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  • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mlOP
    2·
    1 year ago

    Non-bulletpoint feedback:

    Your skills section has bad grouping

    • Take out Methodologies altogether
    • AngularDart isn’t really a language
    • REST is not a platform

    I would recommend keep Lanugages pure, and do a second BP for technologies, i.e

    Languages: Java, Kotlin, Python, SQL, Swift, [JavaScript], TypeScript Technologies: Docker, Firebase, Google Cloud, gRPC, REST, iOS, Android, Git, Gradle, Maven

    Usually people have one for Libraries/SDKs which could help too, since iOS and Android could be moved there (with their SDK equivalents) and it would show off more skills

    Take out courses

    Make your projects reverse chronological order

    Put your start and end date for Education

    Bulletpoint feedback:

    Build iOS App for Local Bar:

    • Apart from Apple pay and Firebase DB (which one?), you did not mention any tech stack you used
    • You spent way too much focus on the “Situation/Task” with virtually no focus on “Action” and zero focus on “Result”

    I.e “• Worked in agile team: collected user stories, scheduled regular client meetings, held twice-weekly scrum stand-ups • Allowed customers to order drinks, earn reward points in loyalty program, and view calendar of upcoming events • Enabled owners to modify menu items and events for customers to see”

    Should all be one line: “Developed iOS app for order menus, loyalty program and events using [SDK 1, SDK 2] for [client X] via agile methodology”

    • Then add one more line talking about results, if you have any (how many customers used it/how much scale the app can handle/anything numeric is ideal)

    Craigslist-style Freelancing Job Platform, Android App

    Same feedback as above. Include more tech details on what tools you used, and give numeric data on the impact (Results)

    Charity Database

    Include what tools and languages you’re using.

    I.e. “Designed frontend console UI to display query results in dynamically sized tables”

    Should be “Designed frontent console UI with Bootstrap5 and AngularDart, supporting 15+ query results and dynamically sized tables”

    Peer-to-Peer File Sync App

    • This line is good - It could be written a little better, but you explain Situation/Task, Action, and Results: “Created decentralized file synchronization network running in Docker containers, written in Java. Scaled up to 200 nodes”

    Contributor to open-source video game project

    • “Contributed features to video game project on GitHub called RuneJS” - Do I know you lol? I’m an ex-2009scape dev. Anyways, include how many features - numeric data pops out.

    I.e. change to “Contributed 10+ features to Github emulation project RuneJS”

    Combine “• Implemented a system to play music depending on character’s location in-game, keeping track of discovered music • Added Jukebox functionality allowing users to manually play discovered music tracks by name”

    I.e. “Implemented music system supporting area based activation and manual play”