Is a 25 line SSL cert expiry reminder script worth putting on a 1.7 yoe support engineer resume?

Posted by No_Place_6696@reddit | linuxadmin | View on Reddit | 31 comments

What do you all think about it? Or should I first collect a set of scripts and start to put them one by one as "scripts"...What sort of cool projects that recruiters(technical ones) caught a eye?

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No_Place_6696@reddit (OP)

Should I empty out the project section? I have no idea what projects would look good for a aspiring linuxadmin (and current support).

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Burgergold@reddit

Projects is often stuff you worked on for weeks/months

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No_Place_6696@reddit (OP)

What could it be on bash?Though? Coz bash isn't really used for big projects.

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doubled112@reddit

They mean a business project. A project is made up of many tasks completed toward a goal.

In this case, writing a script is a task. It may or may not be part of a larger project.

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Burgergold@reddit

Back in days before I learned ansible, I used ksh and Perl to fully automate the deployment/maintaining of an env with ldap/krb/nfs/smb servers

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I think you may be conflating a work project with pet projects. When I look at the project section of a resume I want to see massive engineering challenges that took a team effort ( more like project coop data center 2022 stand up/cutover, project O365 integration and migration).

I want to know that you worked well on a team no matter what part you played in said project, even if your roll was minor or ran the entire project. Not "I overcame a minor break fix issue by writing a script one day".

That's how I view project sections.

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No_Place_6696@reddit (OP)

Is it justified to think that 15 months support engineer beginner should be able to solve "massive" "engineering challenges"?

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YOLO4JESUS420SWAG@reddit

I would not expect to see that, no. I wouldn't think I'd see a project's section at all unless they were on a large project. But 15 months is a long time, they could be hired and be on a project in that time. That's the point of either including it or not.

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_BoNgRiPPeR_420@reddit

I'd go more high-level rather than delving into specifics.

E.g. "Fully automated all processes related to SSL certificate expiry and renewals across all systems".

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Burgergold@reddit

This is not worthy to be put on a resume

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No_Place_6696@reddit (OP)

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chesser45@reddit

I wouldn’t call it out on its own that’s for sure. I might put it under an umbrella term of scripting / automation / alerting with other tools you’ve written.

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No_Place_6696@reddit (OP)

Yeah, I just removed that projects section lol...I'll put there something once I create over 10 useful scripts.

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Burgergold@reddit

Don't put "10 useful scripts", use terms like "automation, monitoring, alerting" like the previous said

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No_Place_6696@reddit (OP)

Ah I see. Thanks for the feedbak.

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Key-Club-2308@reddit

just be humble, why would you even script such a thing

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Is-Not-El@reddit

Being humble is great advice for life in general. Unfortunately it’s terrible advice for a CV, especially when 99% of the CV processing is automated.

OP, don’t bother listing specific. Say something like “Automated the verification and validation of security certificates and encryption mechanisms across the organisation”. List specific technologies rather than explicitly stating what you did with them. No one except AI will read your CV and if you make it to an interview they will ask you for specifics there rather than read your CV. My advice is to pay $50-$100 to someone on Fiverr to write you an AI approved CV. Ever since I did that I have over 90% success rate getting to an actual interview.

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No_Place_6696@reddit (OP)

Can you share your cv?

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Key-Club-2308@reddit

im not sure how one would feel, but automating ssl renewals is not something to reinvent the wheels with

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Is-Not-El@reddit

I fully agree with you. It’s dishonest and immoral. However getting rejected by a machine or being guilt tripped into taking a below market average salary is incredibly scummy as well.

Do you know why companies today make you take 10 interviews for a job that took 2 interviews in the 2000s? Because they want you to be desperate and invested into their bullshit so you are willing to accept lower salary.

They made the game, we just play it.

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No_Place_6696@reddit (OP)

didn't quite get you.

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Key-Club-2308@reddit

stop writing these kind of stuff in your resume, what 25 lines did you even write for this, its a 1 line cron for certificate renewals.

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No_Place_6696@reddit (OP)

Ah I see. What kind of stuffs are suitable in a resume projects section for 1.5 yoe support egr?

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No_Place_6696@reddit (OP)

yoe=year of experience.