Table of figures

Figures are numbered through the whole site in sidebar order, so each number belongs to one figure. This list gives each figure by its title, with the page and its number. The title links to the figure. It is built from the pages, so it always matches the site.

Figure	Page	Number
The Advice section in reading order	Advice	Figure 1
The whole guide	Quick setup	Figure 2
Software and hardware projects	Projects	Figure 3
One project, start to finish	Projects	Figure 4
From bench measurement to test	Software	Figure 5
Before your first internship	Hardware	Figure 6
One project page, top to bottom	Portfolio	Figure 7
What five student portfolios show	Portfolio	Figure 8
How a resume gets read	Resume	Figure 9
Layout do's and don'ts	Resume	Figure 10
One bullet, before and after	Resume	Figure 11
One set of facts, five versions	Resume	Figure 12
Alex's finished page	Resume	Figure 13
Two-pass checklist	Resume	Figure 14
What ./run does	Resume	Figure 15
Projects first, then paid work	Walkthrough	Figure 16
Alex's first draft	Walkthrough	Figure 17
Five finished pages, first year to graduation	Walkthrough	Figure 18
The audit, top to bottom	Cleanup	Figure 19
Agenda for the 90-minute and 60-minute sessions	Workshop	Figure 20
The application loop	Getting hired	Figure 21
Share of each stage that came in by referral	Networking	Figure 22
The entry-level market in four numbers	Job market	Figure 23
A typical process	How to interview	Figure 24
Questions go layers deep	How to interview	Figure 25
Where a STAR answer spends its time	How to interview	Figure 26
Paths to a first internship	First internship	Figure 27
Alex's dates	First internship	Figure 28
New-grad recruiting in senior year	First full-time role	Figure 29
Return offers for 2024–25 interns	First full-time role	Figure 30
From offer to acceptance	First full-time role	Figure 31
The usual path to a PE license	Forever learning	Figure 32
The path into graduate study	Getting into graduate study	Figure 33
How senior-year courses can count	Getting into graduate study	Figure 34
Three ways to pay for the degree	Graduate study	Figure 35
Which society for which goal	Professional societies	Figure 36
Which site answers which question	Help	Figure 37
What to hand the tool, and what to keep	AI use	Figure 38
Where a listing comes from	Job boards	Figure 39
From a list to an application	Resources	Figure 40