(Part 2) Best job hunting & careers books according to redditors
We found 1,878 Reddit comments discussing the best job hunting & careers books. We ranked the 557 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
31. The Military Guide to Financial Independence and Retirement
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Read the 2-hour job search - it gives step by step instructions and templates on how to do this. Basically, you strategically reach out to people on linkedin.
I'm getting my MBA now, and I spend more time networking (linkedin outreach, networking calls, meetups, coffee chat, etc) than I do on class and HW combined (but that's normal for MBA's).
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> I'm trying to remain steadfast and writing good cover letters, applying to as much as I can (10/wk or so), but I can't help but feel discouraged thinking there's someone with an in-house friend who's going to get at least an interview before me because of it.
Rather than applying to 10 jobs per week, you should aim to have about 5-10 coffee chats/networking phone calls per week with people in the industry that you're interested in.
Oh boy!
About a week and half ago I finished Liquidated: An Ethnography of Wall Street, which directly address your question.
No, "efficiency", as defined by capitalists, is definitely not profitable. The goal of Wall Street with corporate buyouts and consolidation is to make a company more liquid. The faster money can change hands the better. Everything on Wall Street is liquid, especially the employees. Wall Streets hires and fires people left and right all the time. Good times, bad times, middle times it's a shit show. And then they act surprised when suddenly they don't have people for some market, or they're understaffed in some way, they scramble, overshoot their target, rinse and repeat ad infinitum.
They're focused entirely on quarterly earnings rather than long term growth. They honestly think that if you're always posting higher numbers every quarter it's good for the economy even though the economy runs entirely on labor, which they'll treat like it's "fuck you" money and throw it away. But higher quarterly earnings is the basis of financial efficiency, making sure you're always getting more and more money and the other aspects of running a business are "in their place at the right quantities".
Yet somehow the economy is doing well while people die from all sorts of things and starve and can't pay for necessary goods and services.
Nah, efficiency isn't profitable, nor is it sustainable for them or us.
This is not accurate. No degree in itself prepares you for a profession.
> What they tell us time and again: Their doctorate — while a valuable education that most don’t regret — has little or no connection to their current work and profession.
This does not support the title:
>your doctorate will not prepare you for a profession outside academe
In general, every job seeker with a PhD needs to read good professionalization advice, like:
So, what are you going to do with that?
Navigating the Path to Industry: A Hiring Manager's Advice for Academics Looking for a Job in Industry
but also, reliable up to date information about job prospects, all indicators to which says PhDs are in growing demand in multiple industries:
3 Myths About a Job in Industry After a PhD … Debunked
In a first, U.S. private sector employs nearly as many Ph.D.s as schools do
Cheeky Scientist
>Please don’t send me an email or a Tweet telling me I’m wrong about that. I’m not
She sounds pleasant.
It's even worse. Wall Street boasts about having the "smartest people in the world" but can't, not only, avoid large stock market crashes, they also create and inflate them.
The logic is that since they're so smart they will make the market's invisible hand work, and if the crash is inevitable they're able to make the last buck of the bubble and avoid the crash, inflating it.
They are locked in a system where business as usual is smartness while being outside the norms is seen as stupid and disqualifying, according to Karen Ho. Being 'smart' is legitimacy, and we all need legitimacy in all spheres of today's society.
Sure. I left three years into my Ph.D. program, between my second qualifying paper and quals proper, circa 2012. (I reenrolled for a hot second in 2013 to brush off my QP, turn it into a masters' thesis, and defend.)
I had some research-related disagreements with my advisor which were the actual flashpoint, but it was really more a matter of weighing my options: looking at just what I would have to do, and what I might be missing out on, over the next 3-5 years just to have that X% chance at a tenure-track job. I'm also really big on work-life balance, and though academia has been making some improvements there very recently, in most areas it's still got a long way to go.
On the whole, it worked out pretty well: I went into science communication, took a few different jobs, and now I'm working for one of the leaders in the field. I'd definitely set the groundwork for a non-academic career, though, long before I actually left -- volunteering for non-profits, keeping in touch with industry connections, etc -- and I was also fairly successful at turning my academic background into an advantage rather than an irrelevancy: highlighting the interplay between linguistics and communications, bringing quantitative analysis to a field that doesn't always know what to do with metrics, working for organizations which handle scientific research and academic affairs, etc.
So I'd definitely recommend anyone considering a non-academic career (which, frankly, based on the numbers, should be most of us) think about those same things; when I was first starting off, I found Versatile Ph.D and So What Are You Going To Do With That? to be the most useful, but there could be other resources that have popped up since then. No matter which path you take, though, best wishes making it happen!
Entry level "PhD-level jobs" outside of academia are few and far between in Neuroscience, but consistency and planning will land you something eventually:
Start here: [Versatile PhD] (http://versatilephd.com/), [SfN Neurojobs] (http://neurojobs.sfn.org/jobs), ["So what are you gonna do with that?" Book] (http://www.amazon.com/What-Are-Going-With-That/dp/0374526214), [A PhD is not enough! Book] (http://www.amazon.com/PhD-Is-Not-Enough-Survival/dp/0465022227).
Also [www.indeed.com] is probably the best job hunting site I have found out there.
My first piece of advice:
Start job hunting and making connections now. "PhD-level jobs" are hard to find and you will have to lower your expectations a bit, especially on your first job. While long term, the degree can be a huge advantage, that is not the case immediately after grad school and you will need to be flexible.
As you explore, you will see some immediate career options are:
Adjuncting with the hope to land a faculty position at a Community College, academic scientist, medical scientist (at a hospital lab), medical devices, teaching high-school, government (NIH, NIMH etc.), science writing (grants, journals, editing etc.), learning code/stat programs (R, Python, SAS, SQL, MATLAB etc.) and taking those quant skills into 'big data', or going the more typical pharma industry route.
Consulting is another popular option, but they typically like people with some industry experience (I've seen on average 10-15 years).
The pay varies wildly on all of these, but if you are looking for the biggest bang for your buck that lines up with your (hopefully still present) passion for Neuroscience...
The pharmaceutical industry would be a great place where a Neuro PhD could thrive. From my colleagues in Neuroscience who eventually got some type of industry job, two truths rang through before they made the transition:
Unfortunately, a post-doc is almost unavoidable based on today's job market. I've seen people taking industry post-docs, which are competitive, but lead to the nice jobs and salaries you believe your degree entitles you to.
However, there are several who took academic post-docs and bought themselves time, experience, and a bloodlust for a good job, which eventually landed them something that was 70k+ in industry and they can work up from there.
Point is, there are options out there. The key is persistence, research, flexibility, and of course: networking.
Bebop to Boolean Boogie is pretty good. Very easy and fun book to read. Covers a ton of great entry level topics.
https://www.amazon.com/Bebop-Boolean-Boogie-Unconventional-Electronics/dp/1856175073/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=bebop+to+boolean+boogie&qid=1573568129&sr=8-1
Then move towards something more FPGA specific like
https://www.amazon.com/FPGA-Prototyping-Verilog-Examples-Spartan-3/dp/0470185325/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=fpga+verilog+examples&qid=1573568177&sr=8-2
Knowing C will probably hurt you more than help you. Forget what you know about C when learning Verilog.You need to approach learning Verilog in a different manner. Verilog is not another top-down procedural language expressing instructions one after another. There are some general programming tenets that still hold true, and attention to detail in regards to syntax is important. But forget about line-by-line procedural execution because that's not how these hardware description languages work. You need to learn DIGITAL DESIGN before you learn Verilog....EDIT: for clarity and to tighten up my thoughts.
I read a book a long time ago about this topic. I’m not 100% sure but I think this was the book:
https://www.amazon.com/What-Are-You-Going-That/dp/0374526214/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536648062&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=a+guide+for+ma+and+phd+seeking+career&dpPl=1&dpID=41BYA1B5RSL&ref=plSrch
The gist is that if you want to get any kind of job and not just lab-related jobs, it’s all about marketing yourself. You can tell employers about all the “hard lab skills” you have on your CV and they couldn’t care less. Or you can find out what qualities the employers are looking for and connect these qualities with the “soft skills” you cultivated under pressure during PhD/research training. The book can give you many ideas of how to do that.
Occasionally employers (usually of small businesses) are willing to give you a junior position without the technical qualification after a vetting period if you demonstrate that you can learn really fast, you get along with them, and you are motivated to learn the skills. Hackernoon has some stories like this.
You'll see this one recommended a lot :
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. It's a classic and for good reason. I always find myself going back to it. In fact there are quite a few books I'd argue that build upon it
Another very good one is by Leil Lowndes called
How to Talk to Anyone. It gives a lot of useful tips on how to make conversations exciting and vibrant.
Also, John Sonmez's books are really good too because they focus on communication skills from a developers point of view. I really liked these because it also teaches how to develop your career and start your own brand:
These are just off the top of my head, I'm sure there are plenty more. Hope that helped!
My first year in the Master's program I took a seminar in Culture and Economy. We had a pretty good stack of books we read through out the semester. I highly recommend these.
Stephen Gudeman- The Anthropology of Economy
Wilk and Cligget- Economies and Cultures: Foundations of Economic Anthropology 2nd Ed
Marshall Sahlins- Stone Age Economics
Karen Ho- Liquidated: An Ethnography of Wall Street
Colloredo-Mansfeld- The Native Leisure CLass: Consumption and Cultural Creativity in the Andes
Nancy Munn- The Fame of Gawa: A Symbolic Study of Value Transformation in a Massim Society
Michael T. Taussig- The Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America
Taussig is a great writer. Wilk and Cligget's book is good for basic foundations Economic Anthropology. Karen Ho's book is also a great institutional ethnography as well. Happy Reading!
Sorry to hear, recently went through the recruiting process. You can read this book, super helpful and should finish in a day or two
https://www.amazon.com/2-Hour-Job-Search-Technology-Faster/dp/1607741709
Update your resume first thing, format: task, people, result. Can help review if you DM me
Create a spreadsheet of people you can reach out to, get names on Linkedin, guess email format (i.e.: [email protected]), send cold email:
"Hello [name],
My name is [name], I am a [your Marketing job title]. I am interested in getting into [job applying to] with a strong interest in [firm name]. Would you have 15 / 30' to chat about your work in the next 2 weeks? Would love to hop on a call / buy you a coffee to learn more about your experience recruiting or any advice you might have.
Understand your schedule can get busy but would really appreciate any of your time.
Look forward to chat soon"
50 - 80% of the time people will respond, especially alum from school / anyone have something similar to your background
90% of those should convert to first round interview
Do 2 - 3 months of this talking to 30 - 60 companies should land you any job you like
OK so this is a really simple thing, but if you plan on teaching with PowerPoints behind you, I really recommend this book called "slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations."
As the title suggests, it's a handbook of visual guides for creating better PowerPoint presentations. It's mostly visual hierarchy and other Gestalt basics, but I found it super useful for making presentations that were actually useful for the students as opposed to just being there. It was recommended to me about eight years ago by my mentor, and I've been following what it says ever since.
Congratulations!
My kids are now adults, and I teach young children. Over the years, these are the books for very young children that I have found to have the most staying power.
Infant/Toddler/Early childhood books: (you can read these to a child under 1 year, he or she will appreciate the rhythmic sounds, and both words and pictures acquire meaning as time goes on.)
Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown (simply the best parental bonding books)
What Do People Do All Day by Richard Scarry
PeekABoo, The Jolly Postman and Each Pear Each Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
All three books have engaging text and illustrations that both child and adult can appreciate.
Little Blue and Little Yellow This book, in my opinion, is a work of art on several levels. Kids never get tired of its reassurance.
No, David by David Shannon (but IMO the other David books are not nearly as good)
Caps for Sale Another book with repetitive rhythms for children, with an amusing story
Blueberries for Sal A classic that has stood the test of time, I still read this to the class every fall.
The Lion and the Mouse This is Aesop's fable, told with no words, only Jerry Pinkney's amazing illustrations. Two, three and four year olds ask for this story over and over again.
Other favorites:
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
Ferdinand the Bull
The Cat in the Hat
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Authors to consider: Jan Brett, Shel Silverstein, Judith Viorst, E. B.White, Frank Asch, Roald Dahl.
Robert Munsch gets mixed reviews but to me, The Paperbag Princess is a must.
What's your budget?
How old is your friend?
What equipment do they have already?
Regardless of age, I would recommend this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Bebop-Boolean-Boogie-Third-Unconventional/dp/1856175073/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314736370&sr=8-1
Some other ideas:
this will change your life
Corporate identities are typically grid based, so if you haven't read it already Timothy Samara's Making and Breaking the Grid may be useful.
It's likely you'll be restricted to an already existing brand, so probably no need to learn more about corporate branding. Your challenges will be staying fresh and inspired within a limited structure, typeface and color palette.
If they require you to work on corporate presentations, Duarte's Slideology is a must-read.
If it involves data visualization for annual reports and such, Alberto Cairo's The Functional Art will be very relevant.
Hope that helps.
My suggestion: https://www.amazon.com/Start-Home-based-Detailing-Business-Home-Based/dp/0762778768
There isn't anything "ground breaking" here but it will set you mentality in the direction of doing it.
Real friends won't let you work for free, and they damn well will not ask you to do stuff free. Now if you need to build a portfolio, there is an exception, your fee is in advertising/marketing material. But you really only need a few vehicles before you should stop this. Don't work free, free will attract things you don't want. I started out setting a high expectation with my costs. My cheapest packages attracted a customer base I didn't want. I very quickly dropped my cheapest interior and also exterior details, only leaving the packaged deal which I don't sell to at all. It literally exists for a quick detail for well maintained vehicles. My prices push away customers, and I am simply not bothered by this. Odds are they are not the customers I want to build my customer base on. Sure maybe I miss out occasionally, but I suspect I've been better off with my starting at prices creating a "price gate" than not. Honestly from some descriptions, the cost would have been doubled and they didn't even want to pay the starting price. I know my worth and I am going to get my worth, or I won't take the job. I also am closing down 1 business(covered my first year of transition) with money saved and a side value from that business that should cover year 2 and 3 easily. With my savings, good chance I could go 5 years without seeing a profit, though if the latest indicators say anything, I am not even remotely worried about this. 0 marketing and business is gaining momentum unexpectedly. But seriously, this is a luxury service, charge accordingly. I am not here to wash cars, I am here to detail, there is a difference.
I will tell you now that this approach will take a slower growth rate, but it is generally a solid growth rate. From a lot of people I've talked to, after a year or two things just beginning snowballing, I've already gotten a little taste of this this month, and I just started my 2nd year of business. (Though in Ohio, winter isn't much for business...)
Just read an interesting book on that and apparently, for the number of hours they work, most entry-level investment banking people are making well below minimum wage. The book was written by an anthropologist (Stanford undergrad, Princeton PhD) who left her PhD to work in an investment bank. She talks about how important degrees are and how there are "Harvard" companies and "Princeton" companies and hierarchies surrounding where you got your degree. Not incredibly written but really interesting.
Link. Review.
On more than one occasion the vibe i have felt while introducing my older family members to the internet is that they don't want to break their machines. I know this is anecdotal but thats the generalisation i am making.
While some old people may have created the internet and the infrastructure that it relies on today, the majority of people didn't do such work. They worked in simple jobs, like the ones you can find in Busy Town and didn't really think of anything beyond that.
I'll admit that this is all anecdotal evidence that supports my argument, but the political term "Mums and Dads" is the target audience here for these protocols (mostly the first one), and they aren't tech savvy, they know how to turn on a computer and check emails, maybe buy something off a website, but thats about it. They hear on the news about this pirating and drug buying and maybe dad knows a little about the nudes on the internet but thats about as far as it goes.
When the government acts to curb these pirates, criminals, drug dealers and smut pedlars, its the same old hard on crime position that rates well in the polls in the short term. The masses feel safer for these things, while civil libertarians will express their displeasure at having their freedoms narrowed.
The future direction of news and how it can be improved
Links in this section are RSS feeds
Jay Rosen is my favorite author on the subject:
Jeff Jarvis is nothing to shake a stick at either:
And finally, we can't forget Clay Shirky:
Presentation design and using visuals to increase group effectiveness.
Links in this section are to books
EDIT: formatting
There is an old saying that the government doesn't change things for your benefit. Just like the REDUX fiasco, be very careful about the marketing that is being used to push this. While it will help the majority of members who do not stay for the full 20, and that is a good thing, especially if you plan on 20 but don't make it for whatever reason; but there is a reason why the full pension and benefits have been decreasing and dropping historically (healthcare for life?)
The biggest costs to the government are a retired member on a pension, not their salary while they are active; and even more is all the pork that congress critters give away to further their retirements. If we ever were to cut out that part, Congress wouldn't try to screw over veterans by stealing the COLA, like they did back in 2014 that was rescinded a couple months later (but those bastards will attempt it again).
Hope you've checked out Nord's book.
This book: slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations https://www.amazon.com/dp/0596522347/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_vexlyb1DWMW7Z
Read this book. Ideally, borrow it from the library instead of buying it.
Go and purchase this book. It has everything you'll need to know for starting out.
https://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide-Specialties-Career-Guides/dp/0159003911 I bought this one. It does a pretty good job of diving into what different specialties do, interviews with people that actually work in them, and suggestions for what to focus on in law school.
God. Goddess. Earth Mother. Whatever... Save us from Wall Street Analysts...
Seriously, these folks don't know their ass from their elbow and make oodles on money in a business where they never have to actually answer to their recommendations and predictions because they change jobs and start analyzing different fields every 12 to 18 months.
These are the same people who, for much of the 1990's kept saying that there was no future in Digital Cameras and that Kodak should pour all of it's development efforts into PhotoCD. (source: http://hbr.org/2010/07/wall-street-is-no-friend-to-radical-innovation/ar/1 and the linked journal article).
There was a terrific ethnography published a few years ago that really gets to all of the underlying issues with the entire Investment Banking and Analyst structure. If you're remotely interested in the topic, it's a great read:
http://www.amazon.com/Liquidated-Ethnography-Street-Franklin-Center/dp/0822345994
If you haven't bought and read [this] (http://www.amazon.com/Start-Home-based-Detailing-Business-Home-Based/dp/0762778768/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463790719&sr=1-1&keywords=renny+doyle) book yet then you're doing it all wrong IMO.
I read an excellent book on this subject, by Tony Avent, who is an excellent nurseryman. Basically, he said nurseries do well as mom and pop operations with $50,000 in annual revenue and minimal expenses, or as large operations with a dozen employees with over $1,000,000 in annual revenue.
Read Avent's book; he goes into marketing, employee management, irrigation, shipping really everything. I live near Tony Avent's nursery, he locates and breeds unusual new vareities, which sell for premium prices.
>The result is that I will feel pressure to commit to a certain amount during a sprint that I know I cannot complete unless I am working over 40 hours a week. This pressure does come from management in the form of surprise or confusion if I try to commit to less than everyone else who is working overtime.
Teams should be working at a sustainable pace. Some overtime is OK but consistent overtime will generally cause more harm than good. The Clean Coder and The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide recommend giving 40 hours per week to your employer. Any hours on top of that should be hours done for your self-improvement.
Only sign up for work that you feel comfortable completing in a 40 hour work week. If you start to get behind on a task towards the end of the sprint, just let the task carry over. My first thought when I see a task not finished in the sprint it was pulled into is "this task must have been more work than we thought." My first thought is not "whoever worked on this task must have been a low performer." If that is the first thought then the team has bigger problems.
The only time I consider it necessary to do overtime is if there is a critical defect in production or we are very far behind on a release and in a situation in which releasing late would cause a lot of problems for our clients or consumers. For example, I sometimes have deadlines set by the government and if I am late on a release, our clients will have to pay fines.
So I recommend only doing more than 40 hours per week during the above scenarios and if your manager has a problem with that then probably consider job searching.
Hey man, I was close to a situation like you were once. I am a recent graduate as well, and some employment opportunities did not work out for me as well.
The way I solved it was couch surfing and living in a place where I was sharing a room with two other people. I know that is not ideal, and I don't know your situation but that is something you can look into. Also, is there a possibility to go back to your parents place?
There is no shame with that because everyone needs to have a good platform to excel. But in general, I would say is just to stay strong, it will get better.
In terms of your employment, I have a recommendation for you. You should get this book and read it. If you don't read you should start, it is a great habit to get into and helped me out
(it also helped my focus and I gained more discipline) https://www.amazon.com/2-Hour-Job-Search-Technology-Faster/dp/1607741709
I know the title seems gimmicky but it did really help me strategize my job hunt and got my current job today.
If money is an issue send me your address and I will buy it for you. It really helped me out and I want to pass on the joy.
Good luck my man. Stay Strong.
For what it's worth, the book that kickstarted my interest and understanding in digital electronics was a weird little book called Bebop to the Boolean Boogie. The one I read was the first edition; I stumbled on it randomly on a bookshelf (back when we had these things called bookstores; get off my lawn).
It managed to be a perfect mix of entertaining and informative, and helped the concepts sink in.
You're getting great advice on surviving school, so I'll try to address "joining the workforce":
First off. Congrats on where you are. You and your wife have already done such a great job.
No debt? Awesome.
I started my whole experience about early FI with a simple question, "when do I want to retire?" This helped me crystalized a number of variables like how much money is enough per year to live on? How much do I need to have in the Bank to make this happen? How much do I needed to save to get from point A to B?
After I finished that part, the next is the how. First I would leverage anything special that you have access to. This would be all the military benefits. Find someone whose already tread that path. Also, I think there's a book on frugal living on a military salary, it may be this one http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1570233195?pc_redir=1405444535&robot_redir=1
Personally I like to delay as much tax as possible and figure out ways to reduce paying later. Getting the money out of a 401k for a house it's pretty straight forward.
For a portfolio a 3 yr parking spot is tough because you'll need the money so soon. This is almost bond territory. Maybe a 50/50 stock bond mix? I'm not sure with all the news stuff going on if this year or next are going to be easy years.
Good luck with the journey.
Já ponderaste explorar business development ou project management? Ambas as áreas parecem ter um pouco do que procuras e podem beneficiar de alguém com conhecimentos técnicos e com a capacidade de explicar conceitos complexos de forma acessível.
EDIT: Já agora, o Business Model You é um livro bastante útil para quem procura dar um passo lateral na carreira. Também podes começar a procurar formas de mudar de emprego sem sair do emprego. Se não for mesmo possível, começa a planear a tua exit strategy.
That sounds really interesting! I kind of like the idea that you're just people getting to know each other. Networking and even informational interviews can get really pointed like, "What is my goal in meeting X person? What advice can THEY give ME?" So definitely let us know how it goes!
For informational interviews, I always point to my networking bible (forgive the cliche, but this book has helped me SO much) The 2-hr Job Searh. The framework suggested for informationals is the TIARA acronym. Here's basically the gist. The main topics you want to hit on are Trends, Insights, Advice, Resources, and Assignments. However informationals are ALL about genuine relationship building like I was hinting at earlier. Also important to start convos off with small talk (and everyone hates it, but if you can find some common ground amongst your backgrounds it really helps take the pressure off the conversation) before diving right in.
Read these as 18 yo college freshman. They really helped me.
Work on Purpose - Short read. Follow the lives of some very relatable people as they find what makes their life worth living.
Creating Innovators - Stories form young innovators who made their won path in life and the people who influenced and supported them.
Business Model You - A guided book meant to help you visualize yourself as a business. You have value to provide and require resources to operate just like a business. This books gets you thinking critically about what your product is and how you can market it. This book is more of an activity then a casual read. The pages are meant to be drawn in and torn out.
I'd recommend reading in order listed above.
Can't help you with the GF part. Hope those are as helpful for you as they were for me.
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Much like a boat, or an airplane, the original purchase price is only the beginning of the expenses. You have a lot more research ahead of you. Depending on where you plan on going with this, I'd suggest either Building Your Own Greenhouse, or So You Want To Start a Nursery.
There is nothing natural about being interviewed. I think I blew it, the first half a dozen times, I was interviewed. I finally found my "voice" after reading some books on interviewing.
Get this book and read it twice:
> https://www.amazon.com/Knock-Dead-Job-Interview-Interviews/dp/1440536791/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1511212759&sr=8-1&keywords=knock+em+dead+job+interview&dpID=51eC%252B1kJakL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch
Read Bebop to the Boolean Boogie, it'll give you a basic run through of the hardware basis of modern day computing. It's a fun read too.
There are a LOT of screenplays out there. Most of them will never get read by anyone important, let alone get made. Don't start trying to sell your screenplay until it is absolutely the best, most polished piece of writing that you can produce. Finishing your first draft is only one step on the road to producing a good screenplay, especially a comedy.
I recommend the following steps for moving forward:
9-A) Go buy a copy of The Writer's Market and start trying to get an agent.
9-B) As an alternative, get involved in the indy film world in your region. Volunteer at a film festival or "work" on one of the many low-to-no-budget indy film productions. Try to get to know some directors and producers and get one of them interested in making your movie-- probably with your help.
No, you're not alone. I was a sysadmin for a while but I went back to school for botany. I had always been into biology but I got into IT for the $$$. I still do a bit of IT work. I like to offset the IT sterility with my plants; works for me.
I've got a lot of ideas and doing the nursery thing is one of them. I read this book on running a nursery and I found it to be adequate. I mean, you're not going to learn everything you need to know from a book. I've heard good stuff about this book but I haven't read it (yet).
Get your hands in the dirt, sure, but don't forget that your computing skills can be a huge asset. Specifically automation if you decide to go the hydroponic food greenhouse/warehouse route that's going to be a lifesaver. They talk a little bit about computers in that first book I mentioned and (bless their hearts) it looks like the nursery industry is severely limited in their computer integration. Just spitballing here: I think that doing a few things Arduino controlled would be smart. I'm talking about cycle timers (for timed on/off operations), sensors (numerous things), irrigation controls. This sort of thing can give you a big leg up on the competition I would think. Don't throw out the baby with the bath water.
Could it be one of Richard Scarry's books? They sound bit similar to what you are describing.
You can see few pages from one of his books on amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Richard-Scarrys-What-People-All/dp/0394818237
Saw a similar thread yesterday and I responded with this:
Just thought I'd give some advice as I have learned programming over the last year and was hired as a developer four months after starting my journey.
I was pretty overwhelmed with all the different options there are out there, however I'd recommend to sit down and first think about how you like to learn. Some people like to read, others like to watch or listen. This will help you filter out the methods that may not work for you.
I started with a programming school called launch school. It is $200 USD per month however during my salary negotiation I got my employer to take care of this cost as I can only do the program part time and it will likely take me another year of learning to complete.
I would suggest picking a program or method of learning and sticking to it. Immerse yourself with coding and push yourself through when you get bored or want to give up and try another program or method of learning. If you are like me and have trouble staying on track, take a break and come back to it.
Finally, I just started to read a book called the complete software developers career guide and I wish I read it when I was deciding on how to start learning.
The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide: How to Learn Your Next Programming Language, Ace Your Programming Interview, and Land The Coding Job Of Your Dreams https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B073X6GNJ1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_NisBDbMBN03E1
If someone wants to discuss my journey, let me know! I now work on two very successful SaaS applications and there are only 3 developers where I am employed. It has been a life changing journey from last July!
Definitely look into bussiness management books as well. if you are going down this road, there is a chance you will want to start doing it on your own and having proper business skills will help tremendously in securing work, and balancing costs, and making money doing it! I am sure some people on this sub can recommend some great books on this topic as well.
Here are a couple books,
https://www.amazon.ca/Business-Model-Generation-Visionaries-Challengers/dp/0470876417/ref=sr_1_1?gclid=Cj0KCQjw5MLrBRClARIsAPG0WGxuwhyo-18J3-xPOVP8bXeTJ4zbGZHkpO4GqIGKlz-WCRxt3aUroqQaApECEALw_wcB&hvadid=229992601126&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9000745&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=4412519744533501821&hvtargid=aud-748919244907%3Akwd-297504215686&hydadcr=16960_10238137&keywords=business+model+generation&qid=1567691052&s=gateway&sr=8-1
https://www.amazon.ca/Lean-Startup-Entrepreneurs-Continuous-Innovation/dp/0307887898/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3/141-1005106-2495725?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0307887898&pd_rd_r=3ef234c3-168a-4156-bb6b-32f1e4f1ecca&pd_rd_w=PEqJa&pd_rd_wg=P882W&pf_rd_p=a62e2918-d998-4bbb-8337-35aac776e851&pf_rd_r=RMAX7VQZE9TKPTQ2SM8H&psc=1&refRID=RMAX7VQZE9TKPTQ2SM8H
https://www.amazon.ca/Startup-Owners-Manual-Step-Step/dp/0984999302/ref=pd_sbs_14_3/141-1005106-2495725?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0984999302&pd_rd_r=3ef234c3-168a-4156-bb6b-32f1e4f1ecca&pd_rd_w=Oruqz&pd_rd_wg=P882W&pf_rd_p=f7748194-d8e0-4460-84c0-2789668108bc&pf_rd_r=RMAX7VQZE9TKPTQ2SM8H&psc=1&refRID=RMAX7VQZE9TKPTQ2SM8H
https://www.amazon.ca/Business-Model-You-One-Page-Reinventing/dp/1118156315/ref=pd_sbs_14_4/141-1005106-2495725?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1118156315&pd_rd_r=3ef234c3-168a-4156-bb6b-32f1e4f1ecca&pd_rd_w=Oruqz&pd_rd_wg=P882W&pf_rd_p=f7748194-d8e0-4460-84c0-2789668108bc&pf_rd_r=RMAX7VQZE9TKPTQ2SM8H&psc=1&refRID=RMAX7VQZE9TKPTQ2SM8H
As mai da doua referinte la un nivel mai macro-economic pentru cat de mult conteaza un ecosistem prietenes pentru afaceri, mai ales IMM-uri... Care Iohannis chiar a stimulat in sibiu.
Prima - Why nations fail - Modelul de guvernare PSD:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307719219/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=whynatfai-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0307719219
A doua:
http://www.amazon.com/Start-up-Nation-Israels-Economic-Miracle/dp/0446541478
Cum o tara fara resurse (okay cu ajutor american) si cu multe IMM-uri a ajuns putere economica.
I like this one a lot: https://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Bread-Pastry-Michel-Suas/dp/141801169X/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1540162522&sr=8-6&keywords=baking+and+pastry
A lot better than the one written by the CIA, in my opinion. Much easier to understand, but at no lack of depth.
This book is a bit dated at this point but is a pretty good resource. It profiles about 30 practice areas and contains interviews from practicing attorneys in each area. You can pick up a used copy on Amazon or Ebay for very cheap.
There's a book I read many years ago titled Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters. https://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-Marketing-Job-Hunters-3-0/dp/1118019091 It has a bunch of slightly dirty tricks for getting a job. While I haven't read the current version, I remember finding it helpful.
One idea you might consider are looking for announcements of people appointed to a new job, figuring out the person's old job, and applying for that.
By far, the best way to get a job is to ask friends. Most jobs vacancies aren't announced or posted. Many are just filled by word of mouth. So, tell everyone you know that you're looking for a job and tell everyone to send you any information about any job openings. Naturally, this assumes that your current employer won't be upset at this.
Great question, because there's no simple answer. The Council on Foreign Relations published a book on this very question a few years ago. It's called Start Up Nation.
I read it a couple years ago. Many of the discovered reasons are a combination of culture, history, and circumstance.
That's a very rough breakdown of some of the main points. The book is a really great, quick read that I'd recommend to anyone because there are a lot of lessons that can be taken for anyone's application, no matter what the person's life circumstances.
The core issue at stake in a financial crisis is liquidity. To have a functioning economy, money has to move back and forth between parties. Debt is a major source of liquidity, as it allows people to both hold money and spend it at the same time.
The purpose of stimulus spending during a recession is not only to "kick-start" the economy, but also to add a huge influx of cash into the market. After Japan's crash in 1991 they refused to provide a sufficient influx of liquidity into the economy. They have never recovered.
A strong central bank manages not only interest rates, but also liquidity. Have you ever heard of the crash of 1987? Probably not, because the Fed immediately added liquidity and the economy was able to recover.
Clinging to the gold standard extended the length of the Great Depression, because in a Gold Standard economy you can't add liquidity.
My main point is that people need money to do business, and if everybody is hoarding theirs, you need a central bank to start handing it out. Without a central bank, we'd be screwed in situations like these.
If you're curious about financial crises and their impacts:
This Time is Different: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8973.html and
Liquidated: http://www.amazon.com/Liquidated-Ethnography-Street-Franklin-Center/dp/0822345994
are both fantastic and revelatory.
It's quite involved, the recipie is adapted from the book Advanced Bread and Pastry.
I have the advantage of being able to use a sheeter, being that I work in a bakery. It still took me quite a while to get my croissants to come out consistently like this, the process is long and easy to mess up.
Our methods are traditional, the ingredients simple. Flour, water, instant osmotolerant yeast, malt, salt, milk powder. After mixing, rest 45min-1hr (depending on dough temp), then refrigerate overnight in fridge. 25% butter to roll in the dough in relation to the dough weight. After the butter is rolled in, start with a letter fold, then a book fold, rest in fridge for 30min-1hr, then do a final letter fold. Roll out, shape, proof 1.5-2hrs, bake at 350 in our convection oven (~390-410 in a conventional oven).
Glossing over some steps because it would take a while to write it out!
If you are really interested in trying something like this at home, this post is an excellent resource: http://www.thefreshloaf.com//node/22677/poolish-croissant-pursuit-perfection
We don't use poolish, but I'd love to try.
This I think would be informative here, and to all the conversations happening on this thread.
>Financial collapses—whether of the junk bond market, the Internet bubble, or the highly leveraged housing market—are often explained as the inevitable result of market cycles: What goes up must come down. In Liquidated, Karen Ho punctures the aura of the abstract, all-powerful market to show how financial markets, and particularly booms and busts, are constructed. Through an in-depth investigation into the everyday experiences and ideologies of Wall Street investment bankers, Ho describes how a financially dominant but highly unstable market system is understood, justified, and produced through the restructuring of corporations and the larger economy.
I put in my 2 weeks notice at my current job on Monday. I will be starting a new career path at a new company in a few weeks. In my case, I knew what career I wanted to start, but my prep work looked similar to the list u/tonynosteak made.
I divided the process into two phases: developing my skills & passing interviews
Skills development:
Job hunting/Interviewing:
Overall, I started this process last year at about this time. It was slow starting, but as I made more progress and hit milestones, it began accelerating until April 1 of this year when I started sending out resumes and applying for jobs. I received and accepted an offer last week and got the paperwork finalized before submitting my resignation notice.
Edit: Most importantly, never ever give up. It can seem incredibly daunting at first, but now that I have emerged on the other side, this was one of the best things I have done for myself. Prior to this, I definitely felt like I was not doing what I wanted in life and was permanently stuck with my face pressed against the glass. Now I feel like I've done something worth being proud of and I did it for me. There will be naysayers along the way that will discourage you from your goals, but you can't listen to them.
If you haven't read it yet, you might also be interested in slideology, because it is specific to presentations.
If that is the case. Look in your area at the software companies. check to see if they are hiring, if so, see what they are looking for in an applicant. It might give you some clarity on what to study. Also look the company up on LinkedIn and reach out. I was always advised that by my professors. I personally want to work for microsoft (i have a few friends in Seattle and it is a "good" company to work for), very demanding I know. It will be a lot harder to focus on one aspect with a large company like that. I am currently reading this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073X6GNJ1/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title I have kindle unlimited so it was free. It is a good resource if you are stuck.
as for the passion part. IDK man, I am in the same boat right now. honestly, I think it is just a wall you have to force your self through. Make a list of 20 projects. 8 easy ones (tic tax toe, calculator etc), 8 intermediate ones, and 4 dream ones. put a lot of detail in the "dream" ones. Then make the 8 intermediate ones parts of the 4 dreams ones. umm like a break down. if you want to make a game. one of the intermediate ones can be a user input program, a second can be a physics one, a third one can be graphic output and so on. I know of me and many others i get lost in the OVERWHELMING complexity of things. I freeze and cant move forward. Maybe learn some programming start to finish processing/design. Do not worry about the code, just get your ideas on paper. Start with the mission statement. then break it up into sections. Pretend you are working with a team of developers, where you are each role. but you act separate. Shrugs. In all honesty the best path might be to take an online course from a college and just get into the work force
Let r/learnprogramming and r/programming be your mentor!
Check out: http://programmingpraxis.com/ and http://codingkata.org/ for exercises to test out your programming.
Also, when I feel like "sharpening the saw", i sometimes go onto freelance websites and create a "breakable toy" based on someone's actual project.
These phrases are from the book: http://amzn.com/0596518382
Which I also recommend.
> To me, that is only delaying the inevitable, which is reducing the admission of candidates to Ph.D. programs.
That would be a positive development, wouldn't it? I think universities should stop accepting so many graduate students, who provide cheap labor for their advisors. If jobs aren't available, universities should stop overproducing them just because it is cheap and convenient for them, without taking into account that these students will be underemployed after they graduate, not to mention that they would have spent a large part of their youth poor and stressed out. Instead of hiring cheap graduate student labor for doing research, they should hire people in more permanent positions like tenure-track faculty, lecturers, research scientists, etc.
So What Are You Going to Do With That? is a good book about seeking alternative careers. It is written by two humanities PhDs, but the general principles are applicable to everyone. It is one of the recommended books suggested during career exploration/development workshops conducted by the graduate school career center.
I second JohannQ on this. You might be interesting in reading this book: http://www.amazon.com/Start-up-Nation-Israels-Economic-Miracle/dp/0446541478/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410626536&sr=8-1&keywords=startup+nation
It explains to you Israel's economy and how successful their IT sector is.
In the introduction to the book, Shimon Perez talks about AI being an important technology in the next 20 years.
Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3.0: How to Stand Out from the Crowd and Tap Into the Hidden Job Market using Social Media and 999 other Tactics Today
http://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-Marketing-Job-Hunters-3-0/dp/1118019091
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informational_interview
These items and your hard work should get you where you want to go.
Try reading this book 'The google resume' it might help.
http://www.amazon.com/Google-Resume-Prepare-Microsoft-Company/dp/0470927623
You need to find an agent. Pick up a book called Writer's Market.
http://www.amazon.com/2012-Writers-Market-Robert-Brewer/dp/1599632268/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1318175323&sr=8-2
ed2010.com is a pretty good website to use, look in the section titled "whisper jobs". I've used craigslist for freelance work before and you just have to pick the right one and be smart about how contact and payment transactions are done.
Also, check out The Writer's Market. I'd recommend going to B&N or another bookstore and looking the book over. It has tons of magazines available for aspiring writers and notes how much they pay, when they accept proposals, tips on freelance writing and tons more awesome advice.
Good luck :)
you will want to read this book https://www.amazon.com/So-You-Want-Start-Nursery/dp/0881925845, as well as vol 2 of the "Ball Red Book" . https://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/ball-redbook-volume-2-jim-nau/1100440834 Talk to your nearest agriculural school extension service for a crapton of free info on how to get started and contact your nearest farmers market to ask questions on what people have been buying and how to participate. START SMALL. DO NOT START INVESTING IN EXPENSIVE GIANT GREENHOUSES OR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. The first book will give you lots of info on systems that can scale and how to kludge them together. I have worked with multimillion dollar growers who started out years ago with a cheap hoop greenhouse and a crop of 100 poinsettias. Slow and steady! GOOD LUCK!
The book you want is The Official Guide to Legal Specialties. My law school's CDO gave these out to all 1Ls, and I've found it a great way to learn about different areas of the law.
Edit: Further, I am a first year law student and studied political theory as an undergrad. I would recommend classes in economics, business, government, philosophy, and writing. Classes in all of these fields would be beneficial.
First, be SURE you know what you're doing. It only takes one botched job to sink a new detailer. I've seen it happen multiple times when a high schooler tries it out as a summer job and messes up a paint job with his new orbital polisher. People care a lot about their cars, so you need to be good enough to make a difference without overreaching.
Second, advertise! You're going to need to get your name out there. Go to a car club, put an ad in the newspaper, flyers around town, anything to get the business rolling.
Third, read up on starting up and running a business. There will be some unforeseen hurdles you'll have to go through if you're creating a business and not just under-the-table cash. Things like insurance, setting up an LLC, starting a business bank account, getting licenses, taxes, etc.
Fourth, be realistic. You're not going to get very lucrative jobs starting out. They'll likely be things like "clean up all this pet hair and cheerios dust from the back seat of my minivan" rather than full paint restoration.
Finally, and maybe most importantly, I recommend reading this book.
Good luck! Be sure to stop over at /r/AutoDetailing for some expert opinions!
Check this out for a newbie friendly introduction to digital systems:
https://www.amazon.com/Bebop-Boolean-Boogie-Third-Unconventional/dp/1856175073/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494656076&sr=8-1&keywords=bebop+to+the+boolean+boogie
Or this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Military-Guide-Financial-Independence-Retirement/dp/1570233195
I read the relevant section in Advanced Bread and Pastry to try to learn about it. I had the opposite problem: I wanted my bread more sour...
It seems like it has to do with the feeding schedule of your starter and when you refrigerate it after you feed it, etc. So play around with that and see if you can get the results you want. My experience has been that playing around with bulk fermentation time does not influence the flavor that much.
You could try incorporating some rye or whole wheat flour into your starter feed, as well.
One of mine was effectively that a policy was defined to be a certain way, but you had to recognize that there was some wiggle room that would allow you to still serve a patron and follow the rules. Surprisingly, other applicants wrote they would turn a patron away.
The other questions were effectively time management/task prioritization questions in disguise.
Knock 'em Dead Job Interview (https://www.amazon.com/Knock-Dead-Job-Interview-Interviews/dp/1440536791/) by Martin Yate really helped me. I've had to interview for multiple positions every time I've advanced within the organization.
An excellent read on the topic is Startup Nation.
Education! Detailing, business, and marketing. Start with Renny Doyle's book on starting a detailing business.
If that resinates with you, pony up the money to get trained. You could learn on the job, but the risk and the ramp time are too high IMO.
Good luck!
[edit: sorry about the link, mods. I was being lazy.]
A few that are only relevant to specific languages or niches:
https://www.amazon.com/So-You-Want-Start-Nursery/dp/0881925845
I'm currently reading this now. Pretty good info on starting a nursery.
Might I suggest the following:
Two Hour Job Search by Steve Dalton.
This Video series on Personal Branding (in particular LinkedIn)
Our class got this book during orientation.
Pick up a copy of The Writer's Market (or borrow one from a library). It's a list of basically every publishing agent out there. There's a section for screenplays, and it will have the name of the agency, their contact info, and even what type of scripts they are looking for.
This book: http://www.amazon.com/2012-Writers-Market-Robert-Brewer/dp/1599632268 is the Bible for contacting agents and publishers in the USA.
Ms. McDowell covers this and many other questions in her (famous) book http://www.amazon.com/Cracking-Tech-Career-Insider-Microsoft/dp/1118968085/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
edit: well the old one has more reviews http://www.amazon.com/Google-Resume-Prepare-Microsoft-Company/dp/0470927623/ref=sr_1_6_twi_kin_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1449708818&sr=1-6&keywords=Gayle+Laakmann+McDowell
I guess her book Cracking the Coding Interview is more popular than the ones linked, but oh well. I forget exactly what she says.
If you want to try to save $100k by the end of your first 6 years, I would read Mr. Money Mustache's blog, and pick up a copy of The Military Guide to Financial Independence. The blog is all focusing on happiness, which the blog writer does a good job of differentiating from convenience, which is what your average middle class consumer "sukka" thinks of as happiness.
The book has more of a focus on retiring from the military, so you don't have to read it, but for $12, I think it's worth it just so you can consider the possibilities. If you did decide to retire from the military, you would be retiring at 42 or 43, assuming you went in at 22. Your retirement benefits would include: a pension that increases with the COLA index that pays out ~$25k in today's dollars, or $35k-40k in today's dollars, if you managed to commission as a prior-enlisted officer. You would also receive (nearly) free healthcare, and tons of other benefits like the continued use of Space-A.
Regardless of whether you decided to stay in for just 6 or retire, you should read the blog.
I'm starting my MBA this fall, but I've been using The 2-Hour Job Search to find people to contact about internships. It's worked way better than I could've imagined.
I've had 9 info interviews with people this month in the industry I'm interested in, and have had good email exchanges with several more. It's nice because it gives you exact steps to follow for networking, which is something I've never been very good at.
I'm also planning on attending the career fairs at school, talking to recruiters that come to school, and going to career fairs where companies I'm interested in will have recruiters.
On top of that, my LinkedIn profile and resume are both pretty polished so I can send one or the other to people on short notice.
1.- [Man´s Search for Meaning] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080701429X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=whacrhogymabe-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=080701429X&linkId=b7502d4b24e703179203783ca1aecf93) - Viktor Frankl
2.- [Brave World] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060776099/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=whacrhogymabe-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0060776099&linkId=2f25c9c58432eb79d75d0301d7bfc15e) - Aldous Huxley
3.- 4 Hour Work Week - Tim Ferris
4.- [Start Up Nation] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446541478/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=whacrhogymabe-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0446541478&linkId=1570aaf14626b3c83c80115430565640) - Dan Senor
I would recommend picking up a good book first. Renny Doyle. Great read. Pick up the nanoskin medium grade sponge, instead of clay. Much more user friendly and cheaper than most clay.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0762778768?cache=93c53338cc8c8b985cd3678d7df4f7a9&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70&qid=1413444641&sr=8-9#ref=mp_s_a_1_9
Alla base c'è sempre la pigrizia (o la mancanza di tempo). Lo strumento che accompagna una presentazione (sia in presenza, sia online) dovrebbe servire a tenere desta l'attenzione di chi ascolta e ad appoggiare il discorso, non sostituirsi ad esso. La gente è lì per ascoltare, non per leggere.
Se poi è necessario trasmettere informazioni scritte dettagliate, allora si preparano delle fotocopie da distribuire (meglio alla fine, altrimenti tutti si mettono a leggere durante la presentazione) con tutto il testo che si vuole.
Nella mia esperienza, spessissimo i relatori mescolano i due supporti e creano slide fitte di testo, per lo più illeggibili dai posti più lontani della sala. I peggiori leggono quello che viene proiettato, commettendo un doppio errore: di solito danno le spalle al pubblico (per leggere) e, ovviamente, vanno più lenti della platea, che sta leggendo a mente, quindi annoiano.
L'argomento comunque è sviscerato su mille siti e libri. Io ho trovato molto utile il testo www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596522347
His book is based off of the actual recipes and directions used in a commercial kitchen with a sheeter. It's pretty clear if you have background in pastry, but not if you're a home baker trying to make croissants by hand. I say the book is still worth it whether or not you can actually use the directions...it gives an explanation of the processes we use in the industry and if analyzed, can give troubleshooting for home cooks too.
Get yourself https://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Bread-Pastry-Michel-Suas/dp/141801169X . The book is incredible and it's only problem is it's too clear. The eVersion is totally fine and half the cost, but if I had the money I'd get the hardcover. It gives a lot of insight on what to use and why. It's my reference for everything. Good luck!
Tell stories about the projects that you've worked on that demonstrate the skills that the position requires. This indirectly shows you're an effective communicator, and it also engages the interviewer on a conversational level.
Misc other things:
If you have some time, I would highly recommend buying & reading "Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters". It really helps you frame "you" as something that employers want. Hard to explain, but it'll help.
I took this exam in California (San Mateo) and I am an Ohio Resident so that meant air travel and space considerations. That's important because the number of references, for me, was limited as I was not willing to chance them travelling in a checked bag.
First, a little background: I started as an industrial electrician in 2006. I pursued my engineering degree part time starting in 2008. I earned my AS in 2012 and BS in 2015. I began working in the engineering space in 2011 at a consulting firm, then moved on to a large OEM then finally found myself at a power engineering and services company.
This exam is not easy but it doesn't have to be brutal if you can properly prepare yourself. Take it seriously and you'll be fine.
My study schedule was more haphazard than most. I have 2 kids (8yo and 3yo) and an otherwise active lifestyle so finding the time meant just grabbing what free hours were available, when they were available. Basically, I studied for 1-2 hours a night (no less than every other night) for the 4 months leading up to the exam. 1 month out, I set aside 4 hours on a Saturday and 4 hours on a Sunday and did the NCEES practice test in two parts to assess my status. From there I focused my efforts on problem areas. All in, I believe I had some 200-250 hours if I include some pre-studying before the 4 month mark.
My primary resource was Engineering Pro Guides. I used the Technical Study Guide as the guiding document and supplemented with other resources. I used all of the following throughout studying but they are listed in order of importance relative to exam day:
Like I mentioned above, I was an electrician before I got into engineering so my base code knowledge was above average. That said, ENG Pro Guides has an excellent practice test. Find your way through that a couple of times and you should be fine. The key is to learn how to use the index and recognize key words, not memorizing the whole book, which is impossible.
Hope this helps. Feel free to ask anything else and I'll do my best to answer.
Thanks and good luck!
http://developer.7digital.com/blog/technical-academy-tour the programme we ran was 3 months and designed to get you onboard as a full-time developer. It was tough but we supported the graduates throughout the process. At lot will depend on your employer. Try and get someone to be your mentor whilst you're there. Also read http://www.amazon.com/Apprenticeship-Patterns-Guidance-Aspiring-Craftsman/dp/0596518382 before you start
I'm an instructor at Dev Bootcamp. I regularly teach people to be Web application developers who are in their 30s and 40s. If you want to ramp up into a career in Web development, or software engineering generally, you're looking at 2 to 4 years of intense study. This will get you from dabbler to apprentice to a journeyman status, where you are getting paid well to build things and keep learning.
Did you plan to retire at 24? If not, you are FINE.
Here's a book you might find useful:
http://www.amazon.com/Apprenticeship-Patterns-Guidance-Aspiring-Craftsman/dp/0596518382
Most likely this one: https://www.amazon.com/Start-Home-based-Detailing-Business-Home-Based/dp/0762778768
Here is my BASIC template - Use the following columns.
Company Alumni Motivation Posting Size applied Contacted replied Viewed Rejected
I used the 2 hour job search as a template. And then I use my gmail to organize the specific jobs applied to (as most now send an email for application). https://www.amazon.com/2-Hour-Job-Search-Technology-Faster/dp/1607741709
I haven't read the book /u/logosogol posted, but I had this book for school and it's pretty in-depth, with a decent amount of AC/DC fundamentals as well. Sometimes it gets a bit involved but it is mostly pretty practical.
tldr: You have tremendous opportunities. There are tools to help you move forward more easily.
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Just to be sure I'm understanding, how accurately does the following describe your situation?
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It sounds like your circumstances are difficult. At the same time, your current situation is a sign of your incredible wisdom and persistence; you've achieved a lot in a short period of time. You have tremendous potential to move beyond your current circumstances, onto a path where you can meet your needs, experience the things you desire, and pursue your dreams. Most notably, the following:
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Do you have a life coach or mental health therapist? It sounds like you might experience learned helplessness.
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Have you explored meditation and mindfulness? It might be helpful to either read, listen to, or watch content related to meditation (to quiet the internal negative voices) and mindfulness (to embrace natural suffering of life while inspiring experimentation to use your experiences, talents, and other resources to improve the world around you as much as possible, not only for yourself, but also for others around you). Regardless of your religious and spiritual beliefs, meditation and mindfulness might offer many useful perspectives and habits that are compatible with most (if not all) religious and spiritual communities. Perhaps just start with listening to Acknowledging Suffering by Gil Fronsdal, which is part of The Twelve Steps to Freedom series while your mindlessly browsing the 'nets. Or, Suffering and the End of Suffering Series - Talk 1, Talk 2, Talk 3, and Talk 4. Note the concepts that resonate most with you, then explore those using a variety of mindfulness and meditation resources, perhaps including the following:
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Have you read Tao of Pooh written by Benjamin Hoff? Imagine you are a block of wood. Would it be better – more compassionate, more wise, and more persistent — to shape yourself to fit into the world as it is, or find a place where you naturally fit in as you are, or a little bit of both?
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Have you read the book The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom written by Don Miguel Ruiz? It suggests that simply doing 4 things will help to slowly improve your life and the world around you, perhaps not day-to-day or week-to-week or even month-to-month, but fairly noticeably from year-to-year, and certainly over an entire lifetime.
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Have you taken the Myers-Briggs personality test? It may be helpful to better understand your personality type and natural tendencies. Granted, personality tests are not 100% accurate. But, even if they are only 80% accurate, having some awareness about your personality and tendencies may be helpful for discovering the best path available for your life's journey. Sufficiently valid and reliable (and most importantly, free) versions of the test can be found via 16Personalities, Truity, and Humanmetrics. Once you identify your personality type, you can learn more about that type on those and other websites. Note that characteristics that resonate most with you. Ignore the ones that don't.
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Have you identified strategies to make the most of your limited time, energy, talents, finances, and other resources with your unique circumstances given the world around you? What are your strengths and weaknesses? What opportunities and threats/challenges exist in the world around you? How might you apply your strengths to the world's opportunities as your unique empowerment strategies? How might you apply your strengths to the world's threats/challenges as your unique improvement strategies? How might you apply your weaknesses to the world's opportunities as your unique assistance strategies? How might you apply your weaknesses to the world's threats/challenges as your unique avoidance strategies? For example, in a table like this with 3 to 5 bullet points in each of the 8 main sections (i.e. not the upper left-hand corner box):
External / Internal | Strengths to Maximize | Weaknesses to Minimize
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Opportunities to Maximize | Empowerment Strategies | Improvement Strategies
Threats / Challenges to Minimize | Assistance Strategies | Avoidance Strategies
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What are your core values? What do you believe is the purpose of life, in general, or better yet: the purpose of your life, specifically (especially if you've identified strategies to make the most of your limited time, energy, talents, finances, and other resources with your unique circumstances given the world around you)?
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Have you explored how you might build a decently-paying job or career in light of your limited time, energy, talents, finances, and other resources with your unique circumstances given the world around you? Have you read Business Model You: A One-Page Method For Reinventing Your Career written by Tim Clark, Alexander Osterwalder, and Yves Pigneur? Or, explored ["how might I get started as a travel blogger or photographer?"](https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+get+started+as+a+travel+(blogger+OR+photographer)
Thanks for your input.
I'm intending to get college credit for this intenship. My major itself had 4-5 classes that focused a lot on programming. My computer science minor included anther 3-4. The internships I'm pursuing aren't radically different from what I learned in school. There shouldn't really be any issue with this, right?
I'm taking advice from The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide, where he says to specialize in something. I've tried sending in lots of resumes as more of a "jack of all trades", but that didn't seem to be effective either.
I figured I needed to do something to stand out. I changed up my strategy 2 months ago by focusing on .NET and widening my search to all around the country rather than just the state. I still have a few other languages and frameworks on my resume, such as Ruby, C++, JavaScript, jQuery, and SQL. I just haven't gone deep enough into the different frameworks for Ruby, C++, and JavaScript to really focus on them, like I have for .NET.
Richard Scarry
What Do People Do All Day? https://www.amazon.com/dp/0394818237/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_1.YuzbFRA7CMV
For my technologist program focusing on power systems (Canada) we used Electrical Machines, Drives, and Power Systems. It covers industrial control, generators, motors, power electronics, transformers, utilities and some PLC. It's qualitative and focuses on application, construction and operation. It does contain math but it stops at complex algebra for analysis with phasors. Not sure what level you're interested in refreshing but it can go pretty in depth with some heavy readings. I'm in eng school now and although it's not quite an engineering textbook, it kinda falls under the requested categories.
I really enjoy the book Apprenticeship Patterns. It’s got a lot of great advice about this subject. Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman https://www.amazon.com/dp/0596518382
First of all: big hug to you.
I know this feeling so well. Remember that this is normal, and that you're not the only one. It's not like the rest of us feel on top of the world 24/7 and that we know it all.
Second of all: Codewars kind of sucks. I love the idea and I've used it a lot, but if you're only half as good at Python as some of those people are at writing the instructions, you're good to go. Jokes aside, I think it's good for practicing algorithms and "weird" parts of the language (like list comprehension), but it's not the most efficient way to actually get better at real life problems. Being good at programming also includes breaking down large tasks into smaller ones, knowing which library to use, knowing how to structure your program, etc. You don't get that from Codewars. This is just my opinion.
When I was in that rut what helped me was reading Apprenticeship Patterns (O'Reilly), which gave me some good tips on how to keep going. Other things that helped:
Again, what you're feeling is very common. Learning programming is hard, and doing it alone without a community is even harder. Thumbs up to you for reaching out here. Hope you'll feel better and more confident soon!
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This one?
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Maybe Richard Scarry? This One or This one?
Sorry for the delay.
You have an abundance of great work. Stellar, really. But let's get deep and picky about it since you wanted the feedback. Please keep in mind that these are just my opinions. I'll do my best to rationalize all of them, but other people may suggest different things, and surely there will be people who disagree with me.
The format
The font and spacing do need some alterations in my opinion. Unless you have over 10 years of achievements, you should always keep your resume to 1 page. The means that you need to be as efficient as possible with the space on that single page. In your current formatting scheme, the left hand side of your resume is awfully blank. You could be using that space to talk more about what's already on there, or to talk about more stuff. Alternatively, on average a recruiter may take about 15-17 seconds to review your resume. So you want the important stuff to be eye catching.
Education
Short and simple. I would like to see your GPA though.
Experience
These sections are always hard because of how you have to sell yourself. Saying "Founder and Sole Developer" feels like it's too redundant. Emphasizing on working alone personally seems distasteful. What confuses me the most about this section is that you phrase everything to be in improvements (which is great under normal circumstances), but with you saying that you're the sole developer, it sounds like you were actually just fixing your own problems. If you have a game publishing platform with that many users, you should have the name of the platform/url to the platform right there. Your second bullet is two sentences, so it shouldn't be one bullet. I personally dislike the wording of "cut by two orders of magnitude". Just use the difference in numbers. It sounds too wordy/distracting that way. The third bullet is again holding two bullets worth of ideas. Remember, you have the emphasize what is skim worthy. Single bullets that are too long (basically more than one line) become less attractive to skim. There should be good justification for something to take up more than one line. Also, I would remove the tidbit about users being from the US. 250 million users is a ton. The demographics are maybe something you bring up in an interview, not on the resume though. I like bullet 4. Bullet 5 doesn't really tell me anything. I understand not mentioning client names or anything, but be more specific about the domains. Bullet 6 also doesn't tell me a whole bunch. Tell me what type of tasks your tools help with. Is it testing? Did you create some plug-in with shortcuts that saves time typing in your e-mail or something? I have no clue. I like the internships. Short, simple, and still descriptive.
Skills
I suggest putting the Skills section last. The reason being that you should be slipping in technologies that you've used throughout the rest of your resume. Having the skills section last is almost like a summary, and a quick reminder of skills that you have. In psychology, the serial position effect states that you're more likely to remember data from the beginning and ending of data sets. So while they might kind of skim over the technologies you mention in the middle of your resume, at least at the end they just get a listing right there, boom. It's a nice refresher of what you can do.
Projects
Re-word the first bullet. Instead of saying "daily/weekly/monthly" just say "scheduled". In bullet two, re-word it to start off with "Saved over 10,000 hours by..." That's a fantastic number to see, so you want it right at the front to make the reader go "oh crap, how'd he do that". I think the 3rd bullet is fine. The chrome extension I would remove. It's a great project, don't get me wrong, but there are many many people who are very weary of malicious security programming projects. I understand that you probably didn't have much mal-intent, but you have to think about your audience. If you're applying to a position where security knowledge is relevant, then that's awesome to have there, but otherwise I'd remove it.
Leadership
So, I don't think you should have this section at all. I believe that your leadership skills should be emphasized elsewhere. I don't think you need an entire section on leadership experience. I would rename the section to like "Additional experience", and remove your bolded bullet headers and treat them like regular bullets. I don't like that all of a sudden, you have a change in how you emphasize things. It isn't consistent to the rest of the resume. The Leading bullet sounds like it should be in your experiences section under a job header. In the second bullet, the 8 awards should be rephrased and moved to your Achievements section. The charity bullet feels long and wordy. The way it is worded makes it very confusing. Did you raise $50,000 total or $50,000 for each cause? I would simply re-word it towards something like "Raised over $50,000 to help towards various international causes". As specific as you want to be in your resume, you also want to balance it with enough information to make people curious, because you'll never be able to perfectly sum up your experiences/history on your resume. You want to have natural transitions into conversation. This would be one of those times to exploit that. That's an awesome achievement, and if I were interviewing you and saw my revision on your resume, I'd engage you to hear more about it. I'd be interested.
Achievements
I would move your first bullet to be in your education section. Also, did you really mean 0.05% or did you mean top 5%? The last bullet is awesome, congrats on 3rd place. That's stellar.
Hopefully you find this useful. Maybe there's something in there that you kind of agree with :P
I suggest you looking at this: http://www.careercup.com/resume
Also, if you want really in-depth information on resumes: The owner of the famous Cracking the Coding Interview, as well as the founder of CareerCup, wrote a book on just that: http://www.amazon.com/The-Google-Resume-Prepare-Microsoft/dp/0470927623
I've read Pragmatic Programmer. I'd recommend it too. I almost put it on the list, but I've read so many books that I'd recommend that the list would not be consumable. If you liked Pragmatic Programmer, I recommend that you also read Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the aspiring software craftsmen
A friend recommended this book: The Google Resume by Gayle Laakmann McDowell
I would recommend it over any such service because it really helped me fix up my resume.
The SFBI book is where I got most of my knowledge.
Despite that these references are more for "industrial applications" though:
http://www.amazon.com/Electric-Motors-Drives-Fundamentals-Applications/dp/0080983324
http://www.amazon.com/Electric-Motor-Control-Stephen-Herman/dp/1435485750
http://www.amazon.com/Electrical-Machines-Drives-Systems-Edition/dp/0131776916
You may be able to find a preview on Google Books to confirm suitability for your application.
You should probably check out this book.
http://www.amazon.ca/Electrical-Machines-Drives-Power-Systems/dp/0131776916
I read this one, but there are many identical books that I imagine are just as good. This one is also very good general career search handbook.
Bebop to the Boolean Boogie. Amazing book by a great author and a fun read.
Go buy and read this book -
Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3.0: How to Stand Out from the Crowd and Tap Into the Hidden Job Market using Social Media and 999 other Tactics Today
http://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-Marketing-Job-Hunters-3-0/dp/1118019091/ref=tmm_pap_title_0
Because you are technical-oriented and in interviews you have to be able to speak and answer non-technical questions. I bet you are pretty good with technical questions. How about someone asks you, 'Describe to me how your job contributes to the overall goals of your department and company', the interview is looking for clues, unless you know, you will not be able to answer the question properly. I had the same problem. I am pretty good with technical questions but non-technical questions I knew I wasn't good at. So, I read this book and it helped me tremendously. After reading through and practicing, I became really good at interview. Doing interviews is a skill set, you need to learn it.
http://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide-Legal-Specialties/dp/0159003911/
Highly Recommend this