nickie on 2/3/2008 at 18:45
And from a different aspect, your grammar is pretty good. One or two too many commas and a few spelling mistakes or typographicals and very few grammatical errors. I haven't read all of it mind you.
This may be entirely wrong for the US but once upon a time I worked for the BBC. And at one point I worked in the Appointments Department and part of the job was trawling through hundreds of applicants for a job which was advertised annually and the uptake was about 70 people - can't remember now what the job was but everyone had the same application form. Everyone had the same degree, the same hobbies, the same work experience, the same etc. So, having weeded out the lesser degrees and I don't know what else, we were left still with a few hundred to invite for interview. And when we had so many to choose from, it came down to one thing really that got you invited. In the section entitled 'Interests', a bit of humour was what did it.
Yakoob on 2/3/2008 at 20:12
I see, I misunderstood what you meant in your last post. Thanks.
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One of the important skills for a programmer (particularly a junior one) is to be able to take on board advice and help from more experienced colleagues. I considered your resume and portfolio to be good enough for an initial telephone interview but if you responded during that interview as you did above you wouldn't be invited for a face-to-face.
Well, just because I argue with you doesn't mean I'm not taking your advice in consideration ;) And also, obviously, I would act differently when getting called by a game developer than on some random internet gaming forum.
piano-sam on 3/3/2008 at 07:38
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Almost as if they were a part of someone's job application; o wai-
Be that as it may, they won't want you to talk. They'll want you to code. So code, and do it right, and do it tight. Skill will speak
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SubJeff on 3/3/2008 at 11:56
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Well, just because I argue with you doesn't mean I'm not taking your advice in consideration ;) And also, obviously, I would act differently when getting called by a game developer than on some random internet gaming forum.
Wait, are you expecting us to act seriously when offering advice and criticism but then you're not going to when responding to us? Why should we bother?
Vigil on 3/3/2008 at 12:00
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Well, just because I argue with you doesn't mean I'm not taking your advice in consideration ;) And also, obviously, I would act differently when getting called by a game developer than on some random internet gaming forum.
Not necessarily. You may swallow that pride when you're talking to someone your job depends on, but the feelings behind your reaction will still be there, and that's what you need to work on. God knows it's not easy to gracefully accept criticism about programming (I still struggle with this), but it's a valuable skill to learn.
Yakoob on 3/3/2008 at 20:39
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Wait, are you expecting us to act seriously when offering advice and criticism but then you're not going to when responding to us? Why should we bother?
I beg to differ. I responded more than seriously. Yes, my comments may have been a bit snarky, but they all had a point and Vigil yes I can take crticism for my code as pointed out in
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Thanks for the repply dvrabel, appreciated (my snarky remarks aside)
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Good point, but I left them public for reasons of reusability. But you have a fair point.
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an oversight on my part, you got me there.
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I see, I misunderstood what you meant in your last post. Thanks.
And honestly, SubjectiveEffective, I wouldn't consider replies such as "done by a 14 year old girl with issues" and "your children will be degenerate rapists" as "acting seriously," as you put it.
Starrfall on 3/3/2008 at 23:52
I think the new website looks a lot better!
Now just get that resume down to one page. I don't really know what your field looks for, but I think you can probably ditch the "coursework" section. It's not really going to make or break your resume (again, unless this is something your field expects) and you can always bring it up in the interview. I'd guess that your gpa is impressive enough to raise a few comments about school and your classes, and you can go from there.
The "profile" section can also probably go - it's kind of a fluff section and the mental response you're likely to get from recruiters is "yeah sure, I'll be the judge of that."
The language section should stay, but I think you can use that space more efficiently. Maybe make it into two bullet points: "Fluent in English and Polish" and "Intermediate proficiency in French and Japanese" or something like that.
I don't see why you couldn't leave the website version longer, but the word doc should really be just one page.
Aja on 4/3/2008 at 00:20
I'd ditch the coursework section. Sociology 101 and Intro to Economics aren't going to impress anyone.
But yeah, the new site looks much better, much more professional.
Stitch on 4/3/2008 at 01:37
Also: I'd suggest being slightly more selective with what makes the grade. Quickly assembled in-jokes like Lobster Story shouldn't even be in the same time zone as a portfolio.
Yakoob on 4/3/2008 at 03:29
Thanks for the extra replies!
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Now just get that resume down to one page. I don't really know what your field looks for, but I think you can probably ditch the "coursework" section. It's not really going to make or break your resume (again, unless this is something your field expects) and you can always bring it up in the interview. I'd guess that your gpa is impressive enough to raise a few comments about school and your classes, and you can go from there.
mmmm, agreed. I actually have a 1 page resume that I send with my emails so I guess I'll just replace it.
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The "profile" section can also probably go - it's kind of a fluff section and the mental response you're likely to get from recruiters is "yeah sure, I'll be the judge of that."
Aye true, I removed it in the website but forgot to ditch it from the word :p
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The language section should stay, but I think you can use that space more efficiently. Maybe make it into two bullet points: "Fluent in English and Polish" and "Intermediate proficiency in French and Japanese" or something like that.
Good point.
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Also: I'd suggest being slightly more selective with what makes the grade. Quickly assembled in-jokes like Lobster Story shouldn't even be in the same time zone as a portfolio.
Well I am not really going into flash, so the section isn't really rich, but I figured it may be a good after-bite to my movies section.
EDIT: I actually got a few emails back from the places I sent to so weee :) thanks for the feedback all
