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Why is there a 5 year gap on your resume? It sounds like you didn't sit around twiddling your thumbs... you built stuff during that time. On your resume, treat

Why is there a 5 year gap on your resume? It sounds like you didn't sit around twiddling your thumbs... you built stuff during that time. On your resume, treat it like you were working a job and talk about what you built. Highlight your open source contributions and if possible, tie them to your resume. Sure, some people will treat an ex-founder as a negative, but many will see it positive. You only need one job. There is definitely ageism in tech, but 39 isn't old. I'd be happy to take a look at your resume and provide advice if you give me a way to contact you. But it sounds like the issue isn't your resume... indeed you are getting lots of interviews, so maybe it's something you are doing in the interview process. Do you have a sense of where things go wrong? Are you often getting to the final stage before hearing no?

whoshiring57392 2y ago
Of those 100 interviews I'd estimate: - ~70% never go past the recruiter screen - ~20% rejection after the technical screen (i.e., leetcoding) - ~10% after a full round of interviews Presumably I do or say something in interviews that is working against me. I also think that my background gives people the expectation that I should be able to reach a very high bar, and perhaps I set their expectations much higher than I can actually achieve (at least in interviews). Given my real-life interactions, I can confidently say I'm a fairly gregarious and affable person, so I doubt it's my personality that's the issue. But who knows, perhaps my ego is the problem.
- jarsin 2y ago
  I get the impression from a quick skim of your resume that you are all in on Rust. Do you mainly apply to rust jobs? I feel like I read something here recently with others really struggling to get Rust jobs.
  - seabass-labrax 2y ago
    I'm a bit confused - where did the OP post their résumé?
    - jarsin 2y ago
      They must have edited it out.

whoshiring57392 2y ago

Of those 100 interviews I'd estimate: - ~70% never go past the recruiter screen - ~20% rejection after the technical screen (i.e., leetcoding) - ~10% after a full round of interviews Presumably I do or say something in interviews that is working against me. I also think that my background gives people the expectation that I should be able to reach a very high bar, and perhaps I set their expectations much higher than I can actually achieve (at least in interviews). Given my real-life interactions, I can confidently say I'm a fairly gregarious and affable person, so I doubt it's my personality that's the issue. But who knows, perhaps my ego is the problem.

jarsin 2y ago
I get the impression from a quick skim of your resume that you are all in on Rust. Do you mainly apply to rust jobs? I feel like I read something here recently with others really struggling to get Rust jobs.
- seabass-labrax 2y ago
  I'm a bit confused - where did the OP post their résumé?
  - jarsin 2y ago
    They must have edited it out.