plentysun

Open source is a great idea! I haven't seen most people mention that on their resume (and I feel people are afraid to dive into that world), so it really sets you apart as a candidate.

I will mention this idea to a small group of new grads I help guide. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

I agree that the applying to 100s of random jobs on LinkedIn strategy no longer works that well. I tried this two years ago when I was looking for jobs, and didn't see much success.

Curious, since you mentioned you used your network - did you just reach out to people on LinkedIn and ask for a referral, or was it in some other ways?

Maybe correct but not too polished sentences may be a better give away that it's not AI generated, but still good enough to get through ATS or AI screening?

the funniest thing is, I submitted two referrals for friends who are super good at what they do (SWE) and none of their applications got looked at. Super surprising. Maybe it's just my company, but even referrals are not getting a priority IMO.

Amazing, this is super cool!