
The news is, I have left PayPal last week, and joined ThoughtWorks as an UI developer.

I have been associated with PayPal for almost 3 years (with 3 months break in between) and without a doubt, that experience had taught me some valuable lessons. But, lately, I have started focusing heavily on JavaScript and I decided to part ways with PayPal to get myself into a work that has scope for JavaScript development.

So, I picked ThoughtWorks (err, they picked me!).

ThoughtWorks is a well known software development company amongst the developer community here, known for their contribution to **Agile practice, Selenium & CruiseControl**. Having heard good feedback about ThoughtWorks from the community & my ex-colleagues at PayPal, I was really looking forward to join the company.

Now, it's been 2 days (just) and the kind of culture I see at ThoughtWorks is something that I have never seen at my previous work places. To start, there are no cubicles. Everyone sit around tables (including Managers, GMs) and one can move to any place as their project demands. There's no fixed location, as such. As someone who alyways had a _cubicle number_ given to him, the cubicle-less arrangement is a new experience to me.

![ThoughtWorks Chennai Office](http://i.imgur.com/45ZOa7f.jpg)

I think I'll cut out here, as it's been just 2 days since I started working at ThoughtWorks. I'll try to write more as the time goes by.

The last time when I wrote a similar post was when I [moved from Infosys to CSC](https://veerasundar.com/blog/moved-to-chennai-india/). In that post, I have added a photo of [IT Highway](http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x201/talktoveera/Tidel_Park_junction_panorama.jpg) (OMR, Chennai), even though my previous workplace was not near to that place pictured in that photo. But now, that photo makes more sense as the ThoughtWorks campus is located very near to that road. So, as an end note, here's that photo for you.

![IT Highway, OMR, Chennai](http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x201/talktoveera/Tidel_Park_junction_panorama.jpg)


Joined ThoughtWorks


Are you a programmer? If yes, then I need to hear from you.

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You heard what Dilbert has to say about the process of resume making. Now it's time for you voice your thoughts.

According to you, **what does it take to make a good developer resume?** I'm not talking about the skills and experience part. Assume that you have enough skills to fill up an entire page and some experience too. My question is about how you present this data in your resume. To summarize, **I need your thoughts** on the below questions about a developer's resume:

## Questions for YOU!

1.  Do you prefer a single page resume or multi-page? If multi, then how many pages of resume you think is good enough to sell you?
2.  Do you elaborate on your work experience (like, job description, responsibilities, etc.) or you want to keep it short?
3.  Do you have more than one resume - like a master one with all details and one page resume targeted to a particular position?
4.  In what order you present information in the resume: Objective, Experience, Skills, Education, Summary?
5.  Do you really think the resume layout matters more than the content itself?
6.  Which font do you use for your resume? Arial?  Verdana?  Webdings?
7.  Do you prefer to maintain an online version of your resume?

This is an open thread for all. You are most welcomed to pour in your thoughts about any of the above questions. If you have any other opinion, you are welcomed to leave a comment for that also. I hope that this thread will bring some insights about the developer resumes and will help the newbies.


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