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The problem is the company is Raytheon, and I spent the first 9.5 years of my career there. It isn't something I can just drop.

vinceguidry 10y ago
Consider leaving it off anyway, and shortening how your resume presents your current career by ten years. Rebrand yourself and wrap yourself in nice shiny new packaging. I'm 32, I present myself as having 4 years of experience, I make six figures. When they ask me what I did in my twenties, I tell them I worked in construction. Your resume isn't your permanent record. It's a marketing initiative. You should feel free to treat it as such.
Redoubts 10y ago
> Raytheon ... What's wrong with working for Raytheon?
- vonmoltke 10y ago
  I don't think there is anything wrong with it. Other people do. What that problem is depends. Sometimes it's a stereotype that I'm going to be inflexible, steeped in backwards methodologies, and the type who is going to show up to a startup interview in a suit and tie with a stack of professionally-printed resumes. Sometimes, as I mentioned before, it is the view that my experience is too "government" and that I won't "get" their customers or lines of business. Sometimes it is simply objections to me wanting to work on "death machines". My current work isn't much better, since I am still working on government contracts.
ryandrake 10y ago
I've dropped the first 10 years of my career so I could fit my resume onto a single page. Nobody even asks or cares. No employer even reads your resume past the first half of the first page.
- vinceguidry 10y ago
  Now that I think about it, it's good practice for anybody to just put the last few years on a resume. Unless you are actually selling yourself as someone with 14 years in X, with an expectation of commensurate salary and responsibilities, it's noise and should just be left off. Noise on a resume is unforgivable.

vinceguidry 10y ago

Consider leaving it off anyway, and shortening how your resume presents your current career by ten years. Rebrand yourself and wrap yourself in nice shiny new packaging. I'm 32, I present myself as having 4 years of experience, I make six figures. When they ask me what I did in my twenties, I tell them I worked in construction. Your resume isn't your permanent record. It's a marketing initiative. You should feel free to treat it as such.

Redoubts 10y ago

> Raytheon ... What's wrong with working for Raytheon?

vonmoltke 10y ago
I don't think there is anything wrong with it. Other people do. What that problem is depends. Sometimes it's a stereotype that I'm going to be inflexible, steeped in backwards methodologies, and the type who is going to show up to a startup interview in a suit and tie with a stack of professionally-printed resumes. Sometimes, as I mentioned before, it is the view that my experience is too "government" and that I won't "get" their customers or lines of business. Sometimes it is simply objections to me wanting to work on "death machines". My current work isn't much better, since I am still working on government contracts.

ryandrake 10y ago

I've dropped the first 10 years of my career so I could fit my resume onto a single page. Nobody even asks or cares. No employer even reads your resume past the first half of the first page.

vinceguidry 10y ago
Now that I think about it, it's good practice for anybody to just put the last few years on a resume. Unless you are actually selling yourself as someone with 14 years in X, with an expectation of commensurate salary and responsibilities, it's noise and should just be left off. Noise on a resume is unforgivable.