Title: I&#x27;ve been out of the hiring game for 7 years. I love my job, my company but, unfortunately, COVID has affected it more than we would like to believe and layoffs are going to happen soon. I want to be prepared when that happens, so I&#x27;m asking my fellow HNers: what do you want to see in a resume and GitHub profile? I&#x27;m a Principal Software Engineer.<p>I see all the cool kids with side-projects: libraries, applications, etc. I also see plenty of fancy resumes. I have a 2-page thing in Helvetica, nothing fancy, listing my achievements and skills. I tried to reduce as much as possible since I&#x27;ve been told that the more I put there, the worse it is since it makes me look old and &quot;you can&#x27;t teach an old dog new tricks&quot;.<p>I know a lot of people, and I&#x27;m sure I won&#x27;t be in a pickle. But I don&#x27;t want to rely on my soft skills or work connections to set me up in the future: what is it that the market is currently looking for and how to adapt myself to it?<p>ps.: Oh, is ageism a thing? I&#x27;m 35.
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