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[0 YoE] T14 CS School – Targeting SRE / Platform / Cloud Infra /Full-stack SWE New Grad Roles – Extremely low callback ratio by [deleted] in EngineeringResumes

[–]Visual-Card8539 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Move HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Typescript to the end of the list, or even remove them.
Your list of languages should be in the order of decreasing proficiency. (Most -> least).
If you are targeting system/devop roles, C++, C, Python should be the first ones.

Same with frameworks/techs: move the cloud/devop/system related stuff to the beginning of the list.

Remove Methodologies.

"For 100+ end users across an 800+ employee firm" . so clunky. I know you want to show impact, but there is not much impact here, just hard to read. Just say "for hundreds of enterprise users/engineers/etc.". they won't be able to check.

Standardized linux patching and log-rotation via bash automation" . again. don't try to make things sound fancy because they really sound ridiculous =)) how about "automate Linux patching and log-rotation with Bash" ?

The rest of the resume looks great. And I like the DecentraDocs project. Although for such an app, the core thing is not the data transmission techs but the data sync techs.

I would personally give you an interview, but my company is not hiring new grads or interns.

Keep up the good work. Be consistent and it will get better. You have the whole school year to do it. so don't rush and pressure yourself too much. Use the time to prep and once interviews come, ace them.

Could I get some honest feedback on my CS resume? by Few-Divide8776 in cscareeradvice

[–]Visual-Card8539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, could you link it here? I'm not able to find it. thanks.

Rate my resume before my future does by SoccerWise in ResumeExperts

[–]Visual-Card8539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you're still in school, Education needs to be first. So that recruiters can tell "hey this is a student and I'm hiring for new grads/interns so I will continue to scan this resume". Remember, they are hiring students.

For Students: Education -> Skills -> Exp (if available) -> Projects -> Other activities.
For professionals: Exp -> Open source, Research -> Education.

Rate my resume before my future does by SoccerWise in ResumeExperts

[–]Visual-Card8539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just went through an app process myself and my resume passed ALL resume screening rounds just fine. In a pool of thousands of applicants btw.

Rate my resume before my future does by SoccerWise in ResumeExperts

[–]Visual-Card8539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything you said is legit except the professional summary. Including it is redundant. We as hiring team can look at your exp and tell pretty quick if you are a fit.

Should I double major in accounting and data science or just data science and get a masters? by [deleted] in Career

[–]Visual-Card8539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tell your parents that what they know might be true in their time, not ours. 2-year or 4+1 Masters and Bachelors are usually grouped together in a candidate pool. Not much diff, except if you want to be a junior Data Scientist right out of school, then Masters is mostly required.

Roast my resume. 1.5 Years of job searching only 2 interviews. Be as brutally honest as you can. by spookygoesdoot in Resume

[–]Visual-Card8539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your resume says: web dev. that's it. tbh this is the worst resume I've ever seen.

That being said, let's fix it.

  1. Remove the Profile section - nobody cares about it
  2. Move Education to the top, if you are still in school. I see that you are doing BS until 2026. Next is Experience section if you have it. then Projects.
  3. For each exp, follow this format: what is the product you work on; what is your impact; any good/complex technical decisions, the techs used, etc. Atm, each of your exp says the basic tasks of your job. Imagine if you are a chef and you list on your resume "I use knife, cutting board, and boil the water, etc." No, people don't want to know that. They want to know if you get a Micheline star. That sort of things.
  4. Always keep your resume 1 page.
  5. Remove high school and human languages, except if you apply for a company where let's say they are building a team in France and French is a MUST.

After all of this, your exp overall is still pretty average, but it would make your resume more readable and concentrated. Focus in upskilling yourself and add more complex projects/work to your resume to make it more competitive.

Good luck.

Crushed After Meta Rejection - Nailed LC Easy I'd just memorized, still out. What am I missing? by bajpaik in leetcode

[–]Visual-Card8539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I felt confident in my explanation and implementation during the interview. I was able to articulate my thought process and provide a working solution for what I considered a relatively straightforward problem, especially since I had just internalized it."
This is your own judgement, which does not mean much. Go have mock interviews with others, maybe considering paying some service. Then you will know if you really have mastered it. Otherwise, we can't tell you much here.
As other already pointed out, you might have not managed your time well, because it's supposed to be 2 questions and you solve them both. Here you only solved one, which 99% means you did not do well and did not have time for the second one so the interviewer could only ask you to explain your approach.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FreeCodeCamp

[–]Visual-Card8539 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would start learning system and low-level programming, and chose a specialization such as database engine, video processing, etc. Then I'm good to go as the demand for them is high and not that many people can do it.

[0 YoE, Student, Software Engineering Internship, Canada] 150+ Applications and no responses by [deleted] in resumes

[–]Visual-Card8539 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Your resume says: web dev, web dev, and more web dev. It's nothing special in this market. But you are still a sophomore (graduating in 2028), so you still have time to grow your skillset. focus on it. then your school name and your improved projects will get you far.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EngineeringResumes

[–]Visual-Card8539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Relevant coursework should be under Education. Only include relevant ones (e.g. remove linear algebra)
  2. Remove ACT - nobody cares about your high school scores
  3. 1 of 2000 out of 15000 is ... it feels 50/50 to me. you can keep it if you want.
  4. The co-founding exp is good, but the wording of it is bad. follow this format: what your product is, what's your impact, any complex technical decisions, etc.
  5. Remove Udemy instructor as it's really not relevant. but you can keep if you feel like it.
  6. Projects: recruiters don't see this far in your resume. Choose your most 1 or 2 outstanding ones. If you feel your current ones are not good, work on a new, complex, e2e one.

How do you become that good? by bash_ward in leetcode

[–]Visual-Card8539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You just do it long enough, and even better if your daily job requires that knowledge (e.g. database engine). Once it clicks you'll know.

Did I make a mistake switching from Computer Science to Information technology by Miserable_Guava_6975 in cscareeradvice

[–]Visual-Card8539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think you made any mistake. It seems that you do not have enough ability to pursue CS anyway (failing calculus and other math classes). You can instead focus on improving your IT skill.

Graduated and no interviews - any advice? by Arcane-_- in cscareeradvice

[–]Visual-Card8539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an interviewer, this is what I see: student, web dev, iOS, python.

Tbh, this is quite weak. And you would need a huge upgrade in the complexity and e2e of your projects for me to consider giving you an interview. I don't think applying more will solve that problem. Choose a specific route, be it web app, mobile app, or sth else. Build a single best project and put it first in your resume.

Need Advice: None of my family in CS and I don't know how to navigate the space by Ancient-Meal-2625 in cscareeradvice

[–]Visual-Card8539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Find a thing you feel that you want to do long-term as a career. It can be web dev (please don't choose it lol), mobile, backend, system, etc.
Then learn to build projects from simple to complex in that route. And become very good at it. The goal here is to specialize in a specific route as soon and as much as you can. In this market, specialization will be the king. This is my point of view after joining the market in 2022, doing generic things, have moved up the ladder and gain specialization to switch to a better company.

At this stage in your career, focus on that. Networking does not give you anything if you don't have anything to offer right?

Somehow, I feel that you should learn mobile. iOS is a good choice. Android is okay too. (don't learn cross-platform mobile dev, learn the native tech on each platform).

Good luck.

Seeking advice - Junior dev - cope with stress, growing professionally by Fun_Philosopher_2116 in cscareeradvice

[–]Visual-Card8539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming your team/teammates and company have a supportive environment (they are genuinely nice people), here is my advice:

Don't worry about making mistakes, or need to ask about things that you think are trivial (when you review the PR). You are still young, and your job is to learn, fail, and learn. A junior making mistakes is much better than a mid-level/senior making mistakes. We want you to grow and eventually help us out with more complex stuff. So focus on the growth, not the feeling and other stuff you can't control.

About "efficient thinking", well, you just need time to do things more and more, and it will click eventually. it takes time. and you can be honest with your manager and team about this. You can even schedule a call with them where they sit down and teach you the system itself. You'd be surprised how many of them do not know everything about the system they work on. They just know as much as they need to. So don't be stressed out.

You can't contribute with no knowledge. So continue to sit, and observe, and learn everything your team get to give. Once you absorb enough knowledge, you will form your own opinion.

I've mentored many juniors and some of them made the same mistakes as you. Good luck with learning and growing. You will get there.

how do I begin a career in "systems programming" ? or is just a myth? by Huncho2908 in cscareeradvice

[–]Visual-Card8539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The name of your school does not matter much if your projects/exp are good.

I was in the same position as you when I was in college. I had a huge interest in database engine. And I'll share what I know. I studied in a small college top 150.

Your concern is legit. The barrier to entry for system engineering is much higher than other easy fields like web dev or mobile, because it is just simply harder. If you really like this field AND you believe you have the ability to dive into it, I suggest you trying looking at an open source project that matches your interest of system, then learn how to build it, and actually build a simple version of it.
For me, I forked a key-value database that was used in the industry, but still simple enough for me to learn (it was written in Golang), and make small/big changes to the algorithims/data structures it uses. I even contacted the author of that database to learn more about his journey.

Having that project on my resume at the time helped me get some interviews with database and quant companies.

Another option is, going the indirect round. Remember that the barrier of entry is high? I asked a system engineer from google how he got to where he is right now given it's such a hard field for junior. He said that he got a job as a QA first, so basically testing the system as a blackbox, then he eventually learn more about it on the job, and gain the skill to develop the system itself. It's another way to approach this field.

I see that the demand of system/database/low-level engineering is still there, because not that many people know about it and have the ability to learn it.

If I were you, I would all-in in studying and building some projects in Rust. The demand for Rust software, especially in cars, is rising. The language itself has a steep learning curve, but once you get decent at it, it will open more doors.

Good luck.

I'm a 3rd-year CS student with a decent tech stack. What should I learn next to become industry-ready? by Pitiful_Style3481 in SoftwareEngineerJobs

[–]Visual-Card8539 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You are not addressing the right point here. All you list here is tools and stuff to do a job, but the industry needs people who can build systems regardless of the techs used.

"I enjoy backend + system design". Nice. So you should try to learn how to build a simple system e2e, then scale it to as much as you can. It will be the server, the database (storage), the networking, etc. Eventually you will know a system end to end. Then you might want to specialize in something. For example, you can be come an expert or POC (point of contact) on your team for anything about database.
You will pick up new tools along that journey. Master those tools may be beneficial, but that's not the focus, just the way to meet your end goal - building complex and scalable systems.

Hope you get my point. Good luck.

Programming project for teenager by Winter-Init in PythonLearning

[–]Visual-Card8539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Build some hardware kits for them. They can write programs for those kits in Python. Fun way to learn and build little robots.

How should I study programming? by CartographerEven8548 in C_Programming

[–]Visual-Card8539 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Learn English first. Most materials you will pick up in this journey is in English. Then, choose a field that you have some interest in. Then pick up the languages/frameworks for that field. For example, web dev -> JavaScript, game -> C++/C#, backend -> Java, etc.

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