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Tagged with resume-improvement or resume
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What is the relevance of resumes in the age of GitHub, Stack Exchange, Coursera, Udacity, blogs, etc.? [closed]
My resume is no longer relevant. It can no longer contain an adequate description of my technical abilities. One can get a much better sense of what I am capable of by looking at my GitHub ...
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How much should I know about Hibernate before I add it to my CV/Resume? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
At which point do you “know” a technology enough to list it on a resume
I have been holding off adding Hibernate to my CV (resume, for American readers),but we are ...
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Resume dilemma for professional job [closed]
On my resume, I list myself as having "7 years of hands-on experience programming in C".
To clarify, I am a self-taught C programmer with some college courses thrown in the mix. I've worked on some ...
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Should I use acronyms when listing technical jargon on my résumé? [closed]
I'm wondering if I should use acronyms or initialisms when I list technical qualifications or mention specific technologies on my résumé or CV.
For example:
Entity Framework vs. EF vs. EF (Entity ...
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Is it worth listing testing or self-learning repositories on my résumé? [closed]
I have a GitHub repository with toy programs that I write when I learn something. For example, when I read an about an algorithms or data structures, I write up a quick implementation of of it to make ...
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Should I develop a product with minimal use so I can say I developed it? [closed]
I appear to have done something wrong here, so let me try to rephrase this more simply so I stop giving the wrong impression.
I'm in the planning stages of a project right now, on my own time; I'm ...
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Tailoring your resume for a career switch within programming [closed]
I am currently interested in job prospects outside of my own area of programming. Specifically, I'm a web developer but want to make the transition to desktop application programming. How should I ...
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How do you keep track of your past projects? [closed]
After having hard time trying to remember details of my past projects several years ago I was wondering how programmers usually keep track of that?
This kind of information comes handy with job ...
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When do you drop old technologies from your resume? [closed]
I have been reviewing several resumes we have for a new position. I noticed that a few of them had many old programming language versions and old applications on their resume (e.g. SQL 4.2, VB5, ...
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How do you address the gap on your resume after a self-funded sabbatical? [closed]
There are a ton of questions on Programmers.SE about whether or not taking extended time off is a good idea and what to do during that time off to maintain your skill level:
https://...
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What is a *slightly* less extreme equivalent to being "fluent" in a language? [closed]
tl;dr: What is a less extreme (but still noticeable) alternative to the word "fluent", when saying e.g. "I am fluent in C++/Python/whatever?"
I think I can call myself "fluent" in C#, because I know ...
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Can a fresher from a college write design patterns under "area of interests " in resume? [closed]
I have keen interest in design patterns. I have been reading a lot about them. Specially, from HEAD FIRST. Can I write about design patterns in my resume?
I am a fresher. Going to sit in on-campus ...
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Should I not show all my skills? [closed]
I have been programming for a very long time and I have in depth knowledge of several technologies. Recently I applied for a web development job and in my resume I had listed all the skills - HTML, ...
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How to include serious personal project in Resume? [closed]
My brother has come up with an interesting business idea that could be commercialised. For over a month I have been creating the foundation for SaaS. I have been treating this as commercial project so ...
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What should a self-taught/no experience programmer's resume look like? [closed]
I asked a question a while back about knowing when you're ready to look for a job and got positive replies. Now I'm working on writing up a resume to begin my job search.
The title pretty much sums ...
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Most effective way to increase programmer salary besides just doing your job? [closed]
If you have the time and resources, what would be the most effective way to increase your salary as a full-time programmer, outside of just doing your job?
By "salary" here, I mean salary (adjusted ...
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When applying for an entry level programming position, how do I include my coding examples? [closed]
I will soon begin the process of applying for entry level programming positions. As of now I have no professional coding experience, so all I have to show is some personal projects and code samples to ...
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How many skills should I list on my resume, CV? [closed]
I'm a maintenance programmer, and I work with a rather large list of technologies on a monthly if not daily basis. For example I'm competent (obviously not expert) in the following languages:
Java (...
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Putting books read in resume
Is it a good idea if I put the books I read on my resume, or at least those related to software development?
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What are typical responsibilities and achievements recorded on a CV, for a programming job? [closed]
I'm brushing up my CV/resume and trying to think of responsibilities and achievements from my past jobs and projects. It seems there aren't many, but probably there're some that I just don't identify ...
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Tips for a first year CS student looking for a summer internship to gain experience? [closed]
I am a first year CS student and my programming experience is only what I have obtained in my computer programming I and II classes this school year. (console applications in C++)
I want to find a ...
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Would be good to include your freelancer account in your Resume / CV when applying for a job? [closed]
I've been working as a freelancer for about two years in vWorker. Any person can visit a coder's profile, and see in how many projects the coder has worked on, (if the coders allows) see how much the ...
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Is "WinForms" a widely-known and acceptable substitute for "Windows Forms" on a résumé? [closed]
I'm always trying to hone my résumé to the bare-bones essentials -- no fluff.
I want to keep as many points as possible to a single line, and to this end I have used the term WinForms in several ...
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what's the name of the position in an one man project (do everything from talking to the client to typing code) [closed]
I worked on a project where I did everything from
talking about how the software should be and how they are doing the stuff at the moment
with the client (end users)
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choosing technology to be ...
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Is it fair to use shortened url to mention and give links of live projects in my resume? [closed]
I have done or was part of some mobile projects that are uploaded in their respective markets and currently live, and I am already mentioning status as LIVE for respective projects.
One of my friend -...
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Where and how to mention Stackoverflow participation in the résumé? [closed]
I think I have good enough reputation on SO now. Well, this may not be that much as compared to so many other users out there but I am happy with mine.
So, I was thinking of adding my profile link ...
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Ruby but not Rails on my Resume [closed]
I have listed Ruby as a skill on my resume becuase I've been programming in Ruby for 5 years while I work on my Ph.D. thesis. I've mostly been using it to implement natural language processing ...
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Do certain corporations hold more weight on a resume? [closed]
Would a developer/tester position at Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc. (any large tech. company of which most people have heard) be more valuable on a resume than working as a developer/tester somewhere ...
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Should I include `assembly` as programming language in the CV? [closed]
In the answer for one question someone wrote that assembly is not a language, it's a process. I tend to agree, since the assembly "language" is dependent on the architecture it will run on, which may ...
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How to describe styles and approaches of C++ programming? [closed]
How can I say more than just "C++" on my resume, reports or other writings, to convey clearly what kind of C++ programming I've been doing?
Are there well-defined styles of C++? ("Styles" might ...
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Languages on a resume: Is it better to put "C/C++" or "C, C++"? [closed]
I'm graduating in a couple of weeks, and my resume (as expected) lists the languages that I've had experience with. Previously I've put "C/C++", however back then I didn't have that much experience ...
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I have only two languages on my resume - how bad is this? [closed]
I have a question that can be best answered here, given the vast experience some of you guys have!
I am going to finish my bachelor's degree in CS and let's face it, I am just comfortable with C++ ...
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How do you quantify competency in terms of time (years)? [closed]
While looking for a job via agencies some time ago, I kept having questions from the recuitment agents or in the application forms like:
How many years of experience do you have in:
Oracle
ASP.NET
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