pls roast

[calm oracle]

remove subway same with snaptronic

add 2 more projects instead

add 3 more bullet points for your QA developer position

[olive steppe]

i dont rlly have more projects to add rn lmao

i havent done much

[olive steppe]

and you mean i should have 6 bullet points for the qa position?

[calm oracle]

yeah u should try to develop more

if you want to stand out tbh

try spending a weekend on a project

[olive steppe]

yea thats the plan. the compiler thing im working on rn. i just added that

[calm oracle]

and see how far that goes

[olive steppe]

alright. ty

[calm oracle]

yeah

[olive steppe]

seems like a lot no?

would it still be helpful if im more interested in low level work

[calm oracle]

nah since it's your most relevant experience you've had

[calm oracle]

it's just hard to find those roles tbh unless you find a company that specializes there

a lot of internships are general internships mainly fullstack focused

[olive steppe]

yea

alright

so i should spend some time learning web dev stuff then. or

[calm oracle]

yeah agree, you should try to learn everything and then figure out what you want to do after

pick up a couple more internships

[olive steppe]

i think i would be more interested in back end

not sure yet

[calm oracle]

I think a general resume has worked for me the best

[olive steppe]

should i try leanring some of both? back end and web dev?

[calm oracle]

definitely

[olive steppe]

oh ok. why do u think so?

lol

by how much

[calm oracle]

all of internships are general meaning that they look for an intern to match their teams

[olive steppe]

yea like rn im doing a course thats about computer architecutre and lower level stuff. thats why i was interested in low level positions

oh ok

[calm oracle]

with a general resume I'm able to match to more teams

[olive steppe]

idk how to explain how im 24 and barely have any exp lmao

[calm oracle]

no need to make up for your past just need to focus on the now

I'd just build more projects

and try to learn more technologies

definitely helped me when I was looking for an internship

now I'm mid level so I can specialize

[olive steppe]

I meant lying that I’m graduating in 2024

Not that I’m 24 years old lol

Ye

[olive steppe]

I see. So just try to get all the knowledge I can basically

[calm oracle]

yeah do the coop program at Uwaterloo

and honestly it doesn't matter since they know what year you are if you're part of the co op program

so no need to lie

[olive steppe]

okey ty guys

was their resume good

but if im waterloo eng wouldnt they expect me to have done more than one coop by then lol

not a part of coop?

or

my coop is mandatory

like u have to have a minimum amount of coop terms to graduate

i think 4/6

[olive steppe]

sry could u explain why u think a general resume is better. cuz in my mind wouldnt it be better to stick with smthng that u like so that u can gain lots of knowledge about it. rather than a little bit about everything

what do u think as well @peak loom

wait really. but wouldnt most of ur experience be irrelevant for a specialized position tho

ye ok

i wanna finish this course about low level stuff first and then ill look into web dev stuff im thinking

thank you

idk why im basically tryna specialize rn lol

[calm oracle]

you can't really figure out what you'd specialize in after like 1 project or a class so I'd just stick to doing multiple things especially in college so that you can try out everything. For example if you specialized in backend and a lot of roles are full stack focused, you wouldn't compete with someone who has front end experience too

it's better in the sense of getting more interviews as you'd be able to match to more teams too

[olive steppe]

alright thanks

[valid cliff]

y not lol

he’s in engineering he can’t really lie abt grad date coop is mandatory

if u don’t wna do web dev don’t learn web dev and don’t apply to web dev but just make sure that u clearly have the skills necessary to do whatever u acc want and make sure u have that displayed throughout ur resume

[olive steppe]

@calm oracle @peak loom @valid cliff apart from that any advice for the actual resume

or anyone else

[olive steppe]

if i spend a weekend learning about js could i put that on my resume lmao

[calm oracle]

It’s pretty mid

[olive steppe]

like js under languages

[calm oracle]

What’s lacking is just quality content

[olive steppe]

yeah

do i just spend more time with projects then

[calm oracle]

Like a lot of it right now is just not super relevant and once you get better projects, it’ll improve your projects

Yeah definitely

Build a lot and build for scale

[olive steppe]

hm ok

even small projects?

or should i try something a lil bigger

[calm oracle]

Do research/ internships/ find any work you can

[olive steppe]

ye

[calm oracle]

I think the best projects are the ones that you can convert to a startup

[olive steppe]

so like i gotta make something new?

[calm oracle]

I think small is okay as long as you’re using new tools and enterprise technologies

[olive steppe]

small is ok to still put on a resume? could small projects still replace my current points. or

[calm oracle]

Not new but at a larger scale

[olive steppe]

wdym

i just hope i got enough time to make more projects before fall coop then

[calm oracle]

Yee just depends on where u want to end up tbh

If u want to land a faang one you should definitely try to learn as much as you can

Build your website like there’s like 1000 users for example

So what db designs would u do? What api would u use? Etc

Graphql , grpc , kubernetes, docker etc

[olive steppe]

ah ok

[olive steppe]

so if i made something like a reddit clone, designed as if it was meant for lots of users, would that be a good start?

and tbh i dont know where i wanna end up

rn ig i wanna just keep exploring

[calm oracle]

Yeah definitely

Your goal is to leverage as many enterprise technologies

In place of an internship

[olive steppe]

i see

im still working on finishing this compiler

so ig that wont be on my resume before the fall coop round

rip

[valid cliff]

no

dont do any clones

those r usually a red flag for recruiters

try do smthg with a unique idea

behind it

[olive steppe]

why is that?