Cons of changing my LinkedIn and resume job history to give me more experience?
I graduated in May with a non-CS degree, and did not start a position until the February of the following year. What are the cons of changing my job history on linkedin, resume, etc., to say that I started working in June or August right after graduation? It's not even a full year I know, but I don't have that many years currently so they'll make a bit of a difference.
I thought about making my graduation a semester or two sooner and giving myself an additional 6-12 months experience, but that might be stretching it as my college graduation and degree would prove that wrong.
Bonus question: what about changing my career history to make it look like I got promoted more than reality? Keeping it realistic, but somewhat overperforming?
EDIT: people are saying this would get discovered. The only reason I considered this is because I know of companies that take people without CS background and makeup fake experience for them, provide fake references (that actually answer the phone), etc. I imagine these people can't fake a background check, so how do they get around that? I didn't do this, but I do know friends who lied about years of experience and made it into industry that way.
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Nobody cares about LinkedIn - you can make up whatever shit you want. Providing a false job history to a future employer would be a serious issue and likely to be discovered. It won't end well.