Interdice
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Very few people on uni subs and on r/cseoceniaquestions have actually gotten tech internships, and it seems to be a circlejerk of people saying that the CS field is cooked, which it is. I'm moresoe looking for answers from 2023 onward, cause landing a big tech position 2021 and back was a joke.
Ik that these things help ALOT
1. 70 WAM GO8, 80 WAM other. WAM is a hurdle, so super high WAM, isn't super useful. An Atlassian employee on reddit told me "65 wam is good", and I've heard multiple reports that big tech don't check WAM, but banks/consulting check for 70+. Tho I think 75+ GO8 would be ideal and 70+ would be good tnough
2. Past internship experience. Unfortuntely only UTS/UNSW COOP bros have these.
3. Work experience. Shit where you work for a boss, go on time, work with coworkers. What u do doesn't matter, tho HS tutoring may give a slight advantage.
4. Personal projects. They don't have to super impressive, but can't be cookie cutter projects. Live users are a huge W.
5. Uni tutoring.
6. Society participation, tho work experience is valued more.
7. Certifications(AWS). Aren't super useful or practical, but do show enthusiasm in the field. Only like $100 each, so 3 would be pretty affordable, and would be decent resume padding.
I've heard some "very smart" UNSW grads are putting "fries in the bag", whilst mid students have banking gigs. Big tech seems to be a ????
Atlassian hires 150 candidates. Other Big Tech companies combined hire around ~100. Banks/consulting combined hire ~300-500? Not even gonna entertain quants/SDE. Tho in this market, landing anything is amazing.
How did you guys get past resume screening, what did you do that was unique?
Ik that these things help ALOT
1. 70 WAM GO8, 80 WAM other. WAM is a hurdle, so super high WAM, isn't super useful. An Atlassian employee on reddit told me "65 wam is good", and I've heard multiple reports that big tech don't check WAM, but banks/consulting check for 70+. Tho I think 75+ GO8 would be ideal and 70+ would be good tnough
2. Past internship experience. Unfortuntely only UTS/UNSW COOP bros have these.
3. Work experience. Shit where you work for a boss, go on time, work with coworkers. What u do doesn't matter, tho HS tutoring may give a slight advantage.
4. Personal projects. They don't have to super impressive, but can't be cookie cutter projects. Live users are a huge W.
5. Uni tutoring.
6. Society participation, tho work experience is valued more.
7. Certifications(AWS). Aren't super useful or practical, but do show enthusiasm in the field. Only like $100 each, so 3 would be pretty affordable, and would be decent resume padding.
I've heard some "very smart" UNSW grads are putting "fries in the bag", whilst mid students have banking gigs. Big tech seems to be a ????
Atlassian hires 150 candidates. Other Big Tech companies combined hire around ~100. Banks/consulting combined hire ~300-500? Not even gonna entertain quants/SDE. Tho in this market, landing anything is amazing.
How did you guys get past resume screening, what did you do that was unique?
