> My company uses technologies that are 5-6 years older. Maybe thats the reason? I keep myself updated by doing some sample projects, but most companies are loo

> My company uses technologies that are 5-6 years older. Maybe thats the reason? I keep myself updated by doing some sample projects, but most companies are looking for hands-on experience rather that just studying on my own. This jumps out at me. HR people just use buzzwords now and may not even be passing you any further down the funnel. People down the funnel will see this and assume that you stopped learning new tricks 6 years ago, and overestimate the distance between your current skillset and their tech stack. I'd suggest open sourcing something relatively current. It's not enough to make toy projects for yourself: you need to make things publicly, and things that are actually useful to others. Good luck.