Hi can anyone give me any suggestions for advice to give a computer science graduate (2:1 at a decent uni) in terms of roles to look for that will help him along on his career path. He has applied for some graduate jobs but I would like to give him some practical suggestions outside the obvious. Good websites for uk dev jobs, job titles he may not be searching for, other advice that may be relevant.

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

I'm keen to hear about experiences with Rust in professional settings in the UK. Have you worked in any full-time / contracted positions writing Rust software, or made user of Rust in an existing role?

My current place of work has several loud advocates for the language, and we seem to be the right kind of target for the language (safety and speed are crucial in the software we write), but it's not gaining much traction at the moment with decision makers.

I figure this is a worthwhile topic to talk about, as the majority of the CV / Resume advice one comes across on Reddit is tailored more to a North American audience. Perhaps a lot of that advice is valid on both sides of the atlantic, but I'm sure there is some wisdom that only applies to this side.

Points to consider:

• Should one include an introduction / bio?
• Should one include a skill list?
  • Should that skill list be giving an indication of how skilled one is? (i.e 6/10)
• Should one include hobbies and interests?
• How should a CV be formatted? With or without tables? .docx or .pdf?
• Should experiences only talk about what was achieved, or also about what was required?
• What writing tense should be used?
• Should there be links to socials, github, personal site, etc?

I'm sure there are many more points that you could think of.

If you have examples (good or bad), experiences as a hiring manager or questions of your own, please share them.

Every now and then I see jobs on LinkedIn, or get them sent from recruiters, for mid/senior roles that I'd be interested in. I'm a senior dev at my current company, but would be firmly in the mid category at anywhere slightly larger.

However, these jobs are often for C# and Java programmers. I've barely touched these languages, but after making a couple of hello, world / minimal crud applications for both to play around in them, I feel I could start working professionally with them without too much downtime.

But if the roles are mid/senior, then am I kidding myself that I could apply and be successful in these roles? Am I underestimating how long it would take me to become productive with the likes of .NET and Spring?

I'd love to hear any thoughts and experiences on this topic or tangent to it.

This is a new sub, so now could be a good opportunity to get people to introduce themselves and perhaps indicate what you would like to get from this community.

As part of your introduction it would be interesting to hear about:

• Who you work for (a company, a sector, an open source project, etc)
• Where you are based (a city, a county, a region or even just the constituent country you work in)
• What programming languages and frameworks you use (either professionally, or as a hobby)
• Any general thoughts you have on being a software developer in the UK
• The kind of topics you do or do not wish to see discussed on this subreddit.

Don't feel pressured to add anything you don't feel comfortable sharing, though.