How to Get A Job as An Engineer - The Resume

Tips for all Engineers for how to write a great resume to get you that interview. Focus on Digital Designers/Firmware Engineers looking for a job writing code for FPGAs.
Tip 1: Keep resume to 1 Page if limited Experience, Always less than 2 Pages
Tip 2: Customize your resume for the open position
Tip 3: Add Technical Keywords
Tip 3a: If it's on your resume, make you sure can talk about it
Tip 4: Put GitHub Link
Tip 5: Include GPA, probably
Tip 6: Education is less important than Experience as you get older
Tip 7: Degrees are important, but not everything
Tip 8: Which college you went to doesn't matter
Tip 9: SUPPORT ME ON PATREON!
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Text version of this: www.nandland.com/articles/res...
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[@TonyDaExpert]

With how niche computer engineering seems to be on KZbin it’s great to have this

[@agentsamawich6195]

Thank you I needed this!!!

[@varunnagpal2258]

This is really important and helpful video with awesome tips from point of view of an engineer and what employers look for, what to focus on and what is not that important

[@ToniVarga]

He's alive

[@mmh1922]

Very helpful, thank you.

[@PDEVARUBINYBEC]

great job

[@microfg4]

I hated when the *Entry Level/College Grad* jobs descriptions included: *"2 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE (EXCLUDING INTERNSHIPS)"*

[@akashgupta827]

yes exactly, I too hate it man🤙

[@soulhunterrx]

How to get a job as an Engineer: Step 1: Be an engineer. Step 2: Done. At least that's how it works in the Netherlands

[@taekwondotime]

Be a female. That's how it works in Canada. If you're a male, don't even bother applying.

[@seinankhan1]

@@taekwondotime Are u an engineer?

[@SoyJavero]

@@taekwondotime why

[@taekwondotime]

@@SoyJavero It won't let me see my original post so can you quote it and then I'll reply. I have no idea what I said.

[@SoyJavero]

@@taekwondotime you said 'be a female. that's how it works in canada. if you're a male don't even bother applying'

[@blockchaindealer7425]

Will watch religiously

[@1234tinman1]

I am a 3rd year Computer Engineer, and I think I want to pursue a career in digital design. What are some good project ideas that would stand out on a resume/portfolio?

[@cristiannicolae6309]

I am a software developer planning to make the switch to FPGA development and I'd like to know which technical skills other than writing HDL and using development tools are required to get a job in this field? Specifically I'd like to know if I should learn analog electronics and maybe pcb design before applying for a job. Also what kind salary should I be expecting for a first job? Thanks!

[@Nandland]

I don't think you will need any PCB skills, that's usually a dedicated person who does that. It would be worth brushing up on the basics of electronics though. What is a resistor, capacitor, inductor, transistor. Maybe some basic Op-amp circuits. Regarding salary, check out glassdoor.com for your area.

[@taekwondotime]

*RE: Degrees and schools* . Engineering (if it's really engineering and not just random IT-related stuff like DB admin, network admin, etc.) now requires a degree. The school you go to doesn't matter because the engineering profession and its curriculum is standardized nationwide. A school cannot maintain its engineering program accreditation if it isn't teaching all 100% of the required knowledge. This is for reasons of public safety, and the same standard applies to other professionals like doctors. The engineering degree is like medical school for doctors. You absolutely cannot be a licensed professional engineer without one. You have to have at least SOME advanced education in engineering, write many technical exams, and then have many years of experience in the field to get licensed. A word to the wise: The term "engineer" is used a lot these days, even when it's not relevant. Many people call themselves "engineer" illegally without having the proper credentials and many countries have cracked down on this. Unless you have a licence with a file # and your name on it from the regulatory authority that oversees engineering in your country, state/province, then you are NOT an engineer just as a doctor is not a doctor unless you see that licence hanging on their wall from the College of Physicians and Surgeons (in Canada).

[@taekwondotime]

​@Bob Bobbity Most tech companies TRY to hire the cheapest people possible, and they TRY to put unqualified people into positions where they're doing jobs that require a licence (all in the name of cost cutting) but they face multi-million dollar lawsuits if/when they get caught. However, if the work you're doing is not engineering then the credential can be just about anything. If the work is engineering then the applicant must have either an SE or CS degree minimum AND they have to be supervised by a licensed engineer. So SOMEONE in the company will be licensed. Whoever is overseeing the work.

[@taekwondotime]

​@Bob Bobbity Yes, the US has been slower to regulate things. Plus, it does go state by state down there. I'm in Canada. Canada, the UK, and most other first world nations have fully regulated the profession of software engineering. Relevant Google searches include: - Engineers Canada - P.Eng licence - Professional Engineers Ontario - CEAB accredited program

[@naheelazawy]

Great notes! Thanks! GitHub or website? Or both?

[@Nandland]

Why not both?

[@naheelazawy]

@@Nandland well, because my website would simply present what I have in my GitHub repos, but in a nicer way.. when I make it xD.. But anyway, yeah, that wouldn't be much extra inc to be saved so it's find to have both!

[@bbsingh7554]

What if i am new, and have no experience

[@TonyDaExpert]

My prof makes us do GitHub for class assignments, sadly they have to be private lol

[@chocolateearrings]

How do I obtain some skills to put on my resume. Where do find projects to try on?

[@Nandland]

Check out the projects on The Go Board, an FPGA development board that I created suicidally for beginners to try these types on projects. Nandland.com/goboard/introduction.html