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Seth's Blog: Why bother having a resume?
This is another example of the value an attention economy provides. Why bother with a resume when you can just Google someone? If they’ve done anything of note, it’s going to show up. If they haven’t, then why would you consider hiring them?
In the past, students joined all kinds of clubs and volunteered to help “perfect” their resume. Now, for certain kinds of jobs, contributing to open source projects or actually “doing your job before you have one” is the best way to be noticed.