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Resumes Are Dead

With AI, resumes have become useless.

Candidates are using AI to generate resumes; Hiring companies (and the ATS tools they’re using) are using AI to review them.

So resumes are just a container for bunch of keywords used for machine-to-machine data communications.

Take this software engineer resume, for example. I grabbed a random one from the list we got and redacted the name. Tell me if this resume conveys any meaningful information, compared to all the other developer resumes out there.

Architect and Senior Software Developer with over 10 years of experience
designing and implementing scalable, resilient, and maintainable
software solutions. Skilled in system architecture, microservices, and
DevOps, with a strong background in PHP, Symfony, and modern JavaScript
frameworks. Experienced in defining service boundaries, managing
contracts and versioning, and enforcing backward compatibility. Proven
expertise in high-throughput payment systems, zero-downtime schema
migrations, blue-green/canary deployments, and idempotency-safe retries.
Adept at standardizing secrets management, implementing audit trails,
and ensuring database integrity to prevent double charges across
distributed systems. Recognized for modernizing legacy systems, building
CI/CD pipelines, and integrating AI-driven features to enhance workflows
and product scalability.

Programming & Frameworks: PHP (Symfony2-5, OOP), Node.js, Python, Java,
C++, JavaScript, AngularJS, ReactJS
Software Architecture & Development: TDD/BDD, DDD, CQRS, design
patterns, REST, microservices, refactoring & optimization
Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
DevOps & Cloud: Kubernetes, Ansible, Docker, AWS, Google Cloud,
Prometheus, ELK, Graylog, CloudWatch
CI/CD & Tools: Jenkins, GitHub, Bitbucket, Git, SVN, Stash, Redmine,
JIRA, UML, Mantis, Scrum, code reviews, pair programming
Messaging & Queues: RabbitMQ, Beanstalkd, Kafka
Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X
Other Tools: Microsoft Office, LibreOffice

Resumes are dead. What counts now:

  • What have you built, and how many people are using it? (a product, a community, or even a newsletter)
  • Where’s your content? (homepage, portfolio, GitHub, YouTube, etc.)
  • How many social media followers do you have?