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Okay, so you started out with a plain ordinary resume, but between what you’ve studied, what work you’ve done, and what skills you’ve developed, it no longer fit on one page.So you switched to using a “master resume,” where you keep everything in one long document, but when applying for a specific job, you cull it down to just the parts that are going to be the most helpful in getting you that job. You mention in your cover letter that you have other experience, knowledge and skills that could also be relevant; they’ll ask you about those in the interview if they’re curious.And yet… you still feel like you haven’t really captured everything.It’s probably time to evolve your “master resume” into a comprehensive “curriculum vitae” (as the term is used in the US, Canada, Germany or India, not to be confused with the British and Irish use of the term to mean the short form that other folks call a resume). You can put a lot more information into such a document, including what you’ve published, presented, invented, taught, et cetera. Here are a few links about CVs:Academic Job Search - CV - Part 1 from UC-BerkeleyCVs from MIT Global Education & Career DevelopmentThe Basics of Science C.V.'s from the Chronicle of Higher EducationSo, you’ll wind up with an even bigger document, containing more information and more descriptive content.You’ll probably still end up culling it down to 1–2 pages for jobs outside academia, and if you’ve done enough different things, you probably won’t submit the whole thing for any job, even in academia.

I started attending Georgia Tech just 4 months ago, and I love this place already. I flew half-way across the world for this place, and not once have I ever regretted my decision.Here are the few reasons why I feel that attending Georgia Tech is amazing. Keep in mind that I am answering in regards to my major, Computer Science, but the answer does apply more generally.Quality of Education: Its a no-brainer that this had to be #1 on the list. When you come to Georgia Tech, you come a land of really, really, really smart people. Your professors are people who have changed the face of their field of expertise and interacting with them in class, in office hours, and in research can really change the way you think. As I mentioned earlier, I have been here for only a few months, and yet I have met the Tech Lead of Google Glass, Dr. Thad Starner, and an expert in the field of ubiquitous computing, Dr. Gregory Abowd.Student Support: If you want to do well at Tech, and you are willing to work for it, it is almost certain that you will succeed. There is a lot of support to go around, especially in your first two years at Tech. There is the Center for Academic Success that organizes study sessions before finals, and one-on-one tutoring for some classes. Also, there are regular recitations with TAs who are really inspired and are open to assisting you even outside of class. Professors are also very willing to talk to their students in case they need any help or guidance. Also, you do not necessarily need to have a lot of skills, initially at least. All the professors look for is an enthusiasm to learn. Even as an undergrad in my first semester, I am working with Dr. Abowd, an industry expert. Finally, there is also counseling available if you need to talk to someone.Student Community: As I said earlier, this is a land of really smart people. Just like your professors, even your classmates are the best of the very best. Thanks to the highly competitive acceptance process, your classmates are future industry disrupters. Also, just like you, they are very inspired to do what they do. Together, you can create wonders. Also, unlike popular belief, a lot of them are very chill people with whom you can make life-long friends.Opportunities: A lot of top technology companies recruit heavily from Georgia Tech. There is a whole dedicated office, the Center for Career Discovery and Development, that has professionals to help you with your job search. Resume bootcamps, resume review sessions, cover letter writing sessions, interview sessions, etc are some of the services they offer. Getting full-time positions, internships, co-ops, etc becomes a whole lot easier when you have ‘Georgia Tech’ on your resume. If you are looking at research, you can still get involved in the range of different projects in-progress on campus, or go to the GTRI (Georgia Tech Research Institute) for a more formal office. Most projects are well-funded (many even centrally-funded) and are great opportunities for you to make the next breakthrough. You receive the best of guidance from experts at every step of they way. Finally, if you are looking towards entrepreneurship, then CREATE-X has you covered. Find my answer about CREATE-X, here: Devansh Ponda's answer to What is the startup culture like at Georgia Tech CS?Industry Reputation: Georgia Tech has continuously been rated amongst the top few schools in the United States. It is ranked #1 in Industrial Engineering, and is in the top 10 for many other majors. Our College of Computing was also recently ranked #7 globally by Times Higher Education.Cost: Let’s face it: college is expensive. When compared to other schools of similar academic reputation like MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, etc, Georgia Tech has a comparatively lower cost of attendance.Location: Georgia Tech is located in the Atlanta, the capital city of Georgia. It has a lot of fun places visit or eat at. The weather is also great all throughout the year. It’s not too hot, neither too cold. The campus is also located in Midtown Atlanta, so everything is at a walking distance. Despite that, there is plenty of transportation available, aside from Uber and Lyft, for a smooth transit.Amongst several others, these are the most important reasons to attend Georgia Tech. One might argue that a lot of other colleges might offer similar experiences, but I found my home at Georgia Tech!

Awwww. I'm rather hurt — Carlos Paul keeps mentioning me in his answers, and as one of you pointed out - he calls me a coward for blocking him. But he doesn't link the answers mentioning my name to my profile, and hence I've been unable to see them till today.My reasons for blocking Carlos (I assume the same is true for Jan Krusat, Carlos' most recent target) are very simple - I can't spend my life trying to answer his statements, and trying to make him happy. I have actual real friends outside Quora, I have cities to visit, gadgets to buy, beers to drink, a career to further, and a life to enjoy!Also, knowing that he is in a state of clinical depression, and knowing that I am in no way trained to deal with him, I try to avoid my exposure to him. But if he keeps writing about me, I need to reply at some time, don’t I?But when I - right now - tried to comment on his answer mentioning me once again, I saw that I am - surprise surprise - blocked! Lol, talk about irony.Anyway, here are his words about me, in case he edits his answers -Even Vikrant Srivastava, the hero advocate of German graduate education, had to apply to more than 50 places, while some of his colleagues, he admits, went through the whole 1. 5 years of turmoil. And that s from CAME at RWTH Aachen, the nearest that Germany has to MIT or Stanford. Imagine Stanford graduates scrambling for jobs. What chance for the ordinary graduate!First of all, thanks Carlos. At least you got the basics correct - I indeed did study CAME from RWTH Aachen, and I am proud of it. It was a dream for me once, I achieved it, and it's behind me now. Happy memories!But sadly, I'm not really a hero advocate of the German graduate education system. Although that title sounds cool, I actively try to tell students that life in Germany is going to be hard, and don't come if you don't want to suffer, or can afford not to. I've told it on Quora, I've told it on my YouTube channel, and I've been telling it for years on personal messages and calls.All I say, is that German graduate education is more than worth it. I am not a brilliant student like most of my counter-parts at RWTH, I am just a simple guy who is proud and happy that his hard work paid off. But I'm also known to be a sensible guy, if I may say so myself, and that makes me be not ignorant about the situation that I am in.I'm a foreigner in a foreign country far away from my homeland, but my goal was never immigration. I am rather proud of being an Indian. I actually haven't decided about immigration even now, 5 years after coming to Germany. My goal was to learn, get a good job, and enjoy life. Be that as it may, I am thankfully earning enough and have a cool job title, and hence I am able to immigrate, if I so choose — and the right to choose is all I ever wanted! So yes, I'm pretty happy with my decisions.I also did apply to more than 50 positions — it’s no big deal, it takes just a little time. Applying is not the same as giving out interviews or traveling to each location for it. When I do get called for interviews, I get the job (I have thankfully always gotten a job offer after an interview till now). Applying is sitting home on your computer, editing the cover letter a bit, while music plays in the background and your beer waits for you. Of course there are months of uncertainty, but it’s not crippling doubts, it’s just wanting something good faster.50 applications is incidentally also lesser than what some of my German friends had to apply to. I am also now working in a nuclear company, and had offers of master thesis and PhD once from the German Aeronautics Institute (DLR) — not the easiest of industries to crack, I'd say, for any foreigner anywhere. (While I hope that the world becomes one big global community without borders, meanwhile I don't expect to be treated at the same level as a national). But the matter of fact is that I had to apply to (so) many positions only because I came in a hurry and without any relevant work experience — my junior batch from CAME all came with job experience (it's compulsory now), and they are getting offers faster than I ever thought possible.I would also want to point out here that I mentioned 1.5 years in one of my answers because 1 — exactly ONE — of my batch-mates needed that much time. I didn't want to single him out because we all know that he was really unfortunate, but I won't try to hide the facts. I didn't think you would make a propaganda out of it, else I would've clarified it earlier. There WAS one of us who needed 1.5 years, and at the end, he got an offer with a couple of weeks to spare. I applaud his courage in not giving up till the last (I personally am not that courageous), and he's obviously going to make a great career from this point onward.I know you love pointing out numbers from 2011 Carlos — before minimum wage in Germany, before the refugee crisis, before I had even finished my bachelor's and ever even had thought of stepping into Germany — so let me show you some numbers from my university. These are the ones that I got last week (July 2018), they are from 2017-2018, and they show at least what pain RWTH International students have to undergo:Now, keep in mind, these are the numbers about international students studying in STEM courses in English at RWTH Aachen. Of course this might not be true for every other university, but given my conversations with Indians in TUM and Erlangen/Nuremberg university, I can bet it's not too far off.A simple calculation shall show you that around 89% of us from RWTH got placed within 6 months after graduation. The German hiring process is slow, and it takes up to 2–3 months at times. Given that most of us don't even start applying before we finish our master thesis (the thesis ALWAYS gets hectic in the last couple of months, regardless of how well you plan it out), getting a job 2 months after graduation seems like a dream to students of my batch. But given that job experience is now compulsory, and given that the juniors have a lot more notes and best-practices from us alumni, somehow the current batch is showing what the new standard shall be.Even after that, let me quote from my university alumni letter:Of course, finding work at home or abroad is not an easy task. Some graduates take longer. Some decide to take some time off, others struggle with German language requirements, and some just do not find the right fit.I seem to think that these are valid points. Feel free to disagree, but make sure that you link these numbers the next time you talk about me. The readers can then make the call themselves.Coming to the real question: No, I do not regret my decision of choosing Germany over US. I don't think my third-world country is in any way a "shithole", unlike Carlos. I would actually love to go back once India has as big a R&D opportunity and a bit better work-life balance (and once I don't have to pay in the form of opportunities, for being a normal guy from the general category).I didn't pay or take loans remotely as much as I would've had to, to pay to study in US/UK. I live in a country bigger than Norway/Sweden, and though they also have amazing infrastructure, I enjoy Germany better. I learned a new language, which will be more useful to me in the long run than Swedish/Norwegian would. I am at a very high-skilled job, and so I prefer Germany to Canada, where there is a lot more research going on (although I would also love to live with Canadians!). I am earning well, and I get to pursue my hobbies, I have world-class health insurance. I don't worry about racism as much as I would in the US or UK, I don’t worry about the economy tanking from one day to the next.The only genuine issues that I have, is that I'm far away from my family, and that I can't gain enough market knowledge of India from this far to be able to invest in high-return investments. I have a few friends who are helping me out with this, but being on the ground myself is very different.Cheers!