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Discussion on: Looking for Feedback on my Resume

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ItsASine (Kayla)

RE: Version 2:

Keep in mind that hiring is completely subjective so these are all just my views. I come from a background in super large healthcare dev shops, so maybe startups or another industry that is full creativity would love it more?

  • In the US, it's really not good to include a photo except maybe in the niche of an academic CV. Many places have a policy of immediately throwing out any application with a photo to not be liable for bias based on age/race/gender. You might want to be showing off nice, happy family man, but at the same time, the hiring manager doesn't want to be swayed to hire you because you're a younger guy or reject you because you might have childcare emergencies.
  • While you're showcasing your programming skills at the top well, I'd think you're hiding something not having Experience and Education higher. That's also why functional resumes vs chronological seem sketchy -- while in an ideal world we'd all only be vetted based on our skills, there's norms and going against them outside of a super creative field will seem deceiving.
  • Overall, the content is great and I love v2 and the improvements you've made. It almost seems like the flashiness of using a monospace font and colors and whatnot distracts away from having good content. Like my prior point, stuff like that seems to be trying to make me not notice something else, and if I only have a few minutes to vet you, I'm not going to hunt for why there are gimmicks. And these are gimmicks -- you're likely coming at it with pure reasons, but your skills show through with the content rather than standing out or whatever.
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Ryan Palo

That’s fair and very helpful. I appreciate the background too. I think you’re right. I’ll take the picture off and try to de-gimmick, get back to a more standard layout. I hadn’t thought of it that way, but I could see that being the case for sure. Thanks again!