To each his own I guess. I disagree with the premise of "the resume". A resume is meant to distinguish you from other candidates. That line of thinking is ver

To each his own I guess. I disagree with the premise of "the resume". A resume is meant to distinguish you from other candidates. That line of thinking is very simply flawed. How can you distinguish yourself from other pieces of paper - it doesn't make sense. Secondly if everybody thinks "writing this resume is my best chance at getting this job" then you are willingly competing on the same level, in the same way, as everybody else. Why would you do that? It's similar to applying to a University. If everyone thinks they need to get top scores on the SAT as well as 4.x GPA to get in then everyone will do that and the final result will be, granted, a smaller lottery pool but a lottery nonetheless. It doesn't make sense. You have to agree that there is an upper bound on what you can do when you play by everyone else's rules. You can't score more than 1600 on the SAT so even if you do you are still competing against the 100's (thousands?) that did too. Same with GPA. Upper bounds are not your friend when it comes to saying "hey look at me". You are right though, some companies just require a resume. No argument there. FWIW those companies are very likely not where I personally want to work anyway. I got hired on to a YC startup with no college degree and just my github profile to show. Actually this company never physically met me in person, had no idea what I looked liked or how old I was at the time of hiring. I've moved on to advance my career and can guarantee you I'll get another job without the use of a resume. I'm currently looking for my ideal company match though. I'll email you in the next couple of months when I land one. To each his own.