On Jan 4, 3:06 pm, apatheticagnostic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 2, 11:31 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > On Jan 2, 9:59 am, vbgunz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > 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? > > > 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. > > > That might get you started anyway. > > > Mike > > 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'm not sure...I went through a ton of interviews and was never asked about what books I'd read. I did get questions about group projects / assignments and a couple companies wanted to know what I programs I created on my own. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
