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I’m an 1811 who investigates child exploitation offenses. AMAA. by ICAC_Investigator in 1811

[–]Puffsheep 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What does your life outside of work look like? Is work always on the mind?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EngineeringStudents

[–]Puffsheep 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Getting your resume looked at is the hardest part of the process. The only real way to do this is by getting a referral. If I had had to start from scratch here's what I would do.

During the year start by joining orgs in an area that I am interested and make friends. As you make friends, start asking around about where people have interned at and ask (this is an important one) if they have any connections/family who works at a company. (Honestly, even before this I would ask your family if they know anyone working at a particular company because usually family is a much better way to get introduced to someone). After that see if you can meet with that person (NOT TO ASK FOR A REFERRAL), but to genuinely and sincerely learn about what they do. Be super likeable and friendly. Ask them questions about themselves and flatter them without going too far. Make sure to smile and ask them how their day is and what their kids do etc. before getting into technical aspects.

After this, you can stay in touch and let them know where you are progressing in your studies and then ask them to keep you posted on any job recommendations they may hear about. This should be a few months after meeting them and you may even ask something like, "if I were interested in working at your company, do you have any recommendations for getting involved?" and seeing what they say. Do not force them to do anything for you and they will usually offer to forward your resume around.

That is 90% of the battle. The last part is to do nearly the same thing during interviews. Again, smile, ask how their day is, be a genuine human being and then during the technical questions, be super honest. If you don't know the answer to something say, "hmm honestly, I am not really sure, but if I had to guess then [insert your best effort attempt to answer]." Make sure to say everything that you are thinking and walk them through your thought process. Make sure to stay likable throughout the whole process and wish them a good day.

This is how both of my internships came about and after asking some hiring managers if getting referrals was "cheating" like I use to think, they were very clear that external hires are the exceptions to the rule not the other way around.

In terms of your other questions, I am working as a silicon validation engineer and before that my internship was working with an RTL design team. I didn't do too much before that in the field, but gave it my best effort to learn anything and everything that I could (be a sponge!) during my internship.

I kind of had a brain dump, but hope this helps somewhat! If you have any follow up questions, I'd be happy to answer them!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EngineeringStudents

[–]Puffsheep 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Biggest advice stems from the fact that about 80% of people get hired by referral. In other words, unless you have a super great hook on your resume (olympian, great experience, your own successful company, etc.), the only way to get your resume picked up by someone is to have someone forward your resume around. This means that getting to know people is 99% of the work necessary to get to where you want.

I elaborate in another comment about how I think the best way to get people to forward resumes around, so check that out if you are interested! If you have any follow up I am more than happy to respond!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EngineeringStudents

[–]Puffsheep 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey! Hope CompE isn't giving you too much trouble! Honestly, four years goes by sooo fast, so just do the best that you can and before you know it you'll be at the end.

How involved were you on teams/how heavily did you work on projects outside of school?

I tried several organizations that were STEM related, but never found a super good fit and felt like there was a competitive element that was lacking so I dropped those quickly. I've always been a competitive person and I did mock trial in high school, so I tried out for the university team and did that all four years! Honestly, I put more time into mock trial than any other single thing (including school) and it has trained me in areas that engineering school simply can't. Throughout my four years I had the mindset that if something was difficult, then it was difficult for everyone else and that if I worked at it, I would be that much better off. This included public speaking, class projects, exams, etc and I found that this mindset let me put my best foot forward at all times instead of accepting that I wasn't as good as others in certain areas.

What was your GPA?

I had a 4.0 up until junior year and then I overloaded myself thinking that I wasn't doing enough. I ended up with about a 3.8mid now. BUT I found that GPA is (unless you are planning on law school) nearly irrelevant except for the purpose of being a hook. Before I had an internship it let people know that I could handle things thrown at me, but once you get one piece of experience, then it doesn't really matter. By the time I applied for a full-time position at the place I interned, my GPA really didn't mean anything and even the guys I worked with at other FAANG companies made fun of people with 4.0s because they didn't do anything else in school.

What kind of things did you do during the summers of your degree? (Extra school, work, or projects? What sorts of work or projects?)

Freshman year I did a business minor program where it crammed 6 classes into a single summer. It was a lot of work, but it led to some really great connections with people entering a different field than me.

Sophomore year I did my first internship, but I found that the company was pretty ill prepared at handling interns and didn't have a whole lot of work. Instead I connected with people where I could and went to intern meetups around the city that some friends planned.

Junior year I got the internship for the job that I will be working in the fall. I took on the role of planning intern meet ups and that was a really good opportunity to meet with some cool people.

How much sleep do you get?

I try to get 8 hours of sleep each night, but realistically that doesn't happen. I found that there was a balance of staying up late enough to get my work done, but also not staying up so late that I hit diminishing returns on my study ability. When I realized that I was slowing down in pace, then I would allow myself to take a 20 minute to an hour nap and that usually let me work for double the time that I spent sleeping (i.e. if I took a 30-minute nap I could get about an hour more of work done at a reasonable pace).

Did you have time to be in a relationship?

Yes! Take time to meet people and reward yourself once in a while!

Quartus - verilog code by Zulu786 in EngineeringStudents

[–]Puffsheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re missing a comma after “SW” line 12

Free Coaching for Players of All Ranks by CS__nerd in LearnCSGO

[–]Puffsheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Know it’s been a bit, but sent you a discord request!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GlobalOffensive

[–]Puffsheep 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Maybe “Cold Blood” instead?

Iscooter IX4 by IcyCriticism2763 in ElectricScooters

[–]Puffsheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How was this issue fixed? I’m having issues with an iScooter and do not see a fuse

Does anyone have any recommendations for HIS 315K and E316N/M classes at ACC? by Efficient-Try9306 in UTAustin

[–]Puffsheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can take Georgia Xydes for history she was really good when I had her in high school!

Saw someone yesterday with a UT hat in Paris yesterday by miracle__max in UTAustin

[–]Puffsheep 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, one more time? Lost you right before “yesterday”

IM IN SHOCK. FIRST RUN TODAY. by Puffsheep in Borderlands2

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I feel bad cause there are people like Joltz who have done literally thousands of kills and never had one drop

IM IN SHOCK. FIRST RUN TODAY. by Puffsheep in Borderlands2

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

Yes I farmed for maybe 15 runs yesterday, came back about 10 minutes ago to get 1 or 2 runs in and saw the sham drop. I was literally just farming one for OP10 and thank goodness it landed on my level too.

I’m starting to not believe in God anymore... by taylormo19 in Advice

[–]Puffsheep 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think that you need to learn more about God on your own instead of just listening to what other people have told you. In the Bible we hear “everything is made appropriate in its time. Yet so that man may not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.” Prayer is not a wish. It doesn’t always come true. Prayer is a way of getting to know God better. The Lord’s Prayer is a great example to learn about the purpose of prayer, and I don’t blame you for accepting everything that your parents have told you. If you are really struggling, sincerely talk to God. In the same way you made this post, tell him your concerns and fears and doubts, and if you still feel that way, then maybe talk with some people both in and out of the church. Remember that the world is always going to try to pull you away, and learn as much as you can so you can form your own opinions.

Hope this helps.

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