Jennifer Hay has been writing resumes for technology professionals for more than 15 years — and as you would expect, she’s got some advice that might surprise you.

How does a tech pro present up-to-date knowledge and accomplishment while also demonstrating all the other less-than-obvious requirements? How does it tell the right stories in the right way?

While she’s advising her clients, she’s also keeping an eye on trends. One thing she sees is bad advice coming from resume generalists. What works for the non-tech job seeker often fails to work for tech pros.

Other points

* Who among your friends you should ask for resume advice and who not to ask.

* How a resume can work for you in your interview

Click here to reach her site: https://itresumeservice.com.

This week we go deep into the topic that was introduced last week: the gap between old technology and new. Dave Wells is back to discuss the problem’s roots, potential peril, and strategies to relieve it.

This episode will be followed by others on this theme over the next several weeks. Other guests will look at the problem from new angles.

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Show notes

In this introduction of a widespread problem, Dave Wells talks to Ted about the problem, and the costs, of old technology having new technology piled on top of it without making sure the two of them work together. Future episodes, with Dave and others, will go deeper into the problem and possible solutions.

[01:31]  Dave’s quick description of the problem

[01:54]  Example: 14 states couldn’t pay unemployment

[03:03]  More recent example: Built on MapReduce…

[04:10]  Looking for an analogy among other business problems

[05:32]  The various costs

[06:10]  Does data tech seem less real to those who budget for tech?

[08:22]  Summing it up