My CV is pretty weird too. The two things that have really helped me are open source work and going to (coding) conferences. And I don't mean going there to gre

My CV is pretty weird too. The two things that have really helped me are open source work and going to (coding) conferences. And I don't mean going there to grease palms, just to make friends. But there's nothing wrong with telling your story either and admitting you are looking for work. This applies to software pretty exclusively though, can't comment on anything else.