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What would you recommend for building your skills? (self.cs_career_questions)

submitted 3 weeks ago by 3rr4tt1c to c/cs_career_questions

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I know this seems like a very obvious question. But I mean with regards to job searches. Even internships seem to require a variety of skills these days. I'm interested in both web development and just recently have considered data analysis. Should I work on tutorials and personal projects for a single skill or framework at a time? Or make small projects across a wide variety of things so I can put those skills on my resume?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

"Build shit" is 100% the answer. Bonus points if you can finish it and put it up on GitHub or wherever. But not necessary.

My go-to is always "pick something that already exists, and just remake it" because that gives you very concrete, achievable goals. Something as simple as dir.exe, or ls, or some other CLI tool.