Over the years, working as a developer, I’ve seen one common pattern in hiring:
Resumes don’t really reflect actual skills.
Someone can be great at solving real-world problems but struggle to present them on paper. On the other hand, a well-written resume can sometimes overstate capabilities.
This creates friction on both sides:
• Developers feel undervalued
• Companies spend too much time validating skills
I started exploring this problem while working on a side project called Work-Streak.
The idea is simple:
What if developers could prove their skills through structured assessments and verified profiles instead of relying heavily on resumes?
I’m still in the early stages and trying to understand:
• What kind of assessments actually reflect real skills
• how much verification is useful without being intrusive
• how hiring teams would trust such a system
Would love to hear from other developers:
Have you faced this gap between actual skills and how they are evaluated?
Curious to learn from your experiences.
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The friction you're describing is real on the hiring side too. As a small business owner I've stopped asking for resumes entirely for most roles — I just give candidates a small paid task relevant to the work. Filter rate is brutal but the signal is 10x better. The resume game rewards good writers, not good workers. Curious to see where Work-Streak goes with this.