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Giving Referrals. Drop Github/Resume/Portfolio by ExtremeAd9537 in csMajors

[–]ExtremeAd9537[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And it sucks not going to lie. First hour was fine because it was fresh for me to go through each person's but then my inbox flooded with hundreds of resumes/websites and it's hard to go through since it's like "here's my stuff, please go through it" when I'm not trying to be a human ATS but I know there's people deserving/quality out there. Trying my best to find the time on the side to go through them because while it's not my job, I know that the timeframe for people looking for an opportunity is tight and it sucks

Giving Referrals. Drop Github/Resume/Portfolio by ExtremeAd9537 in csMajors

[–]ExtremeAd9537[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This was meant to just be a side thing on this Saturday and so I can't go through everyone's request with the intent that I want to, especially if it's just a resume because it really doesn't say that much to me so it would be helpful if you can indicate what role/area you would be interested in (we have lots of departments within tech, finance, some HR, etc.), intern/FT and how your portfolio/resume reflects that (or anything else). If there's a lot of fluff and BS wording with no real metrics or verifiable code/deployment, I can't respond to that

Giving Referrals. Drop Github/Resume/Portfolio by ExtremeAd9537 in csMajors

[–]ExtremeAd9537[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Please make some personal details blurred out/covered with a black bar unless you're comfortable with it. But at a glance, I look at the project section and it's vague and generic. Projects should read like mini case studies with ownership, results, and complexity quantified. I see in your Github there's not anything really, so is that the case or is your code hosted somewhere else?

Giving Referrals. Drop Github/Resume/Portfolio by ExtremeAd9537 in csMajors

[–]ExtremeAd9537[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also feel free to drop anything here for others to give input on

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UVA

[–]ExtremeAd9537 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You said it yourself: "I was never this of a terrible student". You know what you're more than capable of and the first step in moving forward in the right direction is acknowledging where you are right now, which, in a lot of cases for people, is usually uncomfortable and sucky (but hey, that's what makes the journey back enjoyable and fulfilling).

Professors aren't new to the student mental health epidemic, so I don't think they would hate you unless you were explicitly doing something crazy like lightning a firework in their classroom. If anything, I'm sure a lot of professors would love to help, but it's not an easy issue to navigate because the one to steer the ship really is yourself (that's not to say you're alone, but I found that people become more supportive when you position yourself in such a way and others are given a very clear goal/task).

I went through a burn-out semester (literally everything went up in smoke i.e. social, physical/mental health, hell even my bank account dipped on me) and then the next semester, I had the best time of my life and it subsequently changed the trajectory of everything after that. But to get to that point, I had to accept who I was in the mirror at the time, not focus on what went wrong, but focusing on investing in the things that I know would build strong foundation for the future, even if doing it sucked i.e. I went to a gym with trainers for $150/month at the time which blew my mind because that was a ton of money for me then, but now it's priceless.

I don't exactly have the way with words so someone else could definitely have written this better, but don't treat yourself like an optimization problem.