shit resume or I’m unlucky

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Got rejected by CFG so a little depresso

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not bad, just average resume

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do you think the projects are lacking

i feel they suck

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just average

nothing special tbh

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sadge

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If you want to stand out, I'd incorporate more cloud techs

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like aws?

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yeah there so much more

think about each project like it's a startup

and build for scale

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what were some of your projects, when you needed projects?

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hmmm I don't really have too many projects now

but I had a really fleshed out full stack project

forum, chat features, etc

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so it can't just be some mvp?

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nobody is probably gonna check out the projects u got there so u don't have to fully implement it

like I'm not telling u to get charged for heavy aws use haha

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lmao

i will use aws, then cancel

and say i used it

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there's a free tier

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plus some docker

use the free tier then

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yeah there's just so much more than aws / docker

like kubernetes / ecs/ eks

docker swarm

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is rest api's too generic these days?

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etc

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should i do gprc or graphql stuff?

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if u got UI, then maybe think about graphql

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everyone and their mom use rest api's

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ahh just depends on the usecase tbh

there are certain use cases for each

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true true

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I'd learn all of it tho

and try to implement each in a project

I think projects are more so for showcasing your learning and knowledge

than like being a complete expert on each tech

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three projects, three different protocols

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yeah that's similar to what I did

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did you use any AI?

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nah I found focus on my resume

so I wanted to become a backend engineer

so just focused on that

rather than trying to be an expert at everything

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backend engineer implies knowing databases, authentication, protocols, etc.?

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yesss

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i like backend a lot more than frontend

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all of that

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ain't a art major

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def not haha

to each their own

https://roadmap.sh/backend

take a look at this

and try to incorporate as many of the techs as possible

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yessir

thank you so much btw

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yeee

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felt like talking to a mentor

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hahaha I was in ur spot a couple years ago

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im just worried because im graduating soon

job market sucks

resume don't work

so cramming for last summer

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I'd try to study what makes a good resume

and try to figure how to make yours amazing

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i read through everyone else's posted resumes

but they already got so much cracked experience

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I think more importantly outside of companies

• pay attention to how they describe things
• how concise everything is
• what technologies they use / highlight

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ic ic

i guess i also need to tailor my resume towards specific roles now

probably backend

/fullstack

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yeah for backend

I'd have a full stack resume

you can have a bit of ML since some backend teams do a bit of ML

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i am really interested in ML/AI as well

so i will try to incorporate it

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but think about your projects like they're startups

and I think that'll help you

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Do companies care alot about technologies used? I feel like the fullstack sandwich only got so much variety

some JS framework, some database, plus Node or Go for backend

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definitely

there's so many cloud technologies

I'd try to use as much of the aws ecosystem as possible

also if you're lazy you can make it a local deployment using docker or something

or just host with EC2

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would candidates also stand out from using the new techologies and stuff? Example: Svelte, vector DB's, WASM

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since your resume is general

no

but if you tailor your resume for each company and that company uses it then yes

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EC2? the amazon elastic company?

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AWS EC2

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ohh

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yeah the sandwich is small but there's so many additions to it

for example angular / react / vue is front end

but you can also have redux for statement management, rxjs and some type of async processing

etc

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when do summer 2024 internship hiring typically end?

i feel like im pressed for time too

im interning

then coming home leetcoding

then i guess project on weekends now

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I got my offers before december

I got some in like october

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how long do project building typically take?

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depends how good u are lol

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tru tru

lmao

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I mean you can build something up in a weekend

if you treat it like a hackathon

and add a few more weekends to make it startup ready

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that's a good idea

gotta grind, cut sleep

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basic MVP in one weekend

lol no

go sleep

find shortcuts on building things

maybe there's some template out there already done

just use it

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ye prob gonna use some css framework as well

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yeah there's plenty

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css harder than JS

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I mean you don't have to link it on your resume

so doesn't need to be super pretty

UI / UX is a whole other world

so many principles / rules

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art major stuff

can't comprehend

some psychology too

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I'll tell u from experience, it's not fun haha

yeah there's def some psych

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but all in all

aws is the shit

i guess

i used to hear "if you know JS, you won't go hungry"

guess need aws too

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depends on what u wanna do

if you do frontend

maybe you'll be fine

but typescript is also super popular now

material UI

imma head to the gym now peace out

dm me if u have any more questions

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ye i heard typescript goes really well with angular, but i only use react

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oh my

you a god

thank you!

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haha no u

have a good one