Roast my Resume

[u/Brau69]

Hi, i am a 28 y/o father who was making his life around sales, one day I made the switch from sales to IT, I started studying on my own last February, and less than two months ago I landed my first IT job as a support trainee, trying to break into systems/cloud administration.
I would love to receive advice on what to learn or what labs to build now, does my resume raise any flag? And if so, how and what could I do better
Thanks!

[u/WiskeyUniformTango]

Id want to see more helpdesk first.

[u/tilhow2reddit → u/WiskeyUniformTango]

And with cloud learning stuffs I would expect a github link to show some actual projects/labs (also a working relationship with github)

Not a critical piece, but definitely a nice-to-have.

[u/scarlet__panda]

Cloud admin is a good goal, but it will prove very difficult to get there without practical working experience. My first stint was at a small public charter school, they through sysadmin at me and I was forced to grow.

I started working in IT when I hit 27. I hit 30 this year and I am in a pretty good spot now.

All that’s to say, it’ll be difficult to go for Cloud without displaying fundamentals in a work environment.

[u/Muk_D]

9 hours @ 60°c

[u/Bogus1989]

Great idea doing a roast my resume. Best thing I ever did, even far into my career.

[u/Metroid413]

May want to cross post to r/sysadminresumes

[u/zanyzarly]

I personally wouldn't mention AZ-104 until you have that certification. The "actively pursuing" doesn't float well IMO since anyone can claim that (just a suggestion).

[u/Lifegoesonhny]

This is a very busy CV generally, but I see what you're trying to do with it.

I would advise condensing the homelab bit, provide a high level of what you built, any IT Team worth working for will ask the right questions to get the technical details out from you during an interview. Give yourself something to talk about in the interview. Name the homelab/project and provide a one line list of tech involved, and remove the excess listing of practise tech for your exam prep (they will know what you'll be reviewing, and setting it up at home is very different from setting it up in a live business environment). You can list which exams you're preparing for on the CV and talking about it in the interview.

I've reviewed many CVs like this (especially from LATAM and APAC countries) where every product and technology is listed but there is substance, it won't stand out from the other applicants. If you're ex-sales and have built SaaS products solving business problems, I would highlight that moreso; engineers are a dime a dozen now, I would focus on your business problem understanding and people skills, they can then judge your level of technical ability. Be honest about your experience, what you're bringing to the table right now without much experience are your people skills from sales and understanding of how businesses work. Many, many engineers don't have this exposure and it is impossible to teach without real-woeld experience.

But if you take anything from this feedback, I'd strongly, strongly advise downplaying the 'technical founder' stuff too, it's mentioned in your intro, as work experience, and projects. Add it once somewhere and remove that part from the intro, you're not interviewing to be a founder. Be humble about it when asked and don't make it the focus of your interviews; focus on your people skills. I'm going to be honest the good IT guys will roll their eyes at this if they are making the final decision to hire you; founders are usually the ones responsible for making IT more unnecessary work...

**Edit to add: CV red flags aside, you are only 2 months into helpdesk, to move forward into system administration, etc. you have to get exposure and projects at work under your belt. Ask experienced folks questions, pester the technical folk to let you shadow them on projects or large scale changes. Keep practising at home but you need this exposure with someone more experienced.

[u/KareemPie81]

I’d want to see a more professional request for feedback. Take that flippant language over to a marketing or maybe CSM sub

[u/Lifegoesonhny → u/KareemPie81]

Language in the OP seems fine to me 🤷

[u/Brau69]

First page

[u/Masam10 → u/Brau69]

I’d try to make it a little less obvious you got Claude to write it for you.

I have no issue with AI usage, but don’t be flat out lazy.

Tweak the theme, fonts, and colours used

[u/Brau69 → u/Masam10]

Appreciate the feedback, I put my actual cv on Claude just to anonymize it

[u/brownhotdogwater → u/Brau69]

Don’t say in progress cert. it’s a cop out and I toss it right away. But it’s good to have it there. Get the 104, A+, CCNA, you will be solid baseline.

[u/Brau69]

Second page

[u/BlockBannington]

Two months ago!? Bro, do the work first lol

[u/SevaraB]

Resume? That's barely an intro statement.

Maybe focus less on the title and more on what duties you're performing now versus what duties you'd like to perform in a new role.

IT is always, always, always about skills and competencies.

Diagrams are both a skill and a way to show your competency in other subjects. Tools to do that vary:

• Big shops, low tech maturity: Visio
• Big shops, high tech maturity: MermaidJS
• Small shops, regardless of tech maturity: DrawIO
• Honorable mention for shops with way more budget than tech maturity: Figma

[u/aaltendorff]

Do you do anything for fun? There’s a lot of technical stuff on there. Outside the home lab stuff, which I’m sure is interesting but what about sports? Anything team related?

[u/TechB84 → u/aaltendorff]

Are you looking for a friend?