Ask HN: Is there a service to get your engineering resume reviewed?
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I hope it's OK to jump on the bandwagon here.
I'm a German CS graduate[1] in desperate need for some professional feedback/assessment and maybe career advice.
I have three years of experience in not very code-focused tech companies that work with legacy tech stacks where I feel no employee learned anything new during the last 5-10 years, so at work I never had anyone to learn anything from or even consider a "mentor" in any way, so I just tried to learn as much as possible by myself in my free time.
Unfortunately I have similar impressions of many of my professors (being stuck somewhere many many years ago) and fellow students (not at all being interested in recent tech).
I don't have active accounts on either GH, SO or even HN, Reddit or Twitter, I don't have a blog and I don't have any real projects/products to showcase.
I'd love to be able to just chat with someone experienced and get some feedback on where I do and don't feel skilled - even if it's really only for a couple of minutes.
I set up a mail address which is [my HN username]@outlook.com
Thank you very much in advance.
[1] I'm writing the thesis for my B.Sc. right now and will graduate in a couple of months. In German you call someone writing their thesis "graduate", I don't know if you also do in English.
I'm a German CS graduate[1] in desperate need for some professional feedback/assessment and maybe career advice.
I have three years of experience in not very code-focused tech companies that work with legacy tech stacks where I feel no employee learned anything new during the last 5-10 years, so at work I never had anyone to learn anything from or even consider a "mentor" in any way, so I just tried to learn as much as possible by myself in my free time.
Unfortunately I have similar impressions of many of my professors (being stuck somewhere many many years ago) and fellow students (not at all being interested in recent tech).
I don't have active accounts on either GH, SO or even HN, Reddit or Twitter, I don't have a blog and I don't have any real projects/products to showcase.
I'd love to be able to just chat with someone experienced and get some feedback on where I do and don't feel skilled - even if it's really only for a couple of minutes.
I set up a mail address which is [my HN username]@outlook.com
Thank you very much in advance.
[1] I'm writing the thesis for my B.Sc. right now and will graduate in a couple of months. In German you call someone writing their thesis "graduate", I don't know if you also do in English.
You're email is (not currently) in your profile. I'd be happy to take a look. I was a tech recruiter for 9 years, and am now a developer. My email is in my profile.
One thing I can tell you right now is that a key to interviewing well as an engineering manager is demonstrating an ability to make people happy (or at least content) with all the money/resources that get spent on your team. Who you need to keep happy depends on the level of the position. It could an owner, client, investors, CFO, VP of Eng., etc.
Think about asking "who needs to understand why we're spending all this money on software?", imagining the answers you'd get to that question, what you'd do to help peoole understand where all the money went, and how'd you'd get them to give you(r team) even more money when the time comes.
One thing I can tell you right now is that a key to interviewing well as an engineering manager is demonstrating an ability to make people happy (or at least content) with all the money/resources that get spent on your team. Who you need to keep happy depends on the level of the position. It could an owner, client, investors, CFO, VP of Eng., etc.
Think about asking "who needs to understand why we're spending all this money on software?", imagining the answers you'd get to that question, what you'd do to help peoole understand where all the money went, and how'd you'd get them to give you(r team) even more money when the time comes.
Thank you so much. I will email you my resume for sure.
Hi.i have sent you my resume for a review.Kindly do have a review about it.
thanks
thanks
I've two questions: do you know of a service where I can send my resume and get comments/suggestions for a fee?
I actually do that kind of work.
I actually do that kind of work.
Email me your resume, I'll review it.
Can you kindly let me know your email (mine is in the profile)?
Happy to give you a general review (typically I charge 200 RMB for it). Only "simplegeek" for free please, I have a business to run.
I run a professional services firm in Shanghai, China and do resume editing on near daily basis. Trained in the US through National Resume Writers' Association in best practices, native speaker, previously 24 years on Wall Street in the US.
Give me a few days due to packed client schedule.
Regards,
Vince Fulco, CFA, CAIA Managing Director, Weisisheng Consulting vfulco[@]weisisheng.cn
I run a professional services firm in Shanghai, China and do resume editing on near daily basis. Trained in the US through National Resume Writers' Association in best practices, native speaker, previously 24 years on Wall Street in the US.
Give me a few days due to packed client schedule.
Regards,
Vince Fulco, CFA, CAIA Managing Director, Weisisheng Consulting vfulco[@]weisisheng.cn
Would you review others for a fee?
I'm not seeing your email in your profile. Adding it to your "about" section should make it public.
Sorry, just added it.
This is something hard to automate. Maybe you can ask a befriended HR person.
TopResume.com
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Trying to find work as an Engineering Manager recently. I've two questions: do you know of a service where I can send my resume and get comments/suggestions for a fee? b)- are there any Engineering Managers/CTOs here who would be willing to look at my resume and offer suggestions (my email in profile)?
Thanks in advance. P.S: Edited to correct spellings etc (sorry not a native speaker).