u/AJ_Smoker1

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My questions to all the hiring and recruiting managers how do you manage piles of applications.

How do you filter the best applicants?

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I’m looking to polish my profile and wanted to get some honest feedback from the people actually doing the hiring. With the market being as competitive as it is, I’m trying to move past the "standard" advice.

For the Resume:

How do you feel about minimalist, single-column templates vs. more detailed layouts?

Are you looking for specific "impact metrics" (e.g., improved performance by X%), or do you just want to see a solid tech stack like Next.js, TypeScript, and Prisma?

Does a background in competitive testing or specific academic achievements actually carry weight, or is it all about the work experience?

For Projects:

What makes you actually click a GitHub link?

Do you prefer seeing a complex, full-stack "real-world" application (like a trading platform or collaborative tool), or smaller, highly polished niche tools?

How much does the UI/UX matter for a developer role? Is a clean, minimal design better than something flashy?

The "X-Factor":

What is the one thing you’ve seen recently that made you think, "We need to interview this person immediately"?

PS: Please don't answer the way almost every other youtuber would answer.

Answer something useful

Hey everyone,

I’m a full stack dev (MERN + Next.js + TypeScript), and I’m running into a frustrating pattern I can’t seem to break.

I’ve built a couple of projects that work fine locally, but after deploying (usually on Vercel), things start breaking. Sometimes it’s UI components not rendering properly, sometimes APIs fail, sometimes things just behave differently than they did in development.

I try to debug, but I often end up going in circles and not fully understanding what went wrong.

What makes it worse is that even projects I thought were “good” ended up breaking after deployment, and I wasn’t able to properly fix them. It’s starting to mess with my confidence, especially since I’m trying to land a job soon.

I don’t think the problem is building things—I can build features—but maintaining and fixing them after deployment is where I struggle

If anyone has gone through this phase:

How did you get better at debugging production issues?

What should I focus on to become more reliable?

Any resources or mental models that helped you?

I’d really appreciate honest advice. I’m willing to put in the work—I just need some direction.