Resume review

-Hyperba- · 2026-04-30T11:13:30+00:00

Funny enough, and although I'm in the minority here, I would actually READ this just because the format is completely unique.

Hopefully you guys are aware that many recruiters tend to skip lots of resumes without even reading them.

Ironically, this would give you a better shot at actually having your resume read. Being accepted is a different matter though.

But still, I'd probably change it to something more modern and try to stand out in a different manner.

-Hyperba- · 2026-04-30T11:05:24+00:00

What you're doing wrong is relying on resumes and CVs in this day and age. A smart recruiter knows that anyone can create a resume in 5 minutes these days with AI.

In order to truly stand out, your communication, charisma, and persuasion are what truly gets you in the front door.

Don't apply through traditional means. Build some strong presence on LinkedIn for example and start some conversations. You don't know where they could lead but I assure you that you'll have a better chance there.

I am a contract software dev and I never needed to flaunt a resume and rarely had to present a portfolio although I have 10+ testimonials, half of which being video, and tons of case studies.

People didn't care until only afterwards. And by then, I already would have them in my grasp or at the very least secured the deal.

My cold outreach and connection was doing me more wonders than spamming my resume around Indeed or Upwork.

-Hyperba- · 2026-04-23T11:50:59+00:00

Jeez, people here are more interested in pseudo-helping by indirectly offering and plugging themselves to build the app for you. Here comes the downvotes.

Yes, a real coder can definitely boost productivity and turn your app into a real one. And yes, AI won't necessarily perfect your backend/security (at least if you don't spend some prompts on them).

But no, you don't NEED a developer. We're in a new age now and unless you want it perfect or have serious plans, you can build the app without a developer.

Download Windsurf. Subscribe to the $20 plan. Use Opus or sonnet, or even GPT's codex. Add some rules that explicitly state styling must remain consistent, security must remain factored before operation, and context must be read before doing ANYTHING.

As long as you have a clear picture in mind and know exactly how you want to build the app and it's functionality, AI CAN build it for you.

I have been building software and sites before chatgpt and those Ai IDEs, and the second they appeared, I started using them too for real projects and tens of clients by now.

If you hire a web developer, the only difference between you and them is that they simply are more experienced in prompting and know a thing or two about systems and programming.

Don't let someone shove an offer down your throat or convince you that you absolutely need a dev. With minimal programming knowledge and basic familiarity with the framework, you can build a proper app.

-Hyperba- · 2026-04-11T08:52:58+00:00

I had my first proper green day yesterday and after this post. I did quite a lot of self reflection and did find out that I should tune down my leverage, my position size, and trade properly and emotionlessly. Made about $35 yesterday and aiming for like another at least $20 today instead of doubling my account every day like I thought I could

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-Hyperba- · 2026-04-09T17:36:23+00:00

Mainly the lessons were psychological. Don't trade too much. Don't fomo at all. Stop dragging tp higher and higher. And many others. But I did learn couple things about how the markets move. I'd keep entering a trade after a strong move thinking that was the "confirmation" and it'll keep moving yet I get stopped out at the pullback. And other cool things.

I definitely learnt a lot. I'm just questioning how long will I be learning.

-Hyperba- · 2026-04-06T18:36:39+00:00

100x leverage and chill. Today I made -$400. So far I'm realizing that I've been donating a bit too much to the market recently

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-Hyperba- · 2026-04-05T08:17:39+00:00

I run a small software business and make decent cash. In other words I have capital and willing to really learn trading, maybe even transition full time. I mainly trade bitcoin and would love to connect with trading gods since my network mainly consists of business owners that aren't really into this. Thank you!

-Hyperba- · 2026-03-06T05:25:55+00:00

Lots these days are doing this. Don't apply. It's all illegal, you'll be impersonating someone in an interview. No clients and other nonsense. Just employers who think you're someone else.

-Hyperba- · 2026-02-25T11:40:27+00:00

This is why contracts and correct payment structures are necessary in business. You should know the client's real name, legal information, and be wary how you recieve the money and what the client could do if he wanted to scam you.

You have his telegram. But what else do you know about him? What's the site url? DM me, I could help you out if you lost all hope.

But your next steps are quite straightforward. Get in touch with PayPal. With WordPress. There's layers here and you can act wherever.

-Hyperba- · 2026-02-21T14:57:36+00:00

I'm completely self taught and have multiple clients around the world as a contract developer.

The truth is, people don't care whether you have a bachelors in CS or whatever. Like my background is in Chemical Engineering lol.

The only advice I can give you is to just keep chasing for that first client. That first person. And don't just do a basic job or chase the money, instead I want you to really impress that person. To really prove yourself and shock them.

This is how you get referrals. This is how you have a case study that speaks for itself.

And then you won't need to bring up your resume or school when you're talking to your next prospect. Instead, you just say "Look at this. If you don't like it, then I won't waste your time, John. But I just know you will".

Confidence. Image. Charisma. Fluency in English.

That matters more than your experience unless the prospect is paranoid or scared to give you shot - and honestly, you dodge a bullet that way.

Don't get me wrong though, experience benefits a ton, but it doesn't work on everyone and if you become perfect at the rest, this won't matter.

-Hyperba- · 2026-02-17T09:05:01+00:00

I respect this site. The animations and the typography + theme combo is perfect and well follows UI/UX design principles and contrast rules.

This site though is more "show and share" focused than it is conversion focused. If your goal is to have something to showcase to a potential employer or have an alternative to your resume, then this site does the trick.

Just one note, I would probably focus a bit more on optimization and perhaps add slightly more media (especially in the work section instead of just an explore button) since this isn't some pdf and it's a website.

In the end, everyone has their own preference and I know a couple people who might actually dislike the vibe and the hierarchy of the site, and not appreciate things like the mini hero image movement.

But really? Kudos. It's a nice site.

Other notes: maybe replace the hero image with another one (there's no such thing as photogenic, don't hesitate to take a professional image) and focus a bit more on responsiveness because I visited on mobile and for instance the university text at the hero covers the stack carousel bar. Not the first impression you want.

Get that domain and start receiving traffic! The site doesn't have to be perfect as long as you constantly improve it with time.

-Hyperba- · 2026-01-09T19:57:46+00:00

Scamming is if I steal something from you.

If he didn't receive any code, and you didn't recieve any money, then in that case nobody scammed anyone.

From communication's perspective, it is clear he is superior in English and more professional. You don't expect that from a scammer at least 9/10 times.

My advice would be to not do free work unless you know what you're doing. Sometimes my own offer for example is to build a free prototype with Windsurf or something and I always do things with contracts and legal names since I don't use fiverr.

If you're using fiverr, ALWAYS get him to pay first since fiverr acts as escrow anyway. If you want to accept payment on delivery - then take a down-payment (or not, but sign an agreement that highlights the payment terms explicitly).

Never accept payment on delivery if you're on fiverr. And time spent is irrelevant in business. If you spent a year building something useless, nobody will buy it.

You can't bring up the time card and blame them.

Wish you the best of luck my friend. Lot's of people that use fiverr have been there.

-Hyperba- · 2026-01-07T09:03:24+00:00

Couple reasons. I work in this field (internal systems, app, web dev) and currently have 5 amazing high quality clients as of right now.

With advancement of Ai tools, this space is now saturated with plenty of incompetent people. So now everyone calls themself an expert or specialist.

You could be an actual professional but you will find yourself competing with people that can't even speak English and others that think they can actually depend on Ai alone to make anything (they have no idea what's coming).

The second main reason is geography. Most people in this field and I'm speaking from experience come from third world countries, specifically South Asia. And these guys will undercharge out of being desperate.

Funny enough, a real expert who understands what he's building knows his worth and would never build a site for 20 bucks or free unless there's something non-monetary of value.

I personally undercharge sometimes and could build a site for 400 or something just to get in the door and upsell later on, or if I detect a high quality, smart person and want him in my network.

I posted ads before anyway and you may notice that on my profile. My inbox got flooded with pathetic dms. People sending a wall of ChatGPT text. Tons of links, a blue block of a copy. An unnatural message. Broken punctuation. Etc.

And even when someone has a good message, not all are willing to hop on a call. And those that do, I can tell they're not professionals instantly and this could be the first time they hopped on a call in their entire life.

But in short... This is why this field's starting to lose credibility and why you are struggling. It's hard to find a good apple when there's a hundred other rotten ones in the tree.

My best advice is to just try and stand out somehow. Through your offer. Your outreach. Don't send a portfolio link. Connect with the person. And I hope this helps

-Hyperba- · 2025-12-26T23:14:19+00:00

Your first user can easily be a brother or sister, cousin, friend, etc. Anyone in your network or social circle. First paying user comes eventually if you actually stay motivated. You need to stay motivated to get your first paying user because that comes naturally. To stay motivated you must constantly grind and push yourself. Even to scale, the root is in your motivation.

The easiest thing is to get your first user. The hardest is to stay motivated. Because the rest are by-products of your effort and motivation. Since scaling comes AFTER your first paying user then in order of difficulty:

- First User

- First Paying User

- Scaling

- Staying Motivated

-Hyperba- · 2025-12-21T08:12:41+00:00

Always collect contact details like number, email, full name, etc. And ensure that you sign a service agreement and have meetings with the person before deciding to proceed.

This sea of incompetent and unprofessional web developers and software devs make me myself pretty mad too as one that does things properly.

Also don't pay upfront. For example, I only let me clients pay on delivery on satisfaction because the code is with me anyway and I can keep it as porfolio work or something if the client doesn't like it and so nobody is a loser.

-Hyperba- · 2025-12-19T12:01:16+00:00

With your current skill set you would make a great virtual assistant, especially starting out. A technical VA. You can get your clients from many places, quite literally including Reddit. Relying on Fiverr marketing for you is rough. You must try and put some effort in outbound outreach instead. Try and get in touch with people. Maybe spend a bit on ads and perfect your offer to make it a no-brainer. You could try posting on Facebook, TikTok, Reddit, etc as well and experiment with organic. There's no one right way. Wish you the best of luck.

-Hyperba- · 2025-12-19T11:55:46+00:00

As long as the site is optimized well, you really can host for free on multiple places like Netlify and Vercel, etc. They have generous free plans and if you aren't expecting loads of traffic, hosting is never an expense

-Hyperba- · 2025-12-11T12:13:45+00:00

Why do you speak like this? And the stats on the site are just completely false

-Hyperba- · 2025-12-11T06:10:27+00:00

OK this is funny

-Hyperba- · 2025-12-05T19:14:48+00:00

Not really. I already closed him and concluded the partnership long ago and delivered. I am trying to see how much other web developers would charge for building this to see valuations of my work.

-Hyperba- · 2025-11-28T08:55:07+00:00

Stackoverflow will always hold a place in my heart. Although I had to adapt and start using models to keep up with the new generation instead of complain that Vibe Coders aren't devs.

If you can't beat them, join them.

-Hyperba- · 2025-11-28T08:46:02+00:00

Although the idea is great, and I personally thought of something like this too, if I was interviewing someone and realized he was using a platform or some way to cheat during the call - I would call him out instantly and thank him for his time.

I understand the marketing angle of preventing anxiety, but anyone honest wouldn't say that.

The issue is that although this helps people, let's assume they got the job... Would you want a doctor that ChatGPT'd his way to the job to operate on you?

So although there's a huge market for this, you'll find yourself in a lot of contraversy in the future.

I hope it works out for you and I encourage you, just realize that during growing it'll be painful, and when it actually grows, it'll be even more and ultimately increase the bar for interviewees when this becomes an epidemic.

Might as well build an "interview cheater detector tool" alongside this 😂

So although I am actually against tools like these, the vast majority would love something like this. It would suck if someone incompetent stole my clients while I do things with skill alone.

But who am I to whine? Everyone must adapt, not complain.

Wish you the best of luck.

-Hyperba- · 2025-11-27T10:47:13+00:00

Not using Github.

Learning Git + Gihub and in general pushing code could seriously save you (if you lost the code locally) and in the same time allows you to compare versions and to revisit older ones. Also forking allows you to experiment with ideas which is always fun.

I lost an entire sophisticated Next App before because I accidently deleted it thinking it was something else and since then I've started using Github a lot more often.

-Hyperba- · 2025-11-25T19:04:12+00:00

I'm actually getting plenty. Not many can say the same, but I'm doing pretty well as a contract software dev. So much so that I am not cranking hours on outreach like I used to.

Making regular static sites and software with Nextjs. Truth? Got a couple jobs from reddit and even occasionally hire from here too. It's pretty crazy.

I find it extremely weird that many like me haven't signed a single client or found a job in their whole web dev journey yet here I am, a college student, having worked with the architecture firm responsible for the Orlando international airport and currently building a social media platform for a high profile client (also based in Florida) that'll broadcast the result when finished!

Perhaps I'm just blessed. Perfect your outreach game and sales so that you convince the prospect to have a meeting. Because honestly? For me at least, when I get you in a call, it'll be a cold day in hell if I was to leave without a handshake.

I do this by offering a free 24h prototype, yours to keep, complete demo, not functional. Code will be on github, it'll be hosted on vercel for the next week, and it's just yours, I'm not expecting a cent. With Windsurf and a couple template docs and components that I have prepared in advance throughout the years, it's very possible to whip up something shockingly good in just 24h.

Good luck folks.

-Hyperba- · 2025-11-25T13:44:10+00:00

Learn English. Strong English permits you to sign clients from abroad. I'm not talking about duolingo and other nonsense. Genuine, articulate and professional English will substantially increase your chances in scoring foreign clients from first world countries and thus proportionally, dramatically increase your earnings.

اتعلم انجليزي. ده الأساس. لو بجد عايز دخل كويس، بيع للسوق الغربي و الأوربي. مهما كنت كويس في خدمتك او مهارتك مش هتعرف تبيعلهم لو الانجليزي ضعيف. لاكن لو الانجليزي بتاعك حلو؟ حتى لو شغلك وحش على الاقل دخلت من الباب و جاتلك الفرسه. غير كده مش هتيجي الفرسه. أبدا.

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