#How to land more interviews? 3 yoe

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long dew
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open hedge
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honestly this is already better than 90% of what i see. your metrics are strong, $150M+ processing, zero downtime migration, 50k+ monthly publishes, that stuff lands.
couple things that would tighten it up:
the summary reads a little like a list of accomplishments instead of a positioning statement. recruiters skim that section in 3 seconds, it should answer "who is this person and why should i care" not recap bullet points from below
your projects section is doing a lot of heavy lifting but some of the names are redacted which makes it hard to tell if these shipped publicly or are side projects. if any of them are live/open source, link them. if they're private, at least name the tool so it reads like a product not a homework assignment
also, "Frontend Engineer" role at the top could use a company name even if it's small. blank company name is a yellow flag for recruiters scanning fast
what kind of roles are you targeting? that would change what i'd prioritize fixing first

long dew
# open hedge honestly this is already better than 90% of what i see. your metrics are strong,...

Hi, thank you so much for responding!!

I typed my summary to get more engagement but I get what you're saying. What's a good way to answer "who is this person and why should i care"?

As for the company name and project name redactions, they're so I don't get personally identified here. In my actual resume, they are named properly behind that black box (both the frontend eng role and the first two projects)

But you're right, I should link GitHub to those that are publicly available.

Lastly, I am targeting SWE roles. Currently looking for Founding Engineer / Backend Engineer / Full-stack Engineer roles. Open to all stages startups with a slight preference for early stage

Also targeting mid-level roles mainly and in some cases senior roles where a startups is willing to overlook my years of experience for my founder-mindset with high ownership / high agency mentality. I can get shit done