Anina

Hello! I am a college senior with an offer from a decently large enterprise tech company to be a backend software engineer after graduation. I wish I had some sort of sign-on bonus or some relocation funds with my offer, because I'm not sure I can afford the first month of rent when I haven't...

I'm a CS major in college and I am about to finish up an internship in backend software engineering at a division of a very large tech company. Most of my time was spent reading code, reading documentation, learning to use internal tools, writing configs, writing test cases, minor bug fixes,...

Hi everyone. I'm a CS major in college, about to become a senior, and will be looking for a full-time role soon. I feel like I'm on track, and am considering what type of software engineering role I'd like to pursue. One thing that I've learned from my summer internship is how much of software...

I'm a CS major in college and I am about to finish up a 12-week internship in backend software engineering at a division of a very large tech company. I'm a little surprised at what % of my internship was actually spent writing code: just about 3 of the 12 weeks. The other 9 weeks were mostly...

I've been using CareerVillage ever since high school to get help, and I feel like I'm finally close to the finish line.. I'm a junior in college majoring in Computer Science at a well-known school. I accepted a backend software engineering internship for this summer, and I was recently sent a...

I’m a junior in college doing a software engineering internship in the upcoming summer. Someone advised me that I should make sure to get great references from this internship. What’s the best way to do that? Should I excel at work? Should I be more friendly? Is there some strategy or practice...

Hi! I have an interview for an office assistant with the Computer Science department at my school. I was wondering if there was anything in particular I could do to help myself stand out from any competition? Even just general interview tips would help me right now.. Job Description: Help with...

I took an online words per minute typing test a few times, and got between 85 and 90 each time. Is this a good speed? Is this something I can put on my resume? #career-counseling #resume #resume-writing #evaluating-resumes

I'm trying to figure out what to do with my summer, with the knowledge that I have to pay for my own housing and all my living expenses. I'm a college freshman, so the internship probably wouldn't pay me too much more than a regular minimum wage job. Another possible option would be to stay in...

I really hate all the restrictions I have on myself as a premed. Basically all the things I did to get into college (fancy extracurriculars, stellar grades, 20+ applications, standardized testing, etc.) I have to do again to get into med school- but with a job on top of it. And I'm majoring in...

I am trying to decide whether I should receive an AB in Computer Science, and also pick up a degree in Economics, or if it would be better for me to get a BS in Computer Science only. I'm not sure of two things: 1) if a Bachelor of Arts gets as much respect as a Bachelor of Science, and 2) if...

I saw the hashtag #firstsevenjobs on twitter and I was wondering what people's first seven jobs were. #career #career-choice

I didn't make that many friends in high school so I was wondering how to do that in college. #college-life

I'll be going to college soon, and I'm thinking about taking 5 classes, but I'm a little scared that I won't be able to keep up with the coursework. #college

I have no idea how to respond to this question since I'm a very inexperienced in the job market. I want to apply for web development jobs. What do I say if someone asks me this? #interviews

I applied for 30+ scholarships in my senior year of high school, and never won any of them. I'm wondering if there are any tips or tricks you know to get scholarships.

I want to sign up for one of the many student newspapers at my future college, but I worry that I won't always be able to come up with an idea for an article in time for deadlines. Should I still sign up? How do I find topics if I don't have inspiration? #journalism

I'm leaving for college in a few weeks for a college on the other side of the country. Should I have my stuff shipped (is it expensive especially for big stuff like blankets?) Should I just make sure that everything fits in two suitcases for my flight? #college

I've started working for 8 hours/day this summer, and I've noticed that when I get home I'm always sleepy or actually sleeping within a few hours. Last night, I went to bed at 8pm!! It's really cramping my style. What is the secret to getting back to my normal sleep schedule, AKA sleeping from...

I'll be learning who my roommate will be in college in a week or two, and I've never had a roommate before. I was wondering what I could do to be a "good" roommate instead of a "bad" one. #college

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning for Career Village. I was wondering what kinds of jobs there might be in tech where my business would pay for me to travel. For example, I know someone who can get their company to pay for them to go to a Las Vegas tech conference...

Hi! My name is Anina, and I'm a high school senior interning at Career Village. It sounds so cool when I hear that people work from home or wherever they want, but still work full time jobs. How can I find a job like that? Are they hard to find and get? Do you like working alone? I am very...

Hi! My name is Anina, and I'm a high school senior interning for Career Village. I'm afraid of choosing the wrong career. Can you tell me more about your job working in cybersecurity? What do you like? What do you not like? What is your advice for someone in high school thinking about this...

Hi! My name is Anina, and I'm an intern for Career Village. I'm trying to decide what career is the right one for me. Do you like your job? What is the hardest part about it? What are the hours like? I really want to work on a team of people, rather than on my own. Is this a problem for this...

I heard Fannie Mae employees would be on CareerVillage I wanted to ask about available internships for college or even high school students. Are there internships available? Can students work remotely if they live too far away? What should I epect to be doing interning at Fannie Mae? #finance...

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at CareerVillage. I see a lot of that "work from home!" spam in comment sections. But it seems like many bloggers actually DO manage to work from home, and still make a liveable wage. How do you replicate their success? #technology...

I've gone on a couple interviews and my teacher told me to write a hand written note to thank the person who interviewed me, but i've also heard that emails are much better. Which do you suggest?

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at CareerVillage. I have a classmate who is going to take an exam to get their GED, and try to go to college earlier. Are there any drawbacks to this path? Do the drawbacks outweigh the benefits? #college

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at CareerVillage. I have a friend who only applied to private schools, because they "care" more about their students and give them more attention, while public universities care more about research than undergraduates. Meanwhile, one...

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at CareerVillage. I'm currently considering a state school vs. a higher-tier school for college, and I was wondering how much the reputation of a school helped you find a job afterwards. To employers: to you give preference to those...

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at CareerVillage. I'm a little weak in Chemistry and Physics, which I know is terrible for a STEM major to be weak in. Should I take the introductory courses in these subjects when I go to college, or would I be better off studying on...

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at CareerVillage. I've always wondered if this was ok, because when I get rejected from places, I don't know how to improve next time. #human-resources #resume #interviews

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at CareerVillage. One of my best friends used to want to be a certain career- until they read a list online that declared his area of choice as one of the "top 10 lowest paying jobs". He immediately changed his mind to marketing and...

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at Career Village. I've taken a few courses on Coursera before, but I don't know how to put them on my resume. Do I list Coursera or the university as the course provider, for example. Do I even put it in the education section? Should...

I'd like to prepare for a job as an engineer at a computer security company, so I'm wondering what the interview process is like. What was your experience interviewing for an engineer role at a cyber security company? What advice do you have for an aspiring engineer (or aspiring engineer...

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at Career Village. My teacher mentioned that his roommates are professional snapchatters, and they make more money than he does. It sounds like an awesome job- how do you get there? #social-media #snapchat

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at CareerVillage. When I ask this question, I'm referring to the chart linked. In it, a lot of majors are actually better at the MCAT than biology majors. How does that make sense, when biology majors have studied the subject in...

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at CareerVillage. What is it about engineering that makes it so much more difficult to graduate on time? Is it actually hard to graduate on time, or is that just rumors and exaggeration? This is important to me, because I might switch...

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at CareerVillage. I was personally wondering how important it was that your degree was related to the job you are applying for. Do certain jobs not care what major you graduated with? Do certain jobs care a lot? #college...

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at Career Village. It's become a bit of a running joke between my friends and I that whenever a huge, end-of-term paper comes up in high school, I will inevitably write something about the lack of women and minorities in STEM. But as...

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at Career Village. It's become a bit of a running joke between my friends and I that whenever a huge, end-of-term paper comes up in high school, I will inevitably write something about the lack of women and minorities in STEM. But as...

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at Career Village. I have a few friends who are starting to finish college, and the pre-meds seem to be evenly split between those who are applying to medical school, and those who are taking a gap year before applications. What are...

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at Career Village. A few people have recommended that I concentrate in Business as well as Computer Science. Others have told me that business and entrepreneurship classes don't teach you much, and that I would be better off simply...

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at CareerVillage. I have a fellow classmate who wants to become a social worker. I've heard that it's a "thankless" job. Why would they want to do it? What makes the job worth it? #social-work

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at Career Village. Because I'm interested in computer science, I always hear people telling me to learn machine learning. Why should I do that, rather than just learn to be a better programmer in general? #technology #programming...

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at CareerVillage. It's always been my mother's dream for me to be the one playing Canon in D during a wedding. It made me wonder what the process is to becoming a wedding musician. Do you need to have any kind of certificate or...

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at CareerVillage. I have a classmate who has this exact question in mind. They can't play an instrument, but they want to go into music management. I find the idea interesting. Is it possible to be a music manager and not know music...

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at Career Village. I recently shadowed a nursing department, and learned that not every nurse was the same. I didn't really understand most of the acronyms they were using, but I got the impression that there were many different kinds...

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at CareerVillage. One of my friends received a modelling offer, and is considering taking it. We wondered together whether modelling was plausible as a lifetime career. When you get older, can you still find a job as a model? Do you...

Hi! My name is Anina and I'm a high school senior interning at Career Village. I was wondering what the best language would be to introduce my younger brother to programming. Should I have him use a harder language like Java so that he'll find all the other languages easy, or start him off with...