#SPRING 2026 GRAD - WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY ADVICE AS I START APPLYING FOR FT POSITIONS

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flat dawn
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NG with VP and Senior title is a red flag imo even if its a startup or a really small company

ocean escarp
flat dawn
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new grad

ocean escarp
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they were school clubs

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oh i see

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should i change the title then?

flat dawn
tepid nest
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100% should if they arent school-related organizations, in which case i would make that obvious in the "company" name

ocean escarp
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any other advice or is it generally okay @flat dawn @tepid nest

tepid nest
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list classes horizontally under education

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can combine some of the technical skills sections you have

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add a concepts section under technical skills

ocean escarp
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severe sparrow
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if u have to delete one then data visualization is first

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the most glaring flaw in your resume is that your eduaction is a 'concentration on big data' and you were 'vp of technology' and a 'senior analyst' but arent exactly conveying baseline skills in data, let alone at the senior/VP of tech level

  • 'created lightweight SQL database' was this mysql, postgres, etc? my first impression of this resume was 'you know sql but havent actually used a sql database' until i read again and saw that line, but no HR is going to read your resume twice
  • missing key apache tools like kafka, hadoop, airflow, etc
  • missing message queues
  • missing breadth in analytical dbs like bigquery, snowflake
  • missing general cloud knowledge
  • missing object storage
  • missing dbt
  • missing cassandra

among others

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basically you are saying youre better than entry level but dont have at least some of these foundational things

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not to say you need ALL of these, but these are some basic skills you need to convey if you want to get into DE

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and honestly you could learn all of these in like a month

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just to clear up this isnt me dogging your technical knowledge, you havent graduated school yet so its not realistic to know all of this, but its me dogging on the way you present yourself as better than entry level in this resume

ocean escarp
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i get what you're saying i though, i should highlight my role more accurately in-line with the level i'm conveying

severe sparrow
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ye since its a club u can just downgrade your role

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not like a legit job where theyd be like whyd u change your job title

ocean escarp
severe sparrow
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youd word things less on the implementation details but more on how you and a team got the project done

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But if youre applying for entry level theyre looking more for someone who can implement requirements than one who can come up with requirements

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Not to say u shouldnt have any leadership points thogh, they definitely help

ocean escarp
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i see that makes sense

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i feel conflicted now, they're looking for someone to implement requirements, but a more senior position helps

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But I should also change the position name since it isn't a real job?

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What do u recommend as the main course of action, rewording the points to describe my work with the technologies you mentioned or change the role name?

severe sparrow
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change the role name & describe work with those technologies

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if you were in a senior position, your resume would be mostly outlining your leadership ability. because at that point you had enough technical skill to be promoted to a senior position

so what i meant is that for junior positions, its perfectly okay to talk about leadership BUT understand that juniors are expected to implement code, not lead a project. as such your bullet points should convey the technical ability to implement whatever your senior wants from u

ocean escarp
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i hope you live a long, happy and fulfilling life