Here&#x27;s a list of reasons I&#x27;ve heard for having my resume screened out:<p>* Didn&#x27;t study CS.<p>* Didn&#x27;t go to &quot;brand name&quot; school.<p>* One of my job titles (which currently comprises half my software experience) doesn&#x27;t say &quot;software engineer&quot; or similar on it.<p>* You know Python; we use Ruby (or similar)<p>It gets demoralizing after a while, That&#x27;s the main reason Patrick is right about bypassing the resume black hole.  It just doesn&#x27;t work.  I seriously wonder about the number of interviews I would have gotten had I crossed out the school I went to and written &quot;Stanford&quot; or &quot;Berkeley EECS.&quot;<p>I&#x27;ve got 3 years writing Python software, so it should start getting a little easier (and it has -- very little).<p>PS I&#x27;m looking, and my email is in my profile if anyone wants to chat a bit. :)