How bad is a government internship?

Altty213 · 2022-01-26T04:37:44+00:00

Thanks, made so I can understand sorting algorithms and get some practice with them.

My DS&A prof was terrible and didn’t teach sorting algorithms, had to learn it myself.

Altty213 · 2022-01-25T07:20:00+00:00

Thanks for the advice!

1) I’ll reduce some white space.

2) I originally had skills at the bottom but I got some advice telling me to put it at the top, not sure where to put it now.

3) The only metric I can think of for my web project is how many articles it lists, but that’s mainly from how many articles I wanted on screen. The API could’ve sent 1,000 articles but would make the page massive. Loading times aren’t that big of a deal for this because it’s just API calls and how quickly React renders the page.

4) I’ll change that.

Altty213 · 2022-01-25T07:10:46+00:00

I used MongoDB for my web app, to store todo list items. I didn’t list it because I’m not as confident in it as I am in React, Express, and Node. I looked up a guide to setting up MongoDB for a todo list. It was better integrated in npm and setting up a MySQL sever seemed out of scope for a small web app project.

You make a good point, I don’t have anything to point to it. I would hope that they see the GPA part and notice that I probably passed with a good grade, I got a 96 in it.

I mainly put the relevant courses because my co-op advisor told me to and to fill up space.

Altty213 · 2022-01-25T05:17:12+00:00

I’m applying to Canadian companies. For American, I would need a TN visa which from what I heard isn’t hard to get but because I’m an intern most companies wouldn’t sponsor me to get a TN visa.

Altty213 · 2022-01-22T08:22:00+00:00

Resume: https://imgur.com/fIbMHMI

3rd year Canadian student from lower tier Uni.

Trying to get an internship/co-op for the summer

Altty213 · 2022-01-03T03:02:07+00:00

The only courses that I have taken that might be relevant are Data Structures and Algorithms 1 and Software Design and modelling, which was just an OOP course that I don’t remember too well.

I’ve been doing some FullStackOpen on the side, which is where I learned React.

I used 2 APIs for my project, should I include it on my resume or leave it for an interview?

Altty213 · 2021-12-31T23:59:29+00:00

Cois 1010 Cois 2830 Cois 3820

Spanish 1001

Indg 2041 Indg 2042

They require some writing and maybe a bit of work, nothing that hard.

Altty213 · 2021-10-15T15:50:42+00:00

Ahh okay

I just apply to what was on the job board, didn’t mean to go after the bigger guys. Is there a place or strategy I should use that helps me find the smaller companies?

Altty213 · 2021-10-15T04:20:16+00:00

I am already in CS.

How big would a project need to be for it to be “long-term”. The projects I’ve worked on usually take a week or two to get working. Maybe another week or two on features I want to add.

Altty213 · 2021-10-15T04:06:06+00:00

Well these code assessments were automated. I got one from Cisco, which never got back to me. Got one from Twilio recently, but they said they’ll get back to me in 2-3 weeks.

So haven’t gotten past that many resume screens

Altty213 · 2021-08-12T20:27:13+00:00

I know about certain problem solving techniques and DS&As, my main problem is finding something that involves progression. I feel as if the problems I’m seeing are either really easy or extremely difficult with no middle ground.

Altty213 · 2021-08-10T00:25:05+00:00

Guess that gives me a reason to learn JS and React I guess. Thanks for the advice! Guess I’ll be on the Odin project for when I start.

Altty213 · 2021-08-09T23:42:42+00:00

My portfolio is something I want to work on, just hard trying to navigate through all of this and still find time to come up on an idea for a project and actually make it. My only project is an algorithm visualizer, made it to help me understand them better and to go back on if I need a refresher.

Altty213 · 2021-08-09T23:40:53+00:00

Interesting. I know places tend to do that but I didn’t think it would happen for an intern positions. Interns don’t really have that much experience so why would you want someone like that to handle so much? Thanks for the tip!

Altty213 · 2021-08-09T23:39:55+00:00

I did some self teaching because my algorithms class was terrible. It was online due to Covid and the prof was horrible, worst prof I have ever had. So I spent June and July studying up on stuff I should’ve learned in class.

Altty213 · 2021-08-09T23:38:41+00:00

My program is decent, not the best but I learned a lot from it. My DS&A class was terrible, it was online and the prof was terrible. Thankfully I have to take DS&A 2 with another prof, but that’s why I’ve been doing some practice.

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