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0 pointspluc1y ago0 comments

I definitely don't want to read 5 pages especially if it's all redundant information. Mine is two pages, I don't dig in gigs past 10 years, they can ask if they want my origin story.

I don't care about the languages you know, I care about the languages you know and how recently you used them and your level of proficiency. Without that trifecta the information is useless (well, I'd have to ask). Was it a school project or did you blow someone's mind professionally?

I wouldn't do more than a sentence if you're going to summarize (eg 25 years of experience in building and leading technical teams), I can make my own unbiased summary.

As for application sites, I mean something like jobs.lever.co or boards.greenhouse.io.

Hope that helps, feel free to reach out by email.

Edit: mobile typos

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em-bee1y ago

I care about the languages you know and how recently you used them and your level of proficiency. Without that trifecta the information is useless

this is not a question just for you, but i wonder what others think about this too.

i get that the number of years of using a language is a useful indicator, but the age? is my experience from 10 years ago no longer valid? also, proficiency in one language does translate to overall proficiency in any language. not 100% obviously, but the more programming experience i have the better i can learn new languages, and the faster i can get productive. same goes for any other tools. old experience is not forgotten. so even the years i have worked with any particular tool is missleading. and if i only list my work from the last 10 years then i'd look like all i have ever done is javascript, and that would limit my options very much.

i have been able to work on python and php projects as a mid-level developer without any formal prior experience in those languages. in the python case the employer knew about it and was still comfortable to hire me. in the php case i was able to cite some php work (which i had done) and i was still producing better results than any of the junior developers on my team. only the team lead was clearly more experienced then me.

how am i going to make that point if i don't list all of the projects i have worked on, no matter how long ago?

plucOP1y ago

Given what I've said here you probably shouldn't take my advice anyways

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