Resume tip from Joel Spolsky

2009-01-03T07:46:00.000-08:00

I've reviewed hundreds of resumes over the last few months and I've got to agree with Joel Spolsky's latest resume tip:

When a startup CTO sees a resume that says things like:
Responsible for $30m line of business
Architected new ERP platform
Managed team of 25 developers
Optimized business processes

they think, “Spare me, that’s all we need, somebody running around trying to manage and optimize and architect when we just need someone who isn’t afraid to write code.” Here’s the stuff CTOs at startups want to see on a resume:

Single-handedly developed robust 100,000 LOC threadsafe C++ service
Contributes to OpenBSD file system in spare time
Wrote almost 75% of the Python code running IsIt2009Yet.Com

A great tip. It's no coincidence that I'm posting our startup's developer openings at jobs.joelonsoftware.com.

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2009-01-01T19:22:00.000-08:00

In this blog I'll post on topics relevant to software development with Microsoft technologies (C#, SQL Server, IIS, etc.), finding greater productivity with Agile methodologies, and other geeky subjects.

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