Comments on: My Resume from 2007 http://www.programmersparadox.com/2009/01/22/my-resume-from-2007/ Long form thoughts from a Software Engineer Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:42:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark http://www.programmersparadox.com/2009/01/22/my-resume-from-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-2298 Mark Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:23:38 +0000 http://www.programmersparadox.com/?p=572#comment-2298 Thanks for the tips Tom. I certainly know that my resume needs lots of work, which is part of why it has taken me so long to update it. I'm starting over, examining everything on it, that's for sure. I'll take what you said into consideration, especially when I write updates to my job descriptions. Thanks again and there will certainly be more forthcoming on my resume as I get it updated. Thanks for the tips Tom. I certainly know that my resume needs lots of work, which is part of why it has taken me so long to update it. I’m starting over, examining everything on it, that’s for sure.

I’ll take what you said into consideration, especially when I write updates to my job descriptions.

Thanks again and there will certainly be more forthcoming on my resume as I get it updated.

]]> By: Tom http://www.programmersparadox.com/2009/01/22/my-resume-from-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-2297 Tom Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:50:21 +0000 http://www.programmersparadox.com/?p=572#comment-2297 Your resume is ok coming from college, but now that you have any work experience I would almost start over. You really need to expand on practical examples of work experience. For example, these items under your senior design are weak in terms of meaning. - Programmed file generation tool for Itron - Coordinated team efforts - Delivered monthly presentations and status reports As a reviewer of resumes, "Programmed file generation tool for Itron" only matters to me if I'm Itron. What type of file generation was it? Why was it important and why as a company should I care? "Coordinated team efforts" is just filling space. "Delivered monthly presentations and status reports" is life in industry and is the basis of how agile development works. Statements on a resume should be assertive of things you did and you do use good verbs, but they lack content. Work experience should convey one of the following: - How you made a specific significant or unusual contribution. - Experience in technologies which show you are not only interested in new ideas but can leverage them. Your resume is ok coming from college, but now that you have any work experience I would almost start over. You really need to expand on practical examples of work experience. For example, these items under your senior design are weak in terms of meaning.

- Programmed file generation tool for Itron
- Coordinated team efforts
- Delivered monthly presentations and status reports

As a reviewer of resumes, “Programmed file generation tool for Itron” only matters to me if I’m Itron. What type of file generation was it? Why was it important and why as a company should I care? “Coordinated team efforts” is just filling space. “Delivered monthly presentations and status reports” is life in industry and is the basis of how agile development works.

Statements on a resume should be assertive of things you did and you do use good verbs, but they lack content.

Work experience should convey one of the following:
- How you made a specific significant or unusual contribution.
- Experience in technologies which show you are not only interested in new ideas but can leverage them.

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