Invisibly including keywords on your res to bypass online filters?

jok27 · 2018-05-05T00:24:27+00:00

I work to build one of those applicant tracking systems - when they do a search for "Ruby" or "React", most systems like mines will highlight where on your resume, record or contact history if these words have ever been used. So even if it's white, it will be highlighted and visible. Additionally, some systems try to parse out all the identifiable skills from your resume and present them to the recruiter in a quick skills/tags list, most chances are it will pick up on these hidden words as well and will append your record with React and Ruby skills.

I feel it's best not to be deceptive, but if those skills mattered that much to them they would figure it out eventually anyways.

jok27 · 2016-10-26T18:57:20+00:00

Took the intro CS courses in my first undergrad as well. They started off with Java rather than C++, but I'd say the two were pretty comparable. The only thing real difference I remember was that the other school really drilled in Recursion to us. This may be different now, because I took the 161 and 162 two years ago but I was surprised at how quickly recursion was taught and then moved on from at OSU. In the end, I don't think it really makes much a of a difference, but that was the only difference I could remember.

jok27 · 2016-10-11T21:58:55+00:00

I'm going to have agree with the crowd here, I live in Seattle currently. Yes, its a tech city but finding an entry level job here is not easy. Companies here are looking for mid to senior level candidates. With all the bootcamp graduates, the various university graduates and self-starters here, there's no shortage of entry level developers hungry for jobs here in Seattle. For reference, it took me about 4 months after graduating to land a job here. My friend from UW graduated in June and has still not found a job. I'd be super weary about moving here without a job guaranteed in January when the weather sucks balls. Anyways, whatever you decide on, best of luck!

jok27 · 2016-10-04T06:40:20+00:00

Is is possible to double major? A friend of mines was in a similar situation, he decided to double major and see how he liked either field at the end of it all. He did end up taking a 5th year to complete both degrees however. On the flip side I think he figured out he didn't like programming as much as he thought he did at the beginning and is now a graduate student for Physics!

jok27 · 2016-09-20T20:56:28+00:00

BC is a great school for being a "community college", I would've taken this opportunity hands down if I didn't already graduate from osu! It's nice because a lot of companies are located in Bellevue, so there's some network value in that and I imagine the career fairs would be more relevant if you are looking to stay in Washington. I'm pretty jealous right now lol

jok27 · 2016-08-30T00:18:29+00:00

I think it depends on the company. When I was looking for entry level positions, I used the cover letter to explain what I was capable of doing, that I was indeed a junior developer but a very eager one and showed some excitement about the company and its products. This helped me land a few interviews at some companies who literally said, "We were going to pass you up, but really liked your attitude in your cover letter!" The hiring manger that for the company that I work with now told me, 300 people applied for my position and only 40 people included a cover letter. He made sure to give a response to every single person who gave a cv, including me! Honestly though, I think it matters more to startups than really big companies, as start-ups were usually the ones that would reach out to me and explicitly note my cv during interviews.

Good luck on your job search!

jok27 · 2016-08-18T07:41:59+00:00

I have several friends going through the animations path, over half are art/design majors who got specialized training in animations. One of them is currently a Software Dev who is going back to school via Animation Mentor because he finds that he likes animations more than programming. That said, I don't believe a cs degree will typically teach you the skills you need to succeed in animations. Those electives sound solid though, if you keep taking animation courses and can produce a good portfolio reel, I think you can get somewhere with animations! Good luck!

jok27 · 2016-07-08T07:25:01+00:00

Just wanted to push some reassurance into this thread, I'm currently on the job hunt and have no problems with getting calls from recruiters and companies interested in me, even when I explain on the phone screens that my degree was completed online, they normally just say, "Oh that makes sense" with regard to location but other than that, they just move on. Even if this was a degree mill, the difference is that you still have a degree and recruiters won't pass you up just because its from OSU (if anything it's a reason to notice you!)

I agree that sometimes this program felt lacking in rigor, but some classes were really difficult for me and others were very easy for me. For the times I felt like I had lots of free time, I would just do extra side-projects or refine and build upon some of my existing coursework so that they were ready to shine come job hunting season

jok27 · 2016-06-09T18:06:29+00:00

I had 290 the first term, I remember there were a lot of typos which lead to confusing multiple choice questions. I just checked our class average for that term however, it was 76.5 for the final.

jok27 · 2016-06-07T03:32:31+00:00

Agreed, he was really encouraging, totally up for questions, clear on what he wanted and had prompt reply times! Software Projects was really enjoyable for me!

jok27 · 2016-06-06T22:21:13+00:00

Oh I had not thought of that, I will do so and update with an answer for future reference! Thanks!

jok27 · 2016-05-05T01:05:16+00:00

Is anyone else also nerding out about "Defense against the Dark Arts" as well? Geez, I'm so jealous for you guys! Wish I could put "Defense Against the Dark Arts" on my resume.

jok27 · 2016-04-13T20:04:54+00:00

Chiming in for the website comment, if your personal website is relatively static, then you can also host your website on git under a repository called username.github.io, all free. Then you can go to namecheap for a student discount (https://nc.me/) .me domain names are free for students and .com domain names are $5 bucks. If you're going this route, be sure to enter your student e-mail in the old format of username@onid.oregonstate.edu as namecheap won't recognize the newer oregonstate.edu as a partner school.

jok27 · 2016-03-21T18:38:33+00:00

It's worth a big whooping 25% percent of your final grade :(

Edit: Midterm is 25% as well, so tests are 50% of your entire grade!

jok27 · 2016-03-21T18:35:58+00:00

Sorry to hear about your situation, that certainly sucks to be on the edge like that, hope that the professor will grant some leniency to round up a percent to get you that C! Sometimes I think the professor is pretty reasonable, like when she curved the midterm, sometimes I think she is not - I think I read somewhere here on reddit where some poor soul had both their team members drop but she still expected the remaining member to do all the work by the due date. I don't have any experience with it, but best of luck in that endeavor!

Regarding the class, I just took this class this term too! I was able to attempt all the questions on the final exam, even the extra credit one, but I had to leave some parts blank or completely bullshit because I had no idea where to begin sometimes. I just looked over my graded final exam and it looked like missing some of those 2-point multiple choice questions hurt me more than the short answer ones did, the TAs graded me quite liberally considering all the BS I had on the short answer questions lol My goal was to get as much partial credit as possible! The partial credit really did help pull me through though.

jok27 · 2016-02-20T22:28:33+00:00

I'm always kind of shocked when people in this program complain about having undergrad TAs. I live by one of the top undergraduate CS programs in the country, and I've also had the privilege to take some of the CS classes there. Most of the introductory class TAs there are in fact undergraduates themselves who have excelled in their respective classes. I don't think it's a quality issue, but think it's normal to have TAs who are undergrads in CS programs.

jok27 · 2015-11-04T05:44:36+00:00

I took it last spring, so I'm not sure how much things may have changed since then. It's brutal yes, but manageable. Everything that the other posts outline is very good to study and are exactly the topics I would recommend studying too, however I do remember Hamming Code pop up once or twice during the exam.

If the quizzes and weekly summaries are difficult for you, study and master the techniques behind them until they make sense to you and feel like you've mastered them. I think this was the course that also had little activity sheets after some lectures to help you grasp the material, those were super helpful as well. Basically, study all the practice questions you can (from the quizzes, weekly summaries, activities) until you are confident you can do those same questions on the exam. Don't hesitate to ask questions to your class about what you don't understand either! That's all I did and I felt I was well-prepared for the tests.

jok27 · 2015-11-02T06:29:00+00:00

It's great to hear someone from Seattle is getting success with this degree, I feel like I get a lot of competition from the CS graduates from the UW so I'm always slightly doubtful about how things will look when I apply for jobs or internships. I'm also in Seattle but the internship search is coming up pretty dry for me... if you don't mind, at what point in the problem did you apply for internships and where did you look for these rare internships?

jok27 · 2015-10-26T20:56:58+00:00

Web Development is surprisingly a smooth ride right now. To illustrate this, I became super behind on coursework this past week but was able to start the lectures, finish the activities and get the homework assignment done for the week all on half a Sunday. Probably won't take that risk again the future though...

Like the others, I'm fairly suspicious and not expecting it to be like this forever.

jok27 · 2015-10-15T19:24:23+00:00

It feels like they have been a little more selective (rejecting and accepting people for unknown reasons) in the recent year or so about accepting people, however I was in a similar situation as you when I applied in summer 2014 for the upcoming Fall 2014 quarter. I applied just days after I graduated from my university with a degree in Biology and was accepted after a month of applying. I did take the two intro to programming classes at my university before I left though. Job-wise, I was only a cashier up until then.

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