help! i got really conflicted feedback on my resume
Just a heads up that this is extra anonymized for Reddit, but I worked in a very specific subset of search, so all the references are towards that domain (it helps with some of the context). I shared it on Reddit and got kind of torn apart by people who said it wasn't technical enough. They said that I needed more buzzwords (think words like microservices, AWS, GCP, API, languages, frameworks, etc.), that the claims were bullshit around CLs and whatnot (I'm not sure why, it averages out to like 1 a day), and so on. I think they might have some points there, but it's hard to tell given that Reddit and the CSQ crowd are so resentful and kind of mid. Despite all the shit-talking here, I respect your opinion and experience a lot more. Also, I'm totally open to hearing that Reddit was right; I just wanted something more authoritative. ps- my education got bumped off because the anonymization made it > 1 page, but normally it would be bottom of page and it is a no-name university where I got a music degree.
Some parts of this sound like ChatGPT. Doesn't read very fluidly. The work is clearly good, but it's not well-communicated.
Thanks for looking it over; actually, someone else mentioned this. Was there a part that seemed robotic to you or was it the whole thing? I was going for as concise as possible (in any given sentence, not the list of things done) and maybe that's it
reading it again, maybe it's the European compliance metric bit?
I usually use bullet points like this: - Leveraged Event Driven Architecture to design and ship bla bla bla feature used by 100mil people - Used X Orchestration system to spin up these microservices that allowed x10 users - Used NoSQL and denormalization to support bla bla bla case that allowed for x10 faster queries
Appreciate the examples, thanks! This is a good approach.
Completely failed the 6 second scan. I instead read useless fluff like "Impacting $151M [Company's product]" Give me one job description where it asks you to "Impact $151M" and I'll change my mind. I literally laughed out loud when you said how many pages of documentation you wrote. Reddit is right in their criticism.
151 million queries a day, not dollars. That's because of the anonymization. Does that change things? The page count isn't supposed to be like LOC, it's to emphasize how in-depth the analysis was. Would it be better without? Did you have any other thoughts? I can always send you the unanonymized one if it helps, though I know that's probably too much of an ask.
If you have to explain it, you failed the scan. Recruiters are going to give your resume 6 seconds. You failed to tell me that because you got lost in "showing numbers" instead of telling me what you know. A job description should be viewed as a bunch of interview questions, and your resume should be the answer to those questions. Your resume matches no job description. You're a programmer, not an accountant. Your resume should reflect that.
What are CLs?
Those are Google's version of pull requests. Glad you asked, I'll change that.
What does it stand for?
Have you run you resume though AI and have it summarize your technical skills?
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Use buzzwords when they match the job posting or something you know the job requires.
Thanks great idea. So instead of just blasting each bullet point with C++, Java, JavaScript, and whatever else (I only mention these in the summary right now), I should look at the job qualifications and inject those into it? Would you recommend any changes to the general resume, like the version before it gets customized?