#Graduated in 2022, but with significant work experience in early stage startups.
grizzled swallow
spark rampart
Some initial feedback -
- please don't bold keywords.
- you're listed as founder but at least give a 1-liner what the startup actually is. i'd expect SOME information about funding, business strategy, etc.. otherwise this is just a "project" masquerading as a "startup" which is not a good look.
- this is my personal preference but i would separate your skills out just slightly more. also I find it useless to list something like "CLEAN architecture" - also why is that capitalized?
- random typographical errors, like the extra space after "Estate", the lack of space between GitHub and Actions, the capitalization of "JS" in Nuxt.js, etc..
- you built an app as a solo dev that was later acquired? why is this not listed under experience?
I rarely feel this way but your resume would strongly benefit from a summary at the top. it's clear you have great experience and can hit the ground running.
grizzled swallow
Some initial feedback -
1. please don't bold keywords.
2. you're listed as foun...
Thank you for your feedback!
- I'll change that asap.
- You're right. I didn't want to bloat the resume, but I'll add it now.
- Got it.
- That's embarrassing that I had those in there, but I'll have that fixed.
- It was actually my first startup that I founded with my friends. It was back in 2016-2017 when I was still a junior in high school.
As for the summary, are you looking for something like this?
spark rampart
Yes. Most resumes I feel like it is a bit much to include one, but you are in a position where you might need to explain your resume a bit more because you have great experience that extends before you graduated.
It's a suggestion based on a gut feeling, but I am sure you will get opinions for the opposite.
grizzled swallow
I'm also a little confused about where I lie in terms of roles. Since I graduated in 2022, would I still be considered a new grad? or am I junior/mid-level?
spark rampart
You are not mid-level. You will be considered new grad/junior still.
grizzled swallow
Despite my experience in building distributed systems from scratch and managing a small team of developers?
spark rampart
Yes. It's not enough of the right experience.
Unless you built a startup that had legitimate funding with investors, etc.. it's a cool thing to have on your resume but not something that makes you suddenly mid-level. This might give you an edge more at small startups, but I wouldn't expect it to up-level you at a FAANG or even F500 company.
grizzled swallow
Oh okay that makes sense.
spark rampart
Look at the Dropbox Framework for reference.
grizzled swallow
@spark rampart What do you think?
I replaced UGC to "video ads" because idk if everyone knows what UGC means.
spark rampart
Third bullet point in your first role listed, you still have that extra space btw. Would also be more specific when you say "overhauled architecture" - what exactly did you do to make it more scalable and maintainable?
First bullet point second role listed, you have bold.
grizzled swallow
Look at the Dropbox Framework for reference.
I fixed the extra space
spark rampart
In addition to the above, if it were me, I would sacrifice the class bullet point to separate out your skills into two lines if possible.
Languages:
Technologies: (or something)
But that's a personal preference.
Speaking as a former hiring manager, ofc.
grizzled swallow
Third bullet point in your first role listed, you still have that extra space bt...
I was told not to use domain-specific language, but their previous architecture didn't accommodate the integrations with several third-party property management services. I restructured their architecture where that was possible. They can integrate N third-party services without touching the domain layer. Made it easily configurable via dependency injection and etc.
spark rampart
Those are some great details. Wrap that up into a succinct one-liner and add it. Don't need to break any NDAs to give an idea of what you did.
I would stay away from "overhauled architecture" language.
grizzled swallow
Thank you. Btw you're awesome for helping me out.
spark rampart
I am just one person with an opinion, so please take what I am saying with a grain of salt, as well.
grizzled swallow
Of course! However, I do agree with your feedback
I see that you're a senior backend developer; how long have you been working as a swe?
spark rampart
11 yoe, staff+ level now but previously a director of eng.
grizzled swallow
That's awesome. Are you allowed to share what company you work at now?
spark rampart
Allowed, but will not share.
grizzled swallow
Ah okay, no worries.
"Architected AI chatbot backend to accommodate N third-party integrations for code maintainability."
spark rampart
I think that looks fine. If you could spare a second line, then I would add more details related to dependency injection, etc..
In general, the more recent the more details the better. But otherwise I think it's a good resume.
grizzled swallow
Would you give me a chance for an interview with this resume?
spark rampart
Yes. If it were me, I would do a soft phone screen and focus on the following points:
- Your app got acquired, neat. Tell me more.
- You founded a startup and work at a startup as well, how do you balance the two roles? At what stage is your startup?
- I saw at YC startup you re-architected the backend, tell me more what you did.
- You've used both MongoDB at your YC startup, and also Postgres at your current startup. What are some of the tradeoffs when selecting one vs the other?
- What made you choose DDD when breaking apart your monolith?
Ofc there are other standard questions as well, but those 5 are where I would start.
But I often do not get the liberty of that, so I would prob work those into my actual interview!
grizzled swallow
Can I DM you? I want to share a slide deck I made for my engineers for my startup. It was used for onboarding to get them up to speed.
I also think that it could help me gain another perspective of insight from someone more experienced.
spark rampart
Yes, feel free.
grizzled swallow
Awesome!