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Skill Up: A Software Developer's Guide to Life and Career

You're reading from   Skill Up: A Software Developer's Guide to Life and Career 65 steps to becoming a better developer

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2017
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ISBN-13 9781787287037
Length 302 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface I. Coder Skills FREE CHAPTER II. Freelancer Skills III. Career Skills Index

Chapter 60. Developer Resume Tips – How to Create an Effective Resume?

Over the years, I've heard programmers say that they only need a resume if they want a normal job. However, it's been my experience that a resume is required for traditional job interviews, freelance clients, and even raising money for a startup. With that in mind I've put together this collection of developer resume tips.

Developer resume tips

I've been on both sides of the hiring process. I have been in the place of sending out resumes to hundreds of companies, hoping for a response. And I've also been on the receiving end where I was sent countless resumes from applicants.

The list I've developed has been fine-tuned throughout the years. With the strategies coming from the resumes that resonated the most with me along with the elements that worked best when I sent them to potential employers. In this chapter, I've compiled three straightforward developer resume tips...

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