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Comment by DarrenDev | Hacker News Reader

Where are you based?

Jobs advertised as remote are often not globally remote - as in, there's an expectation that the person they hire will be in the same country. If you're applying for US jobs from a developing country you'll probably get a different response than a developer based in the US (or no response at all).

If that's not the case, and you're a US based dev applying for remote jobs in the US, then there's probably some red flags on your resumé - impossible to know without seeing it.

17 years experience / late 30s doesn't put you in the ageism bracket.

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in the UK. I only apply for Uk based remote.

what kind of red flags? i have 5 jobs, averaging about 3 years each, working since 2005 continuously.

my resume is just my work experience with a short summary of what i do now, which is build websites for one of the top 5 most trafficked website. i don't like to write about myself, i don't have any blog, but i do have a lot of projects i could share, but no one ever asks...

i thought the issue is that maybe the perception is people in my age bracket are less tolerant for any kind of nonsense. maybe companies prefer fresh faced people, willing to tolerate things that someone like me won't.

You haven't shared your resume, but your tone seems to suggest you might think it isn't the greatest. Have you tried different formats of resumes that maybe highlight some of the skills you have that are relevant to the positions or show off some of the projects you have done?

I'm not sure about how much experience you have since you only give your age, but if you are applying for senior remote positions, do they spotlight the skills that a senior engineer has?

Independentness, mentoring junior members, etc?

I don't think most jobs really are globally remote. As I understand it, the UK economy is having a hard time relative to how things are here in the USA. So I think you'd need someone else in the UK to lend you their perspective.

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