Skill Resume Achievements, What Good Goes Here?

[kyosohma at gmail.com]

On Jan 2, 9:59 am, vbgunz <vbg... at gmail.com> wrote:
> I spent some time working on a skill resume, the kind of resume
> college students put together and realized, I am not in college and
> everything I learned was self-taught. Of course I would like some real
> world achievements but don't consider throw-away code an achievement
> and am failing to really see any. I don't even wish to entertain the
> thought of lying about anything.
>
> What are some achievements an employer may be looking for in someone
> willing to start at ground level, entry level, intern, etc? What are
> some real world achievements every n00b will need under his/her belt
> in order to be taken seriously?

Internships are always a good thing to have. If you've contributed to
open source projects, I'd put that on there. If you're applying for
some kind of programming job, they'll probably want to see some of
your code, know what home-brewed projects you've done and how long
they took to complete, issues you ran into, etc.

That might get you started anyway.

Mike