Looking to get in after a gap of 4 months from my last position (40 USD an hour, worked it for the past 8 months), was bit of a unique research role, so I'm having trouble framing it. Other post: https://www.teamblind.com/post/2023-Graduate-Looking-for-Referrals-o8dsFUBy Could really use some help, so please roast away! #jobs #resume #resumereview
You have no real jobs. Doesnāt really matter tbh.
Gah damn ; _ ; (I'm shooting for IC1 maybe IC2 type roles)
The hate for not having a job is a brain dead take lol we were all there at one point. Iād say the points have good info, but the question you should be asking is āwhat metric or $ value did my work doā This may be hard to quantify with some internships, but thatās the idea. Also not sure how the ā;ā is viewed in resumes, if itās two disjoint ideas, might be better to have separate bullet points Ex. The cluster latency point could be something like: āCollaborated with data scientists to analyze XYZ traffic design, resulting in X% lower cluster latencyā
Yeah I wouldnāt ask previous companies about metrics haha but just keep those in mind when youāre working at your next job. Start sending the apps out!
Definitely ālieā a bit. Just say something that sounds reasonable and you can even include the following: (est.) after it to show that itās an estimate. People donāt read it too deeply. Most managers donāt even know wtf you are talking about most of the time, especially if they are from a different domain. For example, you can say: āRefactored the data pipeline using a multi tiered distributed architecture, reducing latency by 20% (est.).ā Nobody will know wtf you are talking about really but they donāt care. Itās all marketing so you just need to sound confident in spitting out bs. Be prepared to back it up when talking to technical folks. They will grill you like āok what was the previous architecture and how did yours overcome these advantagesā and then you can respond with something like ābefore we had a monolithic architecture that responded to every request. The load was uneven which caused latency to increase blah blah blah. I was able to break this out into blah blah services and add caching which reduced our latency by 20% while also improving reliability as measured by blah blah made up bsā. ^You get the idea. Just fake it till you make it. Make up all this shit by watching what others say and copying it verbatim. And then practice until even you believe it yourself that you actually did these things. Doesnāt matter if you did, it only matter that you can convince someone you did and then be confident to learn on the job. Good luck
If you find a suitable Google role I can refer. Also, ignore those rude dumbasses above lol.
Thanks haha. I found a SE-SRE role, curious about your thoughts regarding this? I interned on an Infra team at Meta and I think it would be interesting for me. Long term career wise I'm still torn between focusing on ML or Distributed Systems, both have a lot of math that I like. I'll send you a DM as well.
New post! Also sent you another DM. https://www.teamblind.com/post/bMW8Pi7V
Hmmm first time Iāve seen a Bachelor of Arts AND Science š¤
I redacted the other part of the degree since it isn't relevant here (the black line above the "Concentration in Mathematics: Applied - Operations Research).
Maybe get a full time job first before asking to be roasted on internships?
Please sir, looking for stuff around entry level
Ask for referrals instead of a roast. Get your priorities in order