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Since I sort of started web development seriously about two years and a little bit I’ve decided to raise the bar and intentionally lie in my resume to hopefully find a job that can help me to sustain my wife who is sick and my newborn son. I changed my experience to +3 years and out some “ghost” projects. No offers. Then, I put 5 years and tweaked projects and experience here and there. Again...nothing, nada, no offers. Should I just go all above and put 10 years and experience such as Microsoft and big 500 companies? I mean I hate to do this but I feel like I’m in a hole than I can’t get out while I’m gaining more and more knowledge every single day. I’m learning a lot about JavaScript which is my fav language as well as React. Authentication/Authorization and it’s different hierarchies/ inheritance methodologies as well as single and multi sign on methods applied to scalable web apps. I just what would be the outcome after lying so big. I hate lying but what’s so wrong with the market that I can’t find a job? Hold your fire and put in my shoes before ranting me. I don’t give this advice to anyone it’s just my experience looking for a job and my actual situation. ( currently working as IT Help Desk Level II)

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    I mean fake it 'till you make it, but to me going into the extremes might have an opposite effect
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    I think you have to tweak your resume for each job your apply. Each company has a unique profile in mind and you can see it by the job description. They are not interested in training and not impressed by experience or projects, unless they are a perfect fit for that specific position. So you need to sound like a perfect match to increase your chances.
  • 4
    What will happen when you pass a technical interview as a 5 years many-projects dev?

    Don't fake it. Take a different approach like start building a network.
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    If you put 5+ years, that tech interview will be above your head.

    Read the job descriptions well, and make your CV align with it, but at the same time don't over exaggerated where you can't back it up.
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