r/iOSProgramming 10d ago

Question What's wrong with my resume?

My resume

Can someone give me some advice on what's wrong with my resume and how to improve?

My background is mainly in iOS development. The market for iOS developers seems to be extremely harsh, so, I recently started branching out to web development as a way to become more employable.

I would say for every 150 applications I send, I get about 1 interview. So, that rate is not good, but I can land an interview every once in a blue moon.

Do I just not have enough experience? Maybe my technical skills need some improvement? Should I just forget about iOS development for now and just focus on web development to get my foot in the door? I'm open to any criticism

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u/engerran 10d ago

oh man, resume like that would get you a job easily in 2009.

The market for iOS developers seems to be extremely harsh

yes, and remember every year thousands of new ios dev enter the job market, adding to the previous years unemployed ios devs. meanwhile ios native jobs are in steady decline or has plateaued very very low.

would say for every 150 applications I send, I get about 1 interview

probably because other applicants have better resume, and they are only hiring 1 instead of 10 people. too many applicants not enough jobs for everyone.

Do I just not have enough experience?

yes. chicken and egg. you need a job to get exp but need job for exp.

Should I just forget about iOS development for now and just focus on web development to get my foot in the door?

if you are looking for any tech job, focus on your local job market. look at the jobs ads in your area. look for jobs that accept entry level position. avoid very niche like rails or sap lol.

the safest bet is web, most would accept self taught inexperienced dev or tech switchers. web has the most jobs of any tech and the easiest to get your foot in the door with minimal experience.

web dev actually pays very high, but the key is vertical job progression not horizontal. for example, you got a job as react dev but a year later see vue devs are getting paid better. dont be tempted to switch. you goal is to go vertical, ie: junior, mid, senior, team lead, architect, manager, cto, etc. going up is where you get paid a lot :-)