HELP! Job Hunting in Seattle

[chopsticker]

Originally posted by: slycat
how can u have 6+ yrs softdev exp when ur not graduated yet?

3 years of summer internship experience at NASA doing C++ programming during High School.
1 summer internship at Microsoft as a developer
2 summers at an IT consulting business doing database programming
1 winter at Discover.com as a web developer
3 years of on campus technical experience as web developer.

All experience involved web development and Windows programming. 🙂 I got a head start

 

[slycat]

Originally posted by: chopsticker

Originally posted by: slycat
how can u have 6+ yrs softdev exp when ur not graduated yet?

3 years of summer internship experience at NASA doing C++ programming during High School.
1 summer internship at Microsoft as a developer
2 summers at an IT consulting business doing database programming
1 winter at Discover.com as a web developer
3 years of on campus technical experience as web developer.

All experience involved web development and Windows programming. 🙂 I got a head start

thats all cool but that does not spell 6yrs complete, ongoing, fulltime experience. In a resume or to a hirer,
6yrs exp means working in a corporate setting of some sort for 6yrs. The above looks like good exp though,
just not in todays market where there are real 6yrs exp people competing for the same job as you.

 

[DaveSimmons]

I hope you aren't claiming "6 years" of experience in cover letters or on your resume -- many people reading "6 years" then seeing your actual experience would have a negative reaction to the bait-and-switch. I know I would've back when I was reading developer resumes at my old employer.

You currently have 0 years of full-time, salaried work experience and maybe 2 years (being generous) of mixed-bag part-time internship-level experience. That's better than a lot of fresh CS grads, but if I were choosing between you and someone with even 1 year of full-time work experience they would be a more attractive candidate.

Originally posted by: chopsticker

Originally posted by: slycat
how can u have 6+ yrs softdev exp when ur not graduated yet?

3 years of summer internship experience . . . .

All experience involved web development and Windows programming. 🙂 I got a head start

 

[chopsticker]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
I hope you aren't claiming "6 years" of experience in cover letters or on your resume -- many people reading "6 years" then seeing your actual experience would have a negative reaction to the bait-and-switch. I know I would've back when I was reading developer resumes at my old employer.

You currently have 0 years of full-time, salaried work experience and maybe 2 years (being generous) of mixed-bag part-time internship-level experience. That's better than a lot of fresh CS grads, but if I were choosing between you and someone with even 1 year of full-time work experience they would be a more attractive candidate.

Originally posted by: chopsticker

Originally posted by: slycat
how can u have 6+ yrs softdev exp when ur not graduated yet?

3 years of summer internship experience . . . .

All experience involved web development and Windows programming. 🙂 I got a head start

Doh! Thanks for the heads up, I'm definitely changing my cover letter now.

 

[XZeroII]

Local newspaper, or talk to friends. Just wait for that perfect job to come along and be ready to spring on it