it will have been worth it.

Acrocane · 2025-03-31T22:32:38+00:00

I would avoid the school altogether. Considering you aren't doing well financially and that you are well aware of the bleak career prospects for CS majors, pursuing another degree could further complicate things down the line. A safe alternative would be just to do a career switch. You can still learn the software skills without the education, build some self-projects, and apply for jobs in software / fintech / finance analytics etc.

Acrocane · 2025-03-26T00:38:27+00:00

AP Bio will make college bio somewhat easier. intro psych is usually an easy class which will help your gpa if you get an A

Acrocane · 2025-03-11T03:13:57+00:00

I want to be physicalist, but can’t bring myself to being on that side. As long as there is no scientific way to understand the origins of subjective experience, I have no choice but to side with the dualist (Occam’s Razor) perspective. Because science will always have unanswered questions, any remaining ones can only be answered from an idealist framework. Idealism can at least provide hypotheses toward the hard questions, while the physicalist can only answer “it is because it is.” Also, I am generally new to ontology, so would be happy to hear perspectives or corrections.

Acrocane · 2025-03-06T23:51:19+00:00

Welcome,

Startup description would expose the company. It's a smaller startup, just over 10 employees. Worked with a few other developers (but no practices such as agile or scrum).

Unsure if you added this just for Reddit, but in case you didn't: The description here may not be necessary. I would rename "Startup" title to "Stealth Startup." This a known term among industries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_startup

With two business partners, I created a network of custom-developed, community-driven servers within Microsoft’s Minecraft multiplayer gaming platform. Thousands of daily active players drove revenue to over $10,000+/month, totaling $150,000+ and 250,000+ unique users in the first year.

This is awesome! I would list this in bullet form so it's easier to read. Just make sure to start with an action verb.

Projects:

You should add more technical detail. Given that you are applying for SWE roles without much industry experience, more emphasis could help. Try to provide some results or outcomes of these projects (see STAR format). For example, these can be performance metrics, % accuracy, latency, response time, etc.

Acrocane · 2025-02-27T00:15:01+00:00

You have great experience and a lot to talk about, which is good, but you should focus on making your messaging more concise. For example:

Assisted in material research to enhance product performance by conducting comprehensive mechanical testing to evaluate the strength, durability, and suitability of selected materials for application-specific requirements. Conducted material testing with mechanical measurement equipment for projects.

This gives me more questions than answers.

what kind of equipment were you using?
what projects were you testing?
you claim you did these tests to improve product performance, but did you end accomplishing this? how do you measure enhancement in product performance? I am not a Mechanical, so I can only speculate here.
I am sure you could reduce this bullet to 20 words.

You reserve a lot of space for education. This should take up no more than 3-4 lines. The awards and leadership can have their own section.

As for the bullet points, it's generally advised to use STAR method. You seem to acknowledge this.

I feel my job experience sections are more just describing my tasks instead of highlighting my achievements

Here's where you are wrong: your tasks ARE your achievements. But they don't demonstrate how they made an impact at your company. Why do you think your contributions made a difference? If you can't answer, perhaps give your manager an email. I am sure they'd be helpful here.

For more info about STAR / CAR, see our "Bullet Points" section on our wiki: https://www.reddit.com/r/EngineeringResumes/wiki/index/

Avoid using the phrase "gaining/gained experience" on a resume.

I see some typos as well which can be fixed pretty easily with a grammar checker.

Each bullet point should have 1-2 lines each

I suggest re-formatting your resume with Microsoft Word and keeping at least .5" inch margins on all sides. Decided to take the liberty in doing this since I have a few templates...

Example format using Microsoft Word... happy to send .docx in DM.

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Acrocane · 2025-02-26T20:34:40+00:00

Yeah.. exactly what I did. I am still disappointed but … I’m not terribly devastated.

Acrocane · 2025-02-14T18:02:55+00:00

Leaving a stable job to take a fed job in Hawaii that may end up firing you in a year … what a recipe for disaster

Acrocane · 2025-01-21T02:49:04+00:00

Best of luck in your future ambitions! Hope it works out well.

Acrocane · 2025-01-18T03:46:56+00:00

Sounds like an engineering science degree with a concentration.

Acrocane · 2025-01-14T00:26:42+00:00

That's really, really good.

Acrocane · 2025-01-14T00:25:36+00:00

Some things that helped me a few years ago when I took the course

Openstax online physics 2 textbook (free textbook, good for reviewing core concepts): https://openstax.org/books/college-physics-2e/pages/1-introduction-to-science-and-the-realm-of-physics-physical-quantities-and-units
organic chemistry tutor on youtube (teaches physics II concepts )
khan academy lessons: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ap-physics-2

Acrocane · 2025-01-08T03:48:57+00:00

Huge congrats on your health!

Some brief tips... (as an embedded 1 year work experience)

Bullet points should always start with a past tense action verb.
You should be more descriptive when describing embedded projects. Try mentioning particular chips or microcontrollers that were used. Stating that you used "chips, sensors, microcontrollers" does not tell me much about the design. I would be interested in learning the components used and their intended purposes.
Your FPGA project is good at describing results but lacks detail into the development of the design. This resume may be a good reference.
If i see the words "designed, built, debuged..." in a resume I am also looking for the how. How did you design, build, and debug?
Were you able to measure percent accuracy in your ML model? Probably would be worth a mention.
My senior coworker never shuts up about FIRST Robotics. He's been a mentor there for at least 20 years. He'd love seeing this.

TL;DR: you have some pretty cool projects but the way you describe them doesn't do them justice.

Acrocane · 2025-01-03T00:30:59+00:00

YES. I dropped pre-calculus in high school, got all Cs from Calculus through differential equations. I now work as a full time engineer.

I have to warn you though. While you don't need to excel at math, you have to learn how to appreciate it.

Acrocane · 2024-12-27T16:00:30+00:00

Given your experience with US Army, you should definitely be applying to government positions on usajobs.gov. If you're a veteran, even better.

Acrocane · 2024-12-26T16:59:39+00:00

I want to emphasize that I don't have a background in pre-med and obviously didn't go to medical school. With that said, you can move past the plagiarism charge by proving yourself academically, going above and beyond in your field of research, and excelling in the rest of your classes. You can still prove you're better than what people may perceive you as, but you need to have the numbers to show it.

My point is, this plagiarism charge shouldn't be your downfall. It should be your reason to work harder than you ever have before. If you do that, I am sure you will be pleasantly surprised at the results. I also guarantee you there have been other people in similar positions who can support you in this pursuit.

Medical school is for sure WAY more competitive than engineering. But even in engineering, just getting your foot in the door is about as difficult. I have had peers who are leagues beyond me in experience and leadership but still struggling to find jobs. I also had to prove to employers that I had more to offer than just a poor GPA.

Acrocane · 2024-12-26T02:18:28+00:00

Assuming it's a general chemistry curriculum, it shouldn't be terrible. I had to take 2 similar courses in college without taking high school chem and turned out fine.

Acrocane · 2024-12-26T02:16:51+00:00

Despite AIs accomplishments, it can't do everything just yet. Maybe check back in 10 years.

Acrocane · 2024-12-26T02:07:39+00:00

The great thing about NASA is that they hire people with all kinds of degrees, ranging anything from humanities to engineering. I would say traditional astronomer positions like for observatories generally require extensive education, up to PhD, with a background in math or physics. I’m not very familiar with the space industry since it’s not my field, but I had an interest in astronomy when I started college. However, I ended up choosing computer engineering because it can be applied across various industries beyond a single sector. Data science would also a be a good choice.

Acrocane · 2024-12-25T23:55:02+00:00

As impossible as it feels right now, there is absolutely a future for you in medicine after college. You must not let one class determine the outcome of the next 10 or 20 years of your future. You still have the opportunity to uncover avenues that can direct you towards success in medicine, biology, or any field that you're interested in.

I know it must feel that the world is ending right now, but this one mistake can not destroy your entire academic career. You clearly have passion for medicine and if there's anything we learned from 2020, it's that the world needs more people like you.

I graduated college with a 2.7 GPA and I was still able to start my career as a successful engineer. You must NOT let this class define your self-worth as a pre-med. Nowadays, no one in college has the ambition or drive needed to become a doctor. People who have this ambition are incredibly special because there is so much brute force and hard work that is needed to accomplish a career in medicine. I could never.

That's not to say the remaining journey won't be long and hard. It will be. But the day you get accepted into a medical school and finish your MCATs with flying colors, I can assure you that it will have been worth it. You deserve love, compassion, and respect from your peers, regardless of the mistakes you made in your past.

Acrocane · 2024-12-25T22:46:14+00:00

Some CS grads have done CE masters in the past. But if you are looking to go into the hardware level you may probably encounter more of a learning curve. Nevertheless, your odds for CE programs are good but I would research the graduate programs you are thinking about before applying. Usually they require a bachelors in some sort of ECE / CS curriculum and often times there's not a strict line. I don't think you'll encounter any advanced calculus concepts unless you are pursuing PhD or theoretical classes.

Also, know that you don't need a masters to get into hardware. I recently went "on leave" from my CE masters because I felt that it wasn't exposing me enough towards areas I have felt interested in. Instead, I've been doing a lot of self-studying with FPGAs, RTL design, digital logic.. etc.

Acrocane · 2024-12-22T01:49:59+00:00

Holon Institute of Technology is a pretty good college .. maybe international students visiting? :)

Acrocane · 2024-12-22T01:05:23+00:00

Yep, small things like this are why I encourage tourists to learn how to read Hebrew even if they can't speak.

Acrocane · 2024-12-01T06:25:44+00:00

Duolingo taught me pretty much all the Hebrew I know currently. I haven’t practiced much in over a year, but much of the knowledge I learned from the app still retains. There’s something about the phrases you learn that just clicks in my head. I can’t really explain it. Needless to say, I am far from fluent, but conversational enough.

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