Any advice? I am above average at LC but dropout with bootcamp -Game Jams (Game Dev competitions) -LC style competitions/hackathons -Certifications from big names (AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Google Machine Learning Engineer) -A Bachelor's degree -Open source contributions -Viral tech blog/Youtube #engineering #software #swe #FAANG #career #resumeadvice #resume #careeradvice #resumeboosters #softwaredevelopment #softwareengineering
Certifications aren't very helpful for swe jobs, maybe try doing some projects, open source contribs should help tho
FAANG or better on resume. All the stuff you listed doesn't really matter.
True and concise .
If you are going for a dev relationship role, or AWS SA then viral blogs / certificates help. For SWE - they don't help. What role are you interested in?
I love writing code for long hours, but if using business skills at work makes me more $$ I can do that on personal projects. I failed AWS SDE1 2x now, but told I have another shot in 6 months. The stuff I studied was 10x harder than the technical question but I stumble and jumble through the whole thing, also butchered STAR but I had some great LPs.
I agree with Facebook above, the best option is to actually have work experience at a good company. I know it's a chicken-and-egg problem, but that's just the way it is. No one I know has received a job offer via hackathons or coding competitions, unless you somehow manage to use them for networking, or catch the eye of someone at the event itself. That being said, coding contests might be a great thing to get into, as you'd crack LC interviews much easier. Formal certifications are generally quite useless, unless you're applying to a "consultant / solutions architect / cloud specialist" style role. Open source might be very handy, depending on the project of course. Viral tech blog / YouTube, you might get lucky, but I'd treat it more as a great side hustle than as a resume standout feature. A bachelor's degree usually would stand you apart if it's from a good school (say, top 100 in US news rankings, or located near a tech hub). The best option IMHO would be to just get a job, and keep interviewing showing "X years of industry experience".
Best way out of the ones you listed? A bachelor's in Computer Science. Duhh. Either that or ideally, experience from FAANG like companies. But to get there, probably Bachelor's..... chicken and egg problem.
just follow techlead on youtube
I got interviews after good performance in coding competitions as a student. If you can place high in Google CodeJam, it will give you a Google interview.
Which bootcamp and what is your role?
Average one, not HackReactor or anything 3 YOE in Enterprise Java development, with light experience in ML and DevOps (thinking certs could validate this)