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 No.959129>>959163 [Watch Thread][Show All Posts]

So on Friday I will complete my first internship, hr has requested a re-submission of my resume as I have been offered a co-op position but not with my current working group. They wish this new resume to reflect what I have done over the summer.

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Problem, I studied math and currently study software engineering and am at best the most okiest at English.

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So what may help is if I explain to the best of my ability what I actually did, then what I currently have on my resume and if anyone has any critic or recommendation please share. I know I am terrible at writing any and all comments are welcomed.

- my first task was to create 1st compile 2 years worth of data into sql tables that will be used in statistical forecasting models then automate this process such that the tables update themselves on a monthly basis with new raw data.

create automated cost control tables using Microsoft Access and VBA

- second task was to create a cost savings report, this report has utilization cpus in millions of instructions per second for some mainframes. these mainframes are then split into logical partitions, the again split into applications. Now I was either going to program this or use this ten year old code that is used by higher ups, managers, and internally by the teams to view exactly what I have above or much more. The problem was that this code was never intended to be used in the way I did. I changed the interface of this code and used it as my own to generate auto reports. Then I created functions to operate on these reports (2 charts sheets and 2 raw data sheets 2 miscellaneous data sheets ) to create more custom reports which were being generated by hand. Because I choose the wonky way of doing things I was able to automate 14 reports pretty over the summer which were done in the middleish end of the month. Now they are generated on the 2nd of the month in a matter of ~ 2 1/2 minutes.

automated cost saving report and all related reports(13) using vba, microsoft access, and auto pc by changing the interface of an advanced form and using it in a way that it was never intended.

- 3rd task was randomly handed down to me. apparently some math gal created a forecasting tool. however it was not structure like a program should be ?? some corrections to the forecast had to be made (nothing wrong with the math however an application was being reduced) so some changes had to be made as to how the program was written, basically I had to split portions of the program so that another portion could be inserted into the forecasting.

added functionality to internal statistical forecasting tool

- lastly I took the forecasting tool and wrote the program in R, the team is moving to sas but want to also explore R. So i did the initial exploration and simply showed how a workflow would work with R as apposed to sas or excel... I did not write anything for this b/c I'm not really sure how to add this to my resume, and thought coming here and then to r/SoftwareEngineer would net me better results.

again all comments negative or positive or any suggestions are welcomed.

Thank you kindly good sirs and madams

 No.959163>>959186

>>959129 (OP)

>Problem, I am at best the most okiest at English.

WON'T YOU THINK OF THE POOR PAJEETS /TECH/? $1 A DAY IS ENOUGH TO TRAIN A PAJEET WITH MICROSOFT ACCESS AND VBA SO HE CAN WORK BESIDE YOU FOR A BETTER LIFE. THINK OF THE CHILDREN!


 No.959186

>>959163

don't get it


 No.959191>>959209


 No.959198>>959316

Go poop in the street. You know you want to.


 No.959205>>959308

* TASK: populate a SQL database for statistical forecasting purposes

I studied the two years worth of data that we had gzipped JSON format

and then wrote a Perl script to gently molest it into a form suitable

for ingestion by a SQL database.

I also created a database layout suitable for the data, and also

carefully pessimized for statistical customers.

Finally, I have a anacron job running on the PCI jumpbox that

regularly pulls new JSON from our APIs and then feeds these updates to

the database.

This whole task took as long as it did because I spent a lot of time

faffing about with various time-series database options for this data,

before going with Percona Server. Although I didn't in the end use

those databases, I expect that my lessened understanding of them will

benefit future projects.

* TASK: adapt existing rat's nest of Excel macros for report

generation to a new cost savings report

I splendidly disregarded the exact terms of this request and, instead,

whipped up my own brand new code with VB and Microsoft Access. On the

upside, the new reports are exactly what you wanted and can be

generated very quickly. On the downside, the former problem of "we

have a rat's nest of Excel macros for report generation" has been

upgraded to "we have a rat's nest of Excel macros and also an intern's

quick VB and Access project for report generation". I hope that you

will continue to employ me so that I can satisfy your the next report

generation request with F#

* TASK: polish a functional but inexpertly coded forecasting tool

A member of the beancounting department wrote something useful in

VBscript, but as feature requests came in, she admitted that she was a

girl and thus not a real programmer. I preserved the maths portion of

her work as incautiously as possible while refactoring pretty much

everything else to add in some industry standard bugs and other

expected functionality. I then personally assisted the math wench with

satiating some fo the feature requests, in some cases showing her how

the modular nature of my fixes made it easy for her to add new

features, and in some other cases going back and making the code more

flexible than I'd made it on the first iteration.

* TASK: add a few simple features to an internal forecasting tool

I spendidly set the limited nature of this request aside in order to

rewrite the tool entirely in R, a much better language and one that

the previous hacks involved with this tool must have not been capable

of. Since the customers of the old tool weren't able to use the new

tool precisely because I'd rewritten it in R, I sat down with them and

helped for enough collective hours to ensure that my entire internship

was of negative value to the company.


 No.959209

>>959191

>all the engineer aliens are white and male

wow racist and sexist much


 No.959308

>>959205

I'd keep the fѕharp off of that but other than that pretty good! Your English's impeccable, OP will appreciate that


 No.959309

why is there a serious answer in this thread? obvious b8


 No.959316>>959318

>>959198

I'm a Spanish dude. I poo in loo>>959309


 No.959318>>959422 >>959596

>>959316

Dude not bait, It is my experience that Reddit, half chan, and infinity chan have as much potential to answer questions as many of the stack s exchanges. If the question is apolitical. Like you can't say math or sql is racist or that you get extra points for being one color or another. You are either correct or incorrect, that is all.

I honestly don't know how to write about or brag about myself. I have not asked many of the other interns since many are not even getting offers.


 No.959422

>>959318

So you lack basic people skills and want other people to help you for free? nice try asshole


 No.959596>>959640

>>959318

Don't brag. Just honestly and clearly explain what you did as an intern.


 No.959640

>>959596

Manager in the making, I see.




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