Ask HN: Cover letter techniques for software development positions.

Re:Ask HN: Cover letter techniques for software development ... by bobabooey on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @02:46PM (#1784419)

My wife, who hires people, complains about this point all the time. Unless you've been a serial entrepreneur since age 10, keep your resume to one page. You're too young to have a resume longer than a page.

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Re:Ask HN: Cover letter techniques for software development ... by eru on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @03:10PM (#1784512)

And if it does not fit, don't reduce whitespace. A light two page layout is better than a dense one pager. And cutting the less interesting parts to get down to one page should be even better.

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Re:Ask HN: Cover letter techniques for software development ... by Nemisis7654 on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @02:50PM (#1784434)

Thanks for the advice. Luckily, mine is only one page.

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Re:Ask HN: Cover letter techniques for software development ... by ErrantX on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @05:08PM (#1784979)

You probably know this already.. but #1 advice for someone your age, I find, is: don't list "reading" or "swimming" (etc) as an interest to fill space :)

more: http://www.errant.me.uk/blog/2010/05/how-to-write-a-good-cv/

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