Serious question though: what steps on good paths are there that you can&#x27;t put on your resume?<p>You can totally list projects you&#x27;ve worked on, or some other stuff which isn&#x27;t &quot;MS in Comp Sci at Stanford&quot;<p>I feel kind of the same way about resumes for hiring as you, but they&#x27;re pretty good entry filters: if you can&#x27;t be bothered to write 300 words (or, you know, reuse one with a slightly different intro), why should the company bother talking to you?<p>I think this is all part of the &quot;avoiding false positives&quot; mindset that comes with recruiting. Since recruiting people is really expensive!