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Ask HN: Why am I suddenly unemployable?

Never used to have any trouble finding employment. But it seems as of recently my CV is toxic waste. If recruiters reach out, I give them a good time to call and never hear back. If I reach out to them, silence.

Did I do something recently with an unpopular technology? Did I piss off someone powerful? Did I get too old? Who knows!

Lots of coding experience; bosses have always been happy with my work. I've written stuff about programming online that has been well-received. Several personal projects under my belt, and plenty of OSS contributions too. Suddenly nobody wants to know.

Has anyone here been in a similar situation? Did you fix it? How?

CV in case some kind soul wants to take a look: https://foon.uk/robin-allen-cv.pdf

221 points rogual 2 years ago 291 comments

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