I Sent Out 30 Resumes As A Developer. I Heard Back From 2.

Here is what I learned after 50 interviews and fixing my resume after every rejection. The problem was never my skills. It was how I presented them. I wrote the same things most developers write. "Worked on the API." "Helped with database optimization." "Responsible for code reviews." Those sentences describe presence. They do not describe contribution. After months of getting ignored or rejected, I started tracking what actually moved the needle. I studied recruiter behavior. I ran A/B tests on