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Discussion on: 8 steps to increase your Developer Resume response rate by 90%

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Ishan

Useful! Thanks <3

I've only worked in one internship so far, so do you think it would be OK to include work I've done for my school's computer club? (I made a couple of interesting projects for the club that got me hired for the internship in the first place). If yes, how do you think I should put them in? Should I put them in like regular work experience?

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Lea de Groot

The ONLY time you include personal details is when the job calls for skills that you've done in your hobby that you havent been able to practice in a paid gig - this is usually softer skills, for example, maybe you havent done any management at work, but the job you want requires it, so you include your time in scouts where you led a team, or such.
That said - you're effectively talking about a side gig. Side gigs demonstrate you are really passionate about your career (with the minor quibble of don't make them worry you'll never be in the office because you are working on it instead... :)) and can be really useful to demonstrate a skill the job requires that you are still building.
If its relevant to the ad - go for it :)