General Advice

Resume

1. Get a resume template. Study up on how resumes should look. In general, they should be minimum style, bussiness focus and one-pager. The rest comes from your own research, and is subject to industry taste. Just don't make it too out there: colors for example are a no go.
2. Get a pdf and doc version. It pains my soul to say but you should use a doc template for this. Reason is doc has better ATS reading, used by boomer HR and should be quicker to format than LaTeX. Still, if you want a LaTeX template use one from Overleaf. They have good ones
3. The more experience you have, the less projects matter. If you're a NEET/college student, for projects fluff them up. For new projects make the bullet points for it first, so when making the project you can focus on learning those concepts. Not only that, good projects don't have to tkae up a lot of work: a COVID-19 tracker that models and predicts future rate of COVID can take 2 hours with Python, scipy and matplotlib.

Interview

Techncial

1. Cracking the code interview has an overview of the concepts you need to learn for an interview
2. Go on leetcode for a questoin a day, and set a time limit. If you can't solve it in an hour then give up, read solution, and quiz solution on flashcards

Behaviour

1. Come up with storeis for work and projects. I use this matrix, and add a column for each project/experience I have

2. Have questions for the itnerviewer, evne if you already know them. Shows intrests

Networking

1. Go to meetups and bring resume. Meet a recuriter/guy to give you a referral. Use http://meetup.com/
2. Join group chats in your area/college to get refferal.
3. Find out bars people in industry go to, and go there. Drink with them (Mudslimes btfo)

Resources

1. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=cracking+the+code+interview+pdf&ia=web (I'm not sure if I can be DMCA claimed for linking hte book, so I'm linking the search). A lot of stuff I'm mentioning is refined from here.
2. https://rentry.org/bpg. Good starting place to learntocode

NEET

1. Lie about experience. Freelance web development, a made up company or just enroll in college and pretend you're still in college. If you're based, be enrolled for two/four eyars and make your resume seem you have an associates/bacholors.

School

1. Go to school's college fairs and group chats. Meet people from there. (There's a lot of morons so be caustious)
2. Do reserach
3. Be buddy buddy with professors, they can referr you to jobs and you can get their recommendations.

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 /ccg/ - Career and College General
> What is a general about
A central hub for all your career and college questions
> How do I get an IT job
Go to meetups, get a good resume, apply for dozens of jobs, and have one/two solid projects. Establish value and bypass the resume algorithm as much as you can by getting referrals.
> What's a good resume template 
LaTeX: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/data-science-tech-resume-template/zcdmpfxrzjhv, https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/cs-slash-it-slash-swe-resume-template/ncxgzcgknkmf, and https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/resume-template-by-anubhav/dhmkrwtksdgy. Note the code is written shittly.

Doc: https://templates.office.com/en-us/resume-color-tm02918880 and https://templates.office.com/en-us/.

In general you should focus on simple, non-intrusive template.
> How do I network
Go to meetups.com, subscribe to any groups on Linkedin/Facebook/Instagram for the field you're intrested in (so IT look up any IT groups in yoru area), join any group chats too. If you are in college/have college friends go to their career fairs. The key is to shake their hand, give a strong impression. It'll have higher chance to succeed

> Some good resources?
Cracking the Code Interview: can't stressed how good it is for IT, even has behavour questions
http://reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions: plebbit but it's always good to have a second opinon. Plus their wiki https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/wiki/index is nice
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/resume-samples/engineering-resumes/software-engineer?from=careeradvice-US
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/interviewing/how-to-use-the-star-interview-response-technique

> More info?
https://rentry.org/ccgneets/