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Should I omit “Co-founder” from my LinkedIn and resume?
I'm updating my CV and wish to omit some old and less respectable items. Should I?List an important award from college on resume years later?Listing a relaunched company on your resumeShould I put “Postgraduate projects” on my resume?How will having multiple undergraduate degree majors affect job prospects?How to represent a short-held job from which I was terminated on my resumeWould leaving a graduate scheme early look bad on my resume?Should personal projects go on a developer's resume?
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I left my software engineering job ~1 year ago to build a SaaS company with 2 other co-founders. We built a professional product, had customers, and earned some decent press/marketing, but I've decided to move on.
I'm currently looking for a new software engineering job, and I've received some raised eyebrows when they see that I am a "co-founder" on my resume. I suspect there is hesitation about whether I'll be able to exit my current company and focus on a new job, or perhaps they are thinking that I am overestimating my abilities as "co-founder", or perhaps they think it's a resume filler / fake job.
Of course, I am prepared to focus on a new job 100%, have been working hard on software engineering over the past year, and I'm not looking to be a boss/manager. I am looking for a mid-level software engineering job, so I wonder if I should omit the fact that I'm a co-founder on my resume.
Ideally, someone would understand that I am driven for new challenges, and that I've had a heavy engineering focus at the company I founded. But given the concerns, perhaps I should play it safe by omitting "co-founder" from my resume?
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I left my software engineering job ~1 year ago to build a SaaS company with 2 other co-founders. We built a professional product, had customers, and earned some decent press/marketing, but I've decided to move on.
I'm currently looking for a new software engineering job, and I've received some raised eyebrows when they see that I am a "co-founder" on my resume. I suspect there is hesitation about whether I'll be able to exit my current company and focus on a new job, or perhaps they are thinking that I am overestimating my abilities as "co-founder", or perhaps they think it's a resume filler / fake job.
Of course, I am prepared to focus on a new job 100%, have been working hard on software engineering over the past year, and I'm not looking to be a boss/manager. I am looking for a mid-level software engineering job, so I wonder if I should omit the fact that I'm a co-founder on my resume.
Ideally, someone would understand that I am driven for new challenges, and that I've had a heavy engineering focus at the company I founded. But given the concerns, perhaps I should play it safe by omitting "co-founder" from my resume?
resume job-search entrepreneurship
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What do they say / do you make you think that? Just some other perspectives...if you're applying to a job similar to the one you owned a company for, that may seem kinda strange. Also, is it clear on your resume that it's a legit company? Do you talk them through what you do? Maybe they think it's just something you put on your resume / a fake job.
– JustBlossom
28 mins ago
Interesting - it could be that the quizzical looks have been "fake job" suspicion. I think that can be resolved if they look at our website, which includes customer testimonials, links to our customers, and links to some positive press articles for our product. Is that enough to dispel their doubts? Thus I wonder if it's best to avoid the whole issue and change my title from "co-founder and engineer" to just "software engineer".
– niceEarthling
4 mins ago
The quizzical looks aren't from everyone, and they are rather subtle, but are something like "I see you are a co-founder... hmm... can you tell me more about why you are looking for a job?".
– niceEarthling
47 secs ago
add a comment
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I left my software engineering job ~1 year ago to build a SaaS company with 2 other co-founders. We built a professional product, had customers, and earned some decent press/marketing, but I've decided to move on.
I'm currently looking for a new software engineering job, and I've received some raised eyebrows when they see that I am a "co-founder" on my resume. I suspect there is hesitation about whether I'll be able to exit my current company and focus on a new job, or perhaps they are thinking that I am overestimating my abilities as "co-founder", or perhaps they think it's a resume filler / fake job.
Of course, I am prepared to focus on a new job 100%, have been working hard on software engineering over the past year, and I'm not looking to be a boss/manager. I am looking for a mid-level software engineering job, so I wonder if I should omit the fact that I'm a co-founder on my resume.
Ideally, someone would understand that I am driven for new challenges, and that I've had a heavy engineering focus at the company I founded. But given the concerns, perhaps I should play it safe by omitting "co-founder" from my resume?
resume job-search entrepreneurship
asked 40 mins ago
niceEarthlingniceEarthling
7061 gold badge7 silver badges13 bronze badges
I left my software engineering job ~1 year ago to build a SaaS company with 2 other co-founders. We built a professional product, had customers, and earned some decent press/marketing, but I've decided to move on.
I'm currently looking for a new software engineering job, and I've received some raised eyebrows when they see that I am a "co-founder" on my resume. I suspect there is hesitation about whether I'll be able to exit my current company and focus on a new job, or perhaps they are thinking that I am overestimating my abilities as "co-founder", or perhaps they think it's a resume filler / fake job.
Of course, I am prepared to focus on a new job 100%, have been working hard on software engineering over the past year, and I'm not looking to be a boss/manager. I am looking for a mid-level software engineering job, so I wonder if I should omit the fact that I'm a co-founder on my resume.
Ideally, someone would understand that I am driven for new challenges, and that I've had a heavy engineering focus at the company I founded. But given the concerns, perhaps I should play it safe by omitting "co-founder" from my resume?
resume job-search entrepreneurship
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What do they say / do you make you think that? Just some other perspectives...if you're applying to a job similar to the one you owned a company for, that may seem kinda strange. Also, is it clear on your resume that it's a legit company? Do you talk them through what you do? Maybe they think it's just something you put on your resume / a fake job.
– JustBlossom
28 mins ago
Interesting - it could be that the quizzical looks have been "fake job" suspicion. I think that can be resolved if they look at our website, which includes customer testimonials, links to our customers, and links to some positive press articles for our product. Is that enough to dispel their doubts? Thus I wonder if it's best to avoid the whole issue and change my title from "co-founder and engineer" to just "software engineer".
– niceEarthling
4 mins ago
The quizzical looks aren't from everyone, and they are rather subtle, but are something like "I see you are a co-founder... hmm... can you tell me more about why you are looking for a job?".
– niceEarthling
47 secs ago
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What do they say / do you make you think that? Just some other perspectives...if you're applying to a job similar to the one you owned a company for, that may seem kinda strange. Also, is it clear on your resume that it's a legit company? Do you talk them through what you do? Maybe they think it's just something you put on your resume / a fake job.
– JustBlossom
28 mins ago
Interesting - it could be that the quizzical looks have been "fake job" suspicion. I think that can be resolved if they look at our website, which includes customer testimonials, links to our customers, and links to some positive press articles for our product. Is that enough to dispel their doubts? Thus I wonder if it's best to avoid the whole issue and change my title from "co-founder and engineer" to just "software engineer".
– niceEarthling
4 mins ago
The quizzical looks aren't from everyone, and they are rather subtle, but are something like "I see you are a co-founder... hmm... can you tell me more about why you are looking for a job?".
– niceEarthling
47 secs ago
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What do they say / do you make you think that? Just some other perspectives...if you're applying to a job similar to the one you owned a company for, that may seem kinda strange. Also, is it clear on your resume that it's a legit company? Do you talk them through what you do? Maybe they think it's just something you put on your resume / a fake job.
– JustBlossom
28 mins ago
What do they say / do you make you think that? Just some other perspectives...if you're applying to a job similar to the one you owned a company for, that may seem kinda strange. Also, is it clear on your resume that it's a legit company? Do you talk them through what you do? Maybe they think it's just something you put on your resume / a fake job.
– JustBlossom
28 mins ago
Interesting - it could be that the quizzical looks have been "fake job" suspicion. I think that can be resolved if they look at our website, which includes customer testimonials, links to our customers, and links to some positive press articles for our product. Is that enough to dispel their doubts? Thus I wonder if it's best to avoid the whole issue and change my title from "co-founder and engineer" to just "software engineer".
– niceEarthling
4 mins ago
Interesting - it could be that the quizzical looks have been "fake job" suspicion. I think that can be resolved if they look at our website, which includes customer testimonials, links to our customers, and links to some positive press articles for our product. Is that enough to dispel their doubts? Thus I wonder if it's best to avoid the whole issue and change my title from "co-founder and engineer" to just "software engineer".
– niceEarthling
4 mins ago
The quizzical looks aren't from everyone, and they are rather subtle, but are something like "I see you are a co-founder... hmm... can you tell me more about why you are looking for a job?".
– niceEarthling
47 secs ago
The quizzical looks aren't from everyone, and they are rather subtle, but are something like "I see you are a co-founder... hmm... can you tell me more about why you are looking for a job?".
– niceEarthling
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What do they say / do you make you think that? Just some other perspectives...if you're applying to a job similar to the one you owned a company for, that may seem kinda strange. Also, is it clear on your resume that it's a legit company? Do you talk them through what you do? Maybe they think it's just something you put on your resume / a fake job.
– JustBlossom
28 mins ago
Interesting - it could be that the quizzical looks have been "fake job" suspicion. I think that can be resolved if they look at our website, which includes customer testimonials, links to our customers, and links to some positive press articles for our product. Is that enough to dispel their doubts? Thus I wonder if it's best to avoid the whole issue and change my title from "co-founder and engineer" to just "software engineer".
– niceEarthling
4 mins ago
The quizzical looks aren't from everyone, and they are rather subtle, but are something like "I see you are a co-founder... hmm... can you tell me more about why you are looking for a job?".
– niceEarthling
47 secs ago