Applying to SWE 2024 intern positions, Please Review!

[empty bridge]

Hey @robust lotus, here's my resume as requested

Anyone else is open to chip in

[robust lotus]

I would put skills right after Education

Don't lead skill with HTML, put Python or Java first

[empty bridge]

Reorganised it

[robust lotus]

• What is "Master of Applied Computer Science" use the proper terms. Master of Applied Sciences in Computer Science or whatever it is

Wordpress job:

• Focus less on customer satisfaction and talk more about the components that you made with CSS/JS, it's more interesting
• Optimize sprints? That doesn't mean anything... what did you do exactly?? You collanbd to optimize sprints? Sounds vague
• Reducing error rate is cool but again would be nice to know what you did TECHNICALLY... after all you are becoming a software engineer not a tech support or sales person

GSOC:

• this is not a job it's a project, and it's a really high level project. but it's not a job
• idk who ODK X is, there's no context
• be specific about the TECHNICAL challenges of adding all those calendars, could be interesting
• what the heck is "effective branch control"??? that doesn't mean anything to me, may need more context
• another mumbo jumbo "improved development speed through collaboration"... it really needs specific details about what you did and how you unblocked certain processes otherwise it sounds like fluff

Full stack:

• Could expand on what your app did specifically that alleviated "individual efforts"... need TECHNICAL details
• yeah so it's not impressive that you worked with the "head of engineering", who cares? Tell us WHAT you made and what tools/tech you used and what that achieved

Biggest issue is your skimping on TECHNICAL DETAILS

you're a software engineer, tell us what you did from a technical standpoint

You can jump to metrics to soon and it's hard to connect how what you did actually led to those numbers because there are no details at all

[empty bridge]

"Master of Applied Computer Science" is actually the program title that's why I used it there

Lemme make the requested changes and send them in a bit

[empty bridge]

Updated Wordpress one @robust lotus

Doing the other ones as well, lemme know what you think

[robust lotus]

you should say what you did with clickup, how is anyone supposed to know how you streamlined anything?

Converting Figma to CSS does not reduce errors by 24%... there's a gap in logic there and it sounds like mumbo

[empty bridge]

Yeah I'll look to change that achievement

[empty bridge]

"Collaborated with cross-functional teams, led sprint reviews for early stakeholder feedback, and utilized ClickUp for time tracking and goal setting, achieving a 17% reduction in project timelines"

Would this be better?

[robust lotus]

yeah that's better

even better would be to say what changes you made to time tracking and goal setting that led to 17%

I still don't see what difference clickup made

[empty bridge]

Kinda like project management like Trello

With reminders, dividing the tasks into smaller chunks, visualizing the chunks, etc

Will see if that can be included as well

I really do appreciate your aggressiveness in reviewing the points...working on the others as well

[robust lotus]

👌🏼

[empty bridge]

The GSOC one @robust lotus

[robust lotus]

nah bro idk why you're not saying what you did technically

who is keith wood bro and who cares

was there any math involved in integrating these calendars? what was the technical aspect?

or did you just integrate a 3rd party library?

tbh all of these bullet points convey very little meaning

enhanced dev speen by 17% by having convos with your mentor?

[empty bridge]

I used HTML, CSS and JavaScript to develop the calendar prompts that were then integrated with the third party library

[robust lotus]

what's a "calendar prompt"?

[empty bridge]

calendar datepicker

Like when you're filling a form, an input box comes up but this is to select a calendar

[robust lotus]

OK then just get to the point

here's how I would say

• Expanded support for 12 non-Gregorian calendars by customising and integrating datepicker components using CSS and JavaScript, extending availability to new users from over 70 countries.

something like that

[empty bridge]

Sure, will get the number of countries from the calendars I added

[empty bridge]

I'm not too sure how to frame this one

I would basically proactively ask to meet with the mentor when I had an issue understanding the existing codebase

[woven matrix]

Ur metrics sound so fake

[robust lotus]

yeah that's not something you put on a resume everyone does this

[woven matrix]

Having metrics are good but they hurt u when they are obviously fake or not possible to measure

“ 83% customer satisfaction” how did u get this number

[empty bridge]

5/6 = 83%

You dont recommend counting it like that?

[empty bridge]

Right

[woven matrix]

Nah

That isn’t rly metrics that is any useful

[empty bridge]

So I should not include that one?

[woven matrix]

I know how it’s important to have metrics but I personally can tell some of them are just made-up

And recruiters are not dumb

They will know

This doesn’t benefit u in any way

During interviews, they will also ask u to elaborate on metrics

[empty bridge]

"Developed diverse components, including multimedia features, customized widgets and personalized UI elements, applying JavaScript and CSS to deliver 6 responsive WordPress websites"

Right, so I should just go with this like this?

[woven matrix]

That sounds better

[empty bridge]

Alright, yeah I have been concerned about the metrics part

Most are approximations like the reduction in development time based on the slotted project timeline and how long it actually took while some are exact like the "75% of SonarQube-highlighted issues" part

[woven matrix]

Also “reduce overall development cycle time by 16%” how did u get this number. “Improved development speed by 17%” “28% faster delivery than individual effort” “reducing maintenance time by 34%” “Reduced unauthorized access incidienr by “43%” JWT only produces this much? Way too low and it’s hard to calculate this. “Achieving a 95% satisfaction rate”

These are few that are either very difficult to find out or sound made up

[empty bridge]

The development cycle part was based on the slotted project timeline and how long it actually took

Like it took 10 weeks but was scheduled for 12 weeks

But I get what you mean, I was concerned about the metrics

Which ones would you recommend I keep? @woven matrix

[woven matrix]

I will come back later tn to read carefully

Gotta do smth rn

Ping me if I don’t respond

[empty bridge]

Okay sure thing

[empty bridge]

In approximately how long?

[woven matrix]

Prob within 5 hrs I will respond

[empty bridge]

Sure thing

[empty bridge]

Is including documentation for the new datepicker components including screenshots for future maintenance good to add?

[robust lotus]

writing documentation is good. it will be a simple bullet points on its own, so maybe you can integrate into the existing one

Like "engineered and documented new datepicker components"

like that

don't mention screenshots it's not achievement that you took screenshots anyone can do it

[empty bridge]

Right, got it

[empty bridge]

"Engineered and documented the integration of custom datepicker components using CSS and JavaScript to support 12 non-Gregorian calendars, expanding accessibility to users in over 60 countries."

Like this?

[robust lotus]

eh just say "Created and documented custom datepicker...."

and fix the country count based on what you know

i just made up 60

[empty bridge]

Yeah you used 70, but I had to look it up

I add the Islamic calendar and about 50 countries use it...that plus the remaining ones are used by like > 1 countries

[robust lotus]

ok cool 👍🏼

[empty bridge]

The updated one

1. I removed most of the metrics

2. I added some more technical stuffs (hopefully they're sufficient?)

3. For "Could expand on what your app did specifically that alleviated "individual efforts"... need TECHNICAL details"

It was that we worked in teams rather than trying to solve the issues individually, since it's not quite technical I removed it and focused on the development part

4. I decided to go with "Provided near-daily project updates to mentor, preventing bottlenecks and achieving a 17% early project completion
   " as a response to how I was able to complete it early...basically it was expected 12 weeks but I completed it in 10 weeks

Lemme know what you think

Been quite a long day for me, guessing same for you...I do appreciate the help once again!

[empty bridge]

@robust lotus

[robust lotus]

• first bullet point has both present and past tense, really awkward, and ending with "applying JS....." is super clunky I would start with that isntead

• maybe you can remix the github point to some project management-y thing? cuz that's what it sounds like? it's good but coul dbe slightly better

• remove the mentor bullet point it's meaningless and the metric sounds fake. everyone talks to their mentor it's not a bullet point.

the rest is decent 👌🏼

[empty bridge]

For the present and past tense part, so I used to actively be collaborating and the tasks stuff on ClickUp

But since I traveled, it's now been mostly passively updating the sites

Would you recommend they all be past tense?

[robust lotus]

you can make it past tense it may sound better tbh

[empty bridge]

Sure thing, and it can still be August 2021 to current right?

[robust lotus]

Yeah it's fine

[empty bridge]

Alright

[empty bridge]

In the last point, for the metric part, basically it the project was to take 12 weeks and I was able to finish it in 10 weeks

That's where I got the 17% from

It makes sense or I should still remove it?

@robust lotus

[robust lotus]

OK well why don't you just say that?? what's this mumbo jumbo about calling your mentor. Just get to the point and say "delivered project two weeks ahead of schedule"

[empty bridge]

Sure I can replace the part about the percentage with it

[empty bridge]

So it should just be plainly

"Delivered project two weeks ahead of schedule"

Or I should add the action I took?

[robust lotus]

ya obv say more than just that

[empty bridge]

"Achieved a two-week early delivery by milestone-setting, breaking down tasks, and establishing deadlines for deliverables"

This works?

I'm trying to make it one line

[robust lotus]

Honestly it doesn't really work as its own bullet point, maybe you can integrate into another one, but it's not worth mentioning

[empty bridge]

Hm not sure what to add again tbh

[robust lotus]

just get rid of it LOL

[empty bridge]

Yeah I mean as a third bulletin

[robust lotus]

you gotta think of what else you did in thar project LOOOOOOOL

[empty bridge]

Hm I'll have to check something

I remember I performed unit, system and user testing

That worth adding?

[robust lotus]

Yep good to talk about testing

[empty bridge]

Alright

[empty bridge]

Conducted thorough testing, covering date selection to calendar navigation, to ensure the reliability of added components

Thoughts?

Date selection - unit testing

Calendar navigation - user testing

[robust lotus]

Bad... you're not saying if it was unit or integration or end to end or UI testing, and you're not saying what language/tech you wrote the tests in

[empty bridge]

It was mostly End-to-End Testing where the user interactions with the date time picker was simulated

[robust lotus]

language/tech/framework?

[empty bridge]

The steps was basically to

1. Add the prompts
2. Integrate with their current environment
3. Run a JS file to make the new prompts compatible with the surveys
4. Build the new project in Android Studio by running "Build Project"
5. Get the APK from project
6. Now the survey has the prompts then simulate the user interaction with the form

[robust lotus]

I don't understand what any of this means tbh brother

can you just say in what language you wrote the test suite?

why is it so difficult

[empty bridge]

Lol these were steps to update it with the new prompts and test it

[robust lotus]

i asked what language/framework three times

can you answer?

[empty bridge]

It was more End-to-End Testing where basically I updated the survey with the changes I made and tested out scenarios

[robust lotus]

so it was MANUAL?

[empty bridge]

Yeah manual

[robust lotus]

oh..... lol

then why not just say?

anyway

[empty bridge]

I did mention it here, I thought you missed it

[robust lotus]

that didn't make sense

and e2e is not manual

it's automated

usually

anyway yes you can say performed manual testing on such and such scenarios

[empty bridge]

I was digging into the types of testing and saw E2E can also be manual

ChatGPT also said it can be manual

Which is weird cause I've always associated it to be automatic

But I guess I'll use something like testing entire user journey instead so there's less confusion

[robust lotus]

It can be manual yes, but most modern e2e tests are auto

so as long as you say "manual end to end testing" it's all good imo

so it doesn't create confusion

[empty bridge]

Sure thing

[empty bridge]

"Conducted manual end-to-end testing from date selection to calendar navigation, ensuring usability of new components"

This better?

[robust lotus]

that's it? you just did date selection and calendar navigation?

doesn't sound like a lot but it's OK it's just a project

take it out of work exp

[empty bridge]

Nah there's more but trying to keep it as a range so used "from X to Y"

[empty bridge]

Right

These are the bullet points now...they're now more decent right? @robust lotus

I can move the GSOC afterwards

[robust lotus]

yeah that's a good improvement 👌🏼

[empty bridge]

Thanks a lot bro 👍

[robust lotus]

Any time 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

I didn't really look at projects

[robust lotus]

Just try to follow the same advice as above

[empty bridge]

Sure thing

[robust lotus]

👍🏼👍🏼

[empty bridge]

Pinging @woven matrix for which metrics you recommend I keep

[woven matrix]

I'm not sure which metrics you can put on since I don't know what you exactly did

but this version sounds so much better to begin with