Is a Mini Supply Chain Simulation a Good First Resume Project?

The difficulty depends on your goals and scope. A small command-line simulation with a few suppliers, warehouses, customers, and straightforward rules is very manageable. Start with a complete end-to-end version, then add features such as delivery delays, inventory limits, random demand, costs, or a visual interface only if the core model is working.

C++ is a perfectly good choice, especially since you already know it. The language matters less than whether the project is clearly designed, works reliably, and demonstrates what you learned.

For a resume, the project will be stronger if you can explain the decisions behind it and show tangible results. Include a clear README, example runs or visualizations if useful, tests for the simulation rules, and a short explanation of what you would improve next. A polished small project is usually better than an unfinished, overly realistic one.

Don’t switch languages just for the sake of using a different framework. Focus on the architecture: how you represent the entities, where the simulation rules belong, and how the components communicate. Those design skills transfer to other languages, and using a familiar language lets you concentrate on learning them.