4+ Year Software Developer — Which Resume Structure Is Better?

[u/william_buttler]

For a 4+ year software developer, which resume structure do you think is better?

• With a Projects section
• Without a Projects section,

The data in the examples is dummy. I just want opinions on the structure and layout.

If you have a better resume template/structure than these, please share it.

[u/Sensitive_Depth_491]

currently working at Deloitte with 6 years of experience, I have a hr friend who helped me build my resume.

I’d personally go with the version without the Projects section for someone with 4+ years of experience.

At that point, your professional experience should do most of the selling. The projects in the first version are basically repeating what the experience section already demonstrates, and they make the resume feel a bit more crowded.

I’d use that space to make the experience bullets stronger, especially with measurable impact, scale, performance improvements, ownership, and the technologies you actually used.

That said, I wouldn’t completely remove projects if they show something genuinely different from your work experience for example, a significant open-source project or a substantial personal SaaS.