#Graduating with MS in May, have 3+ years of work ex as Data Engineer, but no calls yet :(

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crisp saddle
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would really appreciate any feedback I can get on my resume!

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tagging folks for a quick glance:
@untold knoll
@grand viper
@steel cove
@pallid flint

prisma imp
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Highkey, your bullet points don’t have a wow factor and I feel like they’re too long

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Your key words might pass ATS but ince a recruiter sees this

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They’re only gonna stare at your resume for 10 seconds trying to find something interesting

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Honestly looked at your resume for a minute and your wall of text bullet points made it hard to look at

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Short sweet and get to the point with xyz format

untold knoll
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wassup Jayyy, i see you got no responses so i'll kill some dead time before plans :3

Skimming (HR):

  • you forgot to capitalized 'certified' under your name
  • I'll admit that I have zero point of reference on this thought, but I would personally omit the secondary degree unless you're applying to relevant positions that actually combine engineering and data science
  • absolutely omit your GPA from your resume. including GPA is reserved for 3.9+ and anything below only serves to provide your reader with an easy opening for scrutiny.
  • Your format in Education is CITY_dates but in Experience DATES_city. Change your right-side Experience to match the format of Education.
  • the "Technical Skills" title has an indent that mismatches the other titles.
  • no relevant courses list???? you are missing out on a LOT of potential keywords. list any courses even remotely relevant to the roles you're applying to. Computer Architecture, Machine Learning Algorithms, Computer Science, etc etc etc

Reading (Interviewer, EM):

  • Health Science: nice, I love these!! No notes on wording or content. you should bold "-based" since "Python" is bolded. Bold Gitlab.
  • Data Engineer: No notes, this is gorgeous. Change 'csv' to 'CSV'. Capitalize 'parquet'.
  • Research: Gorgeous, no notes. Hello from San Diego!
  • Baseball: I would specify that it's a classification model, specifically for analyzing the confidence that a team will win. 'baseball win prediction' could be a little more verbose. 67% accuracy is awesome! (send me this github link)
  • Cook-Containers: I would unbold 'package', maybe 'Python' since you've bolded it already but I understand the line would look a little naked without it.
  • Meme Generator: what a fun project! Bold Javascript. Change 'Javascript' to 'JavaScript'.
  • Technical Skills: Something I see people missing a lot is that this section isn't mean to play nice visually, absolutely nobody is going to read this list. As such, it's only here to maximize AI parsing, which I think you could improve on. What you want is to repeat technologies that you've already mentioned in the rest of your resume, but in different forms. For example, you have 'RESTful API' in your resume, but you don't mention 'REST API', which an AI parser could be looking for (and wouldn't find in your resume). Include Rest API to match 'RESTful API', Amazon Web Services to match 'AWS', and expand all the other acroynms you have like SNS, MS, UAT, you get the point.

obligatory, I am just a guy!!! I encourage you to challenge this advice and change only what you think will work best for your resume yeahbuddy best of luck, and lmk if you have any questions!!

It took 24m to write this review! I'm happy to do so, but if you'd like, you can buy me a coffee.

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@crisp saddle

prisma imp
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Not saying youre wrong though, but is there a specific reason for 3.9

untold knoll
# prisma imp Not saying youre wrong though, but is there a specific reason for 3.9

The latest data I have on average undergraduate university GPA is 3.11, with a standard deviation of around 0.5. This would place 3.7 at the 88th percentile, not incredibly 'wow!' by my personal standard. Compounded by that nobody reading a resume knows the average undergraduate GPA anyway, 3.9 is universally impressive. I don't think that's true for 3.8, 3.7, or 3.6. I don't see a point in including a number nobody cares about unless it's incredibly impressive. Rojstaczer and Healy (2010)

prisma imp
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Also its very school dependent

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Like a 3.7 at Georgia Tech is not the same as one at ither schools

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If I got a 3.7 at a school like UC Berkeley it would be a stupid move to not put it on

prisma imp
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Putting you at the Dean’s List

untold knoll
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totally valid! do whatever you think is best for your resume -- i'm sure at the end of the day it's a small detail that is outweighed by the contents (:

prisma imp
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But this is just my 2 cents

prisma imp
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@crisp saddle You’re gonna get a lot of conflicting answers, get input from as many people in positions you want to be in.

crisp saddle
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@prisma imp that's a good point! I should be more direct for sure.

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I have rewritten most of the resume in the xyz format, something that might be more sellable. Lemme push that out

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@untold knoll @prisma imp really appreciate your feedbacks! I can't thank you enough for your time. And someday day I will try my best to repay the favor to the upcoming juniors

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Also, think wormy is right about omitting the gpa. I got similar inputs from some other folks too. Plus j don't think gpa is gonna be a deal breaker tbh

violet frost
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@untold knoll is the goat

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crisp saddle
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I shall have an updated resume in xyz format for you guys to review soon. Just freaking tired for the day. Honestly the job hunt is excruciating and takes a lot out of you.

prisma imp
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You spent that time giving a review so I knew you weren’t a dickhead

crisp saddle
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I got similar review of not having gpa from another dude at 🍎

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I think I'll omit that. Also thinking of moving Education to the bottom

prisma imp
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If there was one unanimous piece of info from all the big tech recruiters I talked to, it was having education at the top then skills

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I would say to get multiple recruiters opinions by going to your schools info sessions or a conpany information session or even join an organization like codepath.org

crisp saddle
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Hmmm interesting! I have heard from a lot folks they just care about your work ex unless you went to Berkeley or something

prisma imp
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Youll meet recruiters that will gove you advice they use to filter resumes

prisma imp
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prisma imp
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Its not just T5 then all th other schools don’t matter

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A school like purdue might be T20

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But ourdue still has a name brand

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Purdue

crisp saddle
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I go to a state uni in San diego, it's not the uc

prisma imp
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That’s fair

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Honestly there’s an opposing view Ive heard of not having your goa

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Someone could think, he’s a 2.9 student

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3.7 shows you gave in effort

crisp saddle
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That's fair too. I think I'll keep it and omit my btech degree

prisma imp
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Yeah that might be the best way to go

crisp saddle
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@prisma imp @untold knoll @steel cove

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what do you guys think??

prisma imp
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Also Id want to add more in line white space im your experience so ot doesn’t look like a monolith

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When a recruiter sees this they won’t want to read multiple paragraphs, which is kind of what your experience section is

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Make them short as possible while including xyz format

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And also have a purpose for your bullet points, like yeah you made pipelines, but why did the project need those pipelines how or what do they help others in your company with

steel cove
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not enough pixels

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pls get a higher res image my eyes kinda hurt today

crisp saddle
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@steel cove is this better?

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steel cove
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uhh kinda

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i'm on a bigger screen now so okay ig

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hm the fact that you're bolding both impacts and technologies is making this feel a little... messy... thatm ight just be me though

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what does ⛽ mean lol

crisp saddle
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fuel >>> good

steel cove
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oh okay

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your projects are weird bc you have technologies in both the header line and the project lines. it's not consistent.

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pick a format and stick to it

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this looks good tho i like a lot of things here

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lots of impacts listed which is pog, technologies listed as well, also good

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bullet points don't feel too long or too short

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it's mostly visually appealing

crisp saddle
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sweet! I'll update the projects too and show some impact wherever possible.

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@steel cove do you agree with the above comments above resume being too crowded or looking a huge para?

steel cove
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at a glance it doesn't feel too crowded to me, the data engineer experience has a lot of bullet points tho so maybe if you could cut that down...

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but you don't want a giant chunk of whitespace either, so if you have nothing else to replace that with, then it's better to keep than not imo

crisp saddle
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I could put in some more projects but my work ex points should carry more weightage is what I think

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that's actually two positions, should break it down into two positions

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that should make things somewhat easier.

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I just don't want recruiter to get repulsed by huge blocks of words

steel cove