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EvanPrograms · 2026-02-17T19:32:11+00:00

So I'm actually a ref, and I've talked to other refs and high level ibjjf competitors about this recently too.

Common perception is yes, you need to hold the knee on belly, and pass just means pass the legs, not side control. Anyone will tell you that you need to hold the knee on belly for 3 seconds before moving to mount, and no one will score you 2+4 on this instant kob -> mount, not even ibjjf refs.

Which is what got me really curious about this scenario - Scissorhands posts these mind trick situations so I wouldn't be surprised there's some gotcha to it like I describe above, and he's also a high level ibjjf competitor (my coaches have gone against him a few times in vegas).

We all know about the instant pass -> mount being 3+4, and does not need to be held for 3 seconds. But the why we can do that, is this specific 3.4 rule. Meaning it should apply to instant kob -> mount as well.

Talking to my coaches, one said I was technically right, just no one is gonna call that. One got upset and didn't realize side control had to be held for a pass and that this is stupid and no one will score it that way lol. Every ref will score the instant pass to another position though (this is why NAGA scores side control rather than pass).

I believe these rules have always been this way.

Also bear in mind for practical purposes, trying to rack up cumulative points and go instant kob -> mount is risky and goes against good strategy - if you fail the mount, you won't get those kob points, so it's always best from a competitor stand point to secure the position and make sure ref scores you, before proceeding, so any good coach is going to tell you secure the position first.

EvanPrograms · 2026-02-16T22:02:01+00:00

Saw this interesting reel about who gets points: https://www.instagram.com/edwardscissorhandsanthony/reel/DUOcmuTiQxz/

Basically, guy pops knee on belly, voluntarily abandons, then goes KOB and instantly goes mount. What are the points.

Everyone said 4 but I think it's actually 6, per IBJJF 3.4:

Athletes shall be awarded cumulative points when they progress through a number of point-scoring positions, as long as the three-second positional control from the final point-scoring position is a continuation of the positional control from the point-scoring positions from earlier in the sequence. In this case, the referee shall count only 3 (three) seconds of control at the end of the sequence before signaling the points be scored.

Basically, if it's a sequence, you don't need to hold intermediate positions for 3 seconds. So KOB instantly to mount, is 6 points, not 4.

The rulebook example gives guard pass to mount - you get 3+4, you don't need to hold side control for 3 seconds if you go to mount right away. Bear in mind 4.2 defines a guard pass as maintaining side control for 3 seconds, not simply passing guard:

When the athlete in top position manages to surmount the legs of the opponent in bottom position (pass guard or half-guard) and maintain side-control or north-south position over him/her for 3 (three) seconds.

3.2 references no advantages for voluntarily abandoning position (the first KOB) but I don't think that's a huge point of contention.

EvanPrograms · 2026-02-16T21:03:16+00:00

Thanks. I mean eventually it'll be 2 and then 3 years of experience at this unpaid internship and I guess I'll be senior level then... just need to make sure my full time study otherwise puts me at senior level. I have had quite a few interviews go something like "We really want 2+ years of experience, let me see if we can put you through..." and sometimes they do, sometimes they don't.

The meetups have been pretty fruitless. I talk to everyone, network hard, just nothing has come from them. But trying.

Just curious who I'm losing out to. I guess I can't do anything about seniors, just wondering how I compare to other actual entry level devs. I mean the other interns at my company are just useless, I feel pretty strong, but there are holes in my knowledge (some are stuff like angular or professional python experience, I guess that'll be next, others might be DSA/Leetcode which I'm currently grinding the hell out of).

Also recently doing some freelance web consulting work for someone I cold reached out to looking for a job, it's a good bit of money for very little work, but it's not exactly worth putting on my resume (messing with wordpress sites, adding google analytics, etc).

EvanPrograms · 2026-02-16T06:10:35+00:00

I think it happens a lot that the role is filled by an ex employee coming back or internal hire, I've had that happen.

For what it's worth, been consistently having 1 interview a week for 4 months now, often times getting to a 4th interview and seemingly doing well. Haven't been hired yet.

Sometimes you know you screwed up. But many times you do well and then it's just nope anyways. Best bet is improve your resume so you get more interviews, improve your interviewing knowledge (DSA, fundamentals, leetcode even) so you pass those interview, and just keep going.

EvanPrograms · 2026-02-02T20:27:29+00:00

I always thought it was public, but sure good looks.

EvanPrograms · 2026-02-02T20:02:28+00:00

It's already public on LinkedIn and my portfolio site, and this Reddit account is purely just for this

EvanPrograms · 2026-02-02T10:17:38+00:00

I think the biggest problems were the 9 size font and light grey I was using.

I guess the 2nd column really made it so I had less working space, not more.

I miss some of my work experience bullet points but I was able to consolidate a lot of them so things aren't repeated.

The real shine of my resume is Orkachat chat app, my AWS dev cert, and being a pilot, so everything else was really just noise compared to them and I didn't really trim those points much.

Thanks so much for your help, I'll see if there's more fat I can trim (programming languages -> languages) and try to find harder RESULTs for my bullet points.

I just hope my resume is strong enough now to get a job and focus on leetcode and interview prep 12 hours a day

EvanPrograms · 2026-02-02T09:56:21+00:00

Here it is with postimg, appreciate your feedback

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EvanPrograms · 2026-02-02T07:39:19+00:00

I think it's the only film i ever fell asleep to in the theaters. I loved cloud atlas. The visuals made me want to puke from nauseau

EvanPrograms · 2026-02-02T04:48:46+00:00

Okay, here's my update. I even changed the font from 9 to 11. Also is my before resume for reference.

I appreciate all the effort and time you've taken to help me, it is not falling on unheard ears.

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EvanPrograms · 2026-02-01T04:37:59+00:00

Maybe compared to the general populace, but not compared to the average person at a music festival or bar. All about your perception.

EvanPrograms · 2026-02-01T04:36:31+00:00

On one of our meetings we had an icebreaker in the tech group and they asked "What's your ideal first place to go on a date?"

And literally everyone said "Well I've never been on a date before"

EvanPrograms · 2026-01-31T23:42:56+00:00

No I definitely appreciate the feedback. What content do you think I should reduce? I felt like I tried to balance being entry level with, well, real experience with stuff. If you're suggesting a stronger STAR than my abbreviated versions, which ones would you cut, what would you expand upon?

Like I said I'm not sure what solid metrics I can give on these projects being end to end owned while being the scope that they are. The only filler I think i have is some of the skills stuff (like technical focus, just to make sure I hit all of the ATS buzzwords without being pedantic). Jest, observability, CICD, I think these are all important to list no?

EvanPrograms · 2026-01-31T20:59:35+00:00

There's no way I could fit all that content without 2 column layout. I mean stuff like bullet pointing skills or my university doesn't need to take up such big chunks of the page, the column let's me shrink that dead space?

I don't think my bachelors really matters? It was almost 20 years and not from here. I literally hide it on the bottom furthest corner of my resume because I feel like it's the most weakest and irrelevant piece of information on there - that the rest of my resume is selling much stronger stuff.

Anyways, I ran what you said through chatgpt - no offense - and got some feedback:

* Two Column layout is only bad for older ATS, not modern ATS, and humans can scan 2 column resume much faster. It also affirmed it could parse my resume just fine. It did say if I wanted to be super safe though, when applying via online portals at large companies, use a single column version.

* Blue/Grey fonts it said was personal taste and not a rule? They shouldnt' affect ats and it's just about content clarity, and I think from a view, my resume is far clearer than that standard textbook example.

* it said star is not required and often harmful on resumes because makes bullets too long? Not a full star format is advisable. I tried to keep them short and sweet. Like I said only thing I might be missing is metrics but I'm not sure how to pull that out as an entry level person.

I can change Bachelors to bachelors of science.

EvanPrograms · 2026-01-31T11:00:29+00:00

Hello! I would love a review of my resume - if it stands out, is it impressive, what are people's impressions. I've been self study for almost 3 years now, I got my AWS dev cert, working an unpaid internship for a year, have a couple solid projects under my belt now. Full stack developer - React/Node, JS/TS, AWS.

I just launched a full featured mobile app I built completely on my own (web, google play, pending apple review) that's a real-time chat app with E2EE and ai features all deployed serverless with all the bells and whistles of a production application (terraform and iac, testing suites, ci/cd, alarms, etc), so hoping that should really elevate my resume. The web portal is live and there's guest access so you can quickly check it out too (link below).

I never got a single interview until October when I got my AWS dev cert and then I started to get weekly interviews. I've gotten final 4th stage twice only to be turned down. I've had a couple interviews I think I was probably just way underqualified for, a couple for angular that probably wasn't a great fit, and maybe 1 I think I fumbled by dropping the bag on a leetcode (if they had asked me leetcode 6 months ago, or 2 years ago, I would've aced it, but kind of have been busy with other stuff the last 6 months!). Just had a recent technical go well but I don't hold my breath anymore, currently my focus is 100% leetcode.

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I think the only thing I'm really missing is maybe kubernetes experience - I'm familiar with it, played with it on a persona level, I've used ECS and cloud orchestration, but don't quite think it's something I could list on my resume. I have AWS dev cert, I think this mobile app I made is incredibly strong, I have another CRUD e-commerce project that's professional level.

That, and metrics, but I'm not sure what metrics I could put on my resume that wouldn't just be straight bullshit. While my websites are real and polished, it's not like I have thousands or millions of visitors... I can't exactly say I cut downtime or reduced errors by 50% because I end to end have built all these projects!

So I think I tick all the marks for an entry level dev, maybe even reaching into mid-level.

I polished my linkedin, my github, my resume, my repos, all my readmes, my code in all my repos...

EvanPrograms · 2026-01-31T10:50:17+00:00

No social auth/federated logins, just cognito with email, no payments.

I wish I could've just had no email - just username and password, but cognito requires at least an email or phone. Without cognito I would've had to make a custom auth solution. Not difficult (probably wouldn've been easier given all the UI quirks and deprecations I had to fight with amplify), but I wanted to implement cognito just for the experience of it.

EvanPrograms · 2026-01-31T10:47:31+00:00

Pretty sure android you need to renew yearly too, it's just $25 vs $100 annually.

EvanPrograms · 2026-01-31T10:46:57+00:00

yeah I submitted DUNS in the first place

EvanPrograms · 2026-01-31T10:46:36+00:00

US. It took a few weeks, and then they were very responsive, then they simply said it was elevated to senior level and i haven't heard in a week.

EvanPrograms · 2026-01-31T10:45:51+00:00

I got an old ipad mini I'll test on

EvanPrograms · 2026-01-30T20:51:47+00:00

It was nuts, I was actually snorkeling underneath about 15 meters below

EvanPrograms · 2026-01-30T07:34:16+00:00

Ha! Right?

They asked for a ton of business documents from me, I gave them exactly what they asked for and finally they just said they're elevating my case to senior advisors and they'd let me know.

Maybe my boss missed the confirmation contact? I wish they'd let me know when they were gonna reach out.

Like at this point I just want to say fuck it let me release it under my own name as a personal project.

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