Build a Better Software Developer Resume

Your resume is your first impression

You always hear about how first impressions are important. Heck, you know first hand how important first impressions are. Resumes are the way recruiters and interviewers start to formulate their first impressions of you.

This concise guide will give you actionable tips to improve your resume today. From writing optimized bullet points to picking and ideal side project.

In it is everything I've learned as a Senior SDE (& tech lead) with 9+ years experience, an interviewer, and also as someone that has reviewed 100s of candidate resumes.

Contents

• Making a Good First Impression
  • The Recruiter Mindset
  • The Interviewer Mindset
• Anatomy of an Average Resume (w/ example)
• Anatomy of a Great Resume (w/ example)
• Actionable Tips to Make Your Resume Better
  • Tip 1: The Best Way to Improve Your Resume
  • Tip 2: Resume Version Control
  • Tip 3: Optimizing Your Bullet Points
  • Tip 4: Prioritized Section Ordering
  • Tip 5: Formatting Tips
• How to Pick a Good Side Project
  • Picking the right tech stack
  • Be your own user
  • Example scenarios

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