Posted by: Kiddo September 11, 2012
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About 12 years ago I left programming for good.
I had worked as a full time programmer for 4.5 years then and had advance certificate plus a very good exposure in the language (PL/SQL). But once I got to the senior programmer level I started seeing my resume being rejected for new projects. I later found out that I was competing against Indians with 7-8 years of experience in the same. Sure, PL/SQL was already about 8-10 years old, but it hadn't gained the popularity back then and it was hard to believe these FOBs had 7-8 yrs experience in the language in US. My recruiter friend even admitted that the resumes were heavily padded. That was when I decided to leave the industry.
Please know that you falsely pad your resume, the contents will come to hunt you as one day you have to actually do the work.
Is it just me who is disgusted with all this?
I had worked as a full time programmer for 4.5 years then and had advance certificate plus a very good exposure in the language (PL/SQL). But once I got to the senior programmer level I started seeing my resume being rejected for new projects. I later found out that I was competing against Indians with 7-8 years of experience in the same. Sure, PL/SQL was already about 8-10 years old, but it hadn't gained the popularity back then and it was hard to believe these FOBs had 7-8 yrs experience in the language in US. My recruiter friend even admitted that the resumes were heavily padded. That was when I decided to leave the industry.
Please know that you falsely pad your resume, the contents will come to hunt you as one day you have to actually do the work.
Is it just me who is disgusted with all this?