Skill Resume Achievements, What Good Goes Here?

[kyosohma at gmail.com]

On Jan 4, 3:06 pm, apatheticagnostic <apatheticagnos... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Jan 2, 11:31 am, kyoso... at gmail.com wrote:
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> > On Jan 2, 9:59 am, vbgunz <vbg... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > I spent some time working on a skill resume, the kind of resume
> > > college students put together and realized, I am not in college and
> > > everything I learned was self-taught. Of course I would like some real
> > > world achievements but don't consider throw-away code an achievement
> > > and am failing to really see any. I don't even wish to entertain the
> > > thought of lying about anything.
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> > > What are some achievements an employer may be looking for in someone
> > > willing to start at ground level, entry level, intern, etc? What are
> > > some real world achievements every n00b will need under his/her belt
> > > in order to be taken seriously?
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> > Internships are always a good thing to have. If you've contributed to
> > open source projects, I'd put that on there. If you're applying for
> > some kind of programming job, they'll probably want to see some of
> > your code, know what home-brewed projects you've done and how long
> > they took to complete, issues you ran into, etc.
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> > That might get you started anyway.
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> > Mike
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> As someone else who's self-educated and curious about this, would
> listing canonical comp-sci books that you've gone through on your own
> and understood be a reasonable thing to mention? For example, SICP,
> PLAI, etc?

I should mention that it's certainly not hopeless. My boss is self-
taught and so is our webmaster...you'll probably just have to start
somewhere low on the ladder. Such as small businesses like computer
repair shops or local ISPs where you can show your stuff.

Mike