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Re:Ask HN: Reject/ghost on all job applications with 8 YoE, ... by haspok on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @10:15AM (#34611595)
> A FAANG experience nullifies that project experience, IMO.

_Any_ reasonable experience nullifies personal projects. The myth that a personal github account full of open source personal project activity is the only way to go should die already.

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Re:Ask HN: Reject/ghost on all job applications with 8 YoE, ... by kayodelycaon on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @11:56AM (#34613394)
Once I had some good volunteer experience outside of work, I listed those like they were jobs and dropped projects and GitHub from my resume.

Hasn't been a problem.

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Re:Ask HN: Reject/ghost on all job applications with 8 YoE, ... by hosh on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @01:49PM (#34615526)
It is not the only way to go. However, for people starting out, with no experience, then you have to have something else to show for it.
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