career-resources
Some SWE/PM/Designer related career resources for students
Contents
- Career Fair Events
- Fellowships
- CS Internships for Freshmen and Sophomores
- Research and Academic Internship Programs Around the World
- Startup Jobs
- Companies that have Data Science Internships
- How to write my resume/cover letter/personal project? What if I don't have any experience?
- What if I'm rejected over and over again?
- Interview Preparation
- Hackathons
- Communities
- Salary-related Survey Responses
- Other
The Job Search
Apply everywhere challange A list of internships/full time jobs that you can apply to
The 2018 Wealthfront career launching companies list A list of US based private mid-sized companies that have a revenue run rate of between $20M and $300M, be on a trajectory to grow at a rate in excess of 50% for at least the next three or four years and have compelling unit economics.
Career Fair Events
Greylock Techfair Greylock is a very successful VC firm (they invested in Facebook, Airbnb, Linkedin). They organize a career fair every summer in SF and you need to apply and get accepted to be there. Companies like Airbnb, Pinterest, Quora, etc. will come. They share your resumes with the companies before the event so you don't have to bring a resume, but I still strongly recommend you show up in person.
Start @ a Startup This is held by Sequoia, another very successful VC firm (they invested in Airbnb, PayPal, Github, YouTube). You also need to apply and get accepted for this one. It is a 2-day event in NY during October, and companies that come are usually in an earlier stage than those in the Greylock event. Lots of onsite interviews happen there.
Grace Hopper Conference This happens later than the last two, but if your school doesn't sponsor you to go then you need to buy the ticket somewhere in July and it's non-refundable. The tickets are sold out super fast. A list of GHC scholarships and their deadlines: https://github.com/freialobo/GHC-Scholarships
Intern Supply A ton of software/design intern application portals in one place.
JPMorgan Chase's Code for Good A two-day hackathon organized by Chase. If you go you might get a job offer from them without interview.
Fellowships
This basically means you apply, and if you get accepted you'll get to work at cool startups/companies, get mentorship, go to some networking events, etc.
- KPCB Fellows They have 3 types of internships: Design, Engineering and Product. Each has a different deadline. For this one you just apply online.
- HackNY Fellowship Program
- True Entrepreneur Corps (TEC) summer fellowship
- PennApps Fellows 10 week summer internship in Philly, with free housing, fellows events, etc.
CS Internships for Freshmen and Sophomores
Note: The internships in this section are specifically open for Freshmen and/or Sophomores. Internships for all students are not listed here.
- Google Engineering Practicum Intern
- Facebook University for Engineering
- Microsoft Explore
- Pinterest Engage Software Engineer Intern (Freshmen only)
- Twitter Academy (Freshmen only)
- Two Sigma Freshman Software Engineering Intern (Freshmen only)
- Palantir Path Internship
Research and Academic Internship Programs Around the World
Here is a list of them and their deadlines, countries, etc.
Startup Jobs
- AngelList
- Sequoia Capital's Job Board
- Sequoia Campus - Application to Sequoia's Portfolio Companies for Students
- Application to Greylock's Portfolio Companies
- Y Combinator Job Board, you can also apply through Triplebyte for YC startup jobs
Companies that have Data Science Internships
- Airbnb
- Etsy
- Facebook, there's also another one for Core Data Science, PhD Intern/Co-op
- Knewton
- Quora
- Uber
- Zillow Big Data Intern
Things that May Help
Step-by-step Guides to Jobs
- How to land a top-notch tech internship — and a tech job — while you’re still in school This article covers things like building fundamentals, your first project, creating a resume, getting ready for interview, etc.
- Cassidy's Guide on Getting a Gig This article covers how to write resume, cover letter, which data structures you should know, how to do job search, networking, etc.
Handling Rejection
Persistence and hard work can make the difference. And keep in mind that rejections are part of life and not a disgrace. I know it's hard to believe sometimes, so take a look at this: rejected.us. Keep fighting :)
Interview Preparation
- Leetcode
- Facebook Code Lab
- Everything you need to kick ass on your coding interview
- Great resources for System Design Interviews
Hackathons
A list of hackathons in North America: https://mlh.io/seasons/na-2017/events
Communities
- Women Techmakers
- Find some Tech Meetups near you. E.g. a Google Developer Group Meetup
- Reddit cscareerquestions
FB Groups:
- Hackathon Hackers
- HH Coding Interview Prep
- HH Interview Experiences
- HH Websites and Resumes
- HH Job Listings
Salary-related Survey Responses
This response form is collected through the cscareerquestions subreddit's salary survey. It contains salary info of people across all experience levels around the world.
Other
- Google Summer of Code
- Code Jam to IO for Women basically you solve algo problems online and the top 125 or something gets a free ticket to Google I/O. The problems are a lot easier than the real Code Jam.