You don't curate a resume. They need to be tailored to the position you are applying for. Blanketing won't yield happiness or wealth. Be selective, then optimiz

You don't curate a resume. They need to be tailored to the position you are applying for. Blanketing won't yield happiness or wealth. Be selective, then optimize. What do you really want to do? (and are demonstrably capable of doing?) Distill that, optimize the rate for your audience to absorb it. Use the F shape, font size, spacing, etc. to provide a 10-second, 1-minute, 10-minute document. Make the reviewers' jobs easy. The gate-keepers need to see the checklist of acronyms they were told to filter on. The manager will need to see "plays well with others and does productive, self-directed work." The technical manager/senior tech interviewer will want to see a little of themselves and/or something admirable or ambitious in you. Spending another 8 hours blanketing resumes and cover sheet/emails to every potential listing is time away from engaging in work that keeps your skills sharp and involved in a community. OldCoder. Stop calling yourself old. In tech, that's not going to sell - and you are selling. You could be a CTO and call yourself old (battle-hardened general), but it has no utility if you are out of work. Age without wisdom is old. Be wise, experienced, adept, efficient, proficient... not just old. Knowing that there is a severe ageism in software dev especially, don't self-identify as old. It hints at rigidity, staleness, apathy. Generalists likely seem to have no opinion, no passion, no fire.