I can't get a job. After spending four years getting a degree in engineering I now realize that the degree is worthless.
Can someone do me a favor and make me a resume that claims I'm an expert programmer? Just make shit up. If I get hired for something I'll learn the needed programming languages before I start work.
OK, got it now. For anyone who works with strings in C#, at least on VC# Express, keep this in mind, cause it's weird:
You can LOOK FOR '\n', but in the replace statement, you can't just come out and say '\n', you need to use System.Environment.NewLine.
Weird, but now it works!
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// create a reader and open the file
StreamReader tr = new StreamReader("c:\\users\\b\\downloads\\dx\\DX00H.txt");
StreamWriter wr = new StreamWriter("c:\\users\\b\\downloads\\dx\\output.txt");
// read the entire file
string myString=(tr.ReadToEnd());
myString = myString.Replace("\"", "");
//myString = myString.Replace("", ",");
string b = "\n";
string c = "," + Environment.NewLine;
myString = myString.Replace(b,c);
string[] sArray =(myString.Split(','));
string[][] aLines;
int i = 0;
foreach (string s in sArray)
{
i++;
if (i<10)
Console.WriteLine(s);
if (i > 7)
wr.Write(s + " ");
}
//wr.Write(myString);
// close the stream
tr.Close();
// Console.ReadLine();
honest question here: when people hire you as a programmer, engineer or whatever... do they verify your degree? could i just lie on my resume? or how do they do verify this information?
do they call your educational institution? is my college allowed to give out that information? or do they require you to bring in a copy of your degree? could i forge this document? anyone knows?
OP: i'm giving you a generic cover letter... make your own resume. as i'm not a native speaker so this might need some rewriting by someone who has a better grasp of The English Language but I think the basic structure is there.
if you think it sucks for any reason, please let me know.
as you can see from this post, i'm quickly losing all hope at finding a good job. normally this wouldn't bother me so much, but i've learned yesterday that i'm going to become a daddy. since providing for my kid seems more important than keeping my dignity, i present you with:
I'm contacting you w.r.t. the job posting for a /PROG/RAMMER that I found on /prog/ (wherever you found it, they love to know this information). I think I would make a good candidate for this position.
As you'll see in my attached resume, I have X years of experience with technology Y. I also worked with A, B and C in my last job. On my own time, I'm learning to work with F and G and am keeping up to date on I,J and K by following website. I believe I could quickly adapt to the technologies and practices at your firm and would strive to be operational in a minimum amount of time.
I'm looking for a "steady" (?) full-time position in an engaging team which uses modern technologies where i would have an opportunity to both learn from and share with my collegues blah blah (something generic about what kind of job you want, describe it like a good thing but make sure it fits the job).
I hope my profile matches the one you're looking for, and I'm looking forward to the opportunity of working with you. If you have any questions or wish to schedule an interview you can contact me on 555.
Man, I just suck at writing cover letters, résumés, doing job interviews and everything.
I'm pretty psyched about my next interview, though. I'm fairly sure they'll grill me about my technical skills, which is really an ideal situation for me.
20 years ago people would line up to give you jobs.
What the fuck happened? You work hard in school for everyone to ignore you. You have to do absurd things to get jobs like have 12 internships and be president of 34 clubs. It's ridiculous
Jobs are good to help you establish connections inside of your industry, if you don't have any yet. But yeah, I wouldn't work for more than a couple of years for the man before going your own way.
At many software companies these days, half of the people are independent contractors who know people at various companies and move around a lot.
Right now, working as an independent myself, I'm starting to put together some things to help me generate residual income.
picture a person 4000 years ago sitting on the bank of nile complaining they have no bread, then whoop the pharaoh announces a new building development project
this person is overjoyed they can get some bread in return for pushing a couple of rocks around
After spending four years getting a degree in engineering I now realize that the degree is worthless.
Oh, boy. Welcome to the real world, buddy. Btw, did you know that there's no Santa Claus? Well, now you know. More stunning revelations ahead.
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Anonymous2011-03-11 2:37
It's amazing how many people think higher education is the automatic ticket to employment and good money.
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Anonymous2011-03-11 3:38
In Soviet Russia, good money is the automatic ticket to higher education.
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Anonymous2011-03-11 4:01
>>25
There are no good money or higher education in Russia. Only raw commodities, extraction of which are under control of greedy jewish mafia families, who guard their rights with personal armies and security systems, akin to KGB.
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Anonymous2011-03-11 4:03
>>26
Remember: every time you buy oil from russia, you sponsor world zionism.
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Anonymous2011-03-11 5:03
>>13 Steve Pavlina
Love these self-help gurus. Anyone, who knows enocomics can prove, that his advices simply can't work, but he still aggregates enough mindless followers to earn him $40,000 month. I bet he is of jewish descent. Hope his time will come.
If you're actually a good programmer then do some projects to show it off, put them online, advertise them on forums or your blog or whatever, and mention them in your resume.
That demonstrates both basic competency and enthusiasm, and helps your resume stand out. That's the tip I've gotten from recruiters - though this is for highly-skilled general positions. If you're applying for specific positions with posted requirements, getting past HR is going to be somewhat harder.
It was a bit depressing to filter through the code I've written during university and realize that none of it is suitable for showing to employers. I wish I had spent that time better.
And talk to your family, and friends of your family and mention that you are looking for a job. Knowing someone who knows someone is a common way to an entry-level job.
>>48 Knowing someone who knows someone is a common way to an entry-level job.
Social skills are the best way to get a job. People hire their loyal and stupid relatives more willingly, than just independent highly skilled professionals.