u/Able-Calligrapher-74

Hey all, thanks for clicking on this post and taking the time to read it. Please forgive if this is not the right subreddit to post about these concerns and if possible, please guide me to the right ones.

I am looking for a mid level developer job after spending about 3 years in my first job as a junior developer. I am currently told that I should be applying for 20-30 jobs each day, or maybe more. This is advised to me by a lot of people.

At the same time, blindly applying your resume doesn't work. We have to read the JDs properly and have to tailor our resume according to each JD. I have tried blindly applying the same resume for 50+ jobs, and got rejections from all of them.

Tailoring your resume takes time. Sometimes a lot of time. A JD might be saying, "The candidate should know React, they should have experience with Redux and they should know how to use hooks, functions and UI libraries" and this means now you have to mention all these words in your experience section now. Many times it's not that easy. Many times we have to rewrite a full bullet point in our resume, with the challenge of using a performance metrics, your core work and all the keywords needed to be stuffed because of the JD.

Or, a JD might mention that a candidate should know what is EC2, S3 etc and you have to now find a way to stuff that somewhere in your resume. You might now understand what I am trying to say.

My point is, each time I need to tailor a resume, it needs a lot of energy and precision and the result should make sense. It's not possible to apply for 20-30 JDs in such a case everyday.

How do we all achieve this goal of applying for so many jobs in a single day? Or is it just a myth? Is it a better idea to apply for fewer jobs but with a better fit?

Hey all, I am 26 and have always wanted to have my own startup, and have always wanted to build something. It's been a goal in my mind since a very young age, but for various reasons I have never been able to go for it when I was younger.

Three years ago, after finishing college, I chose to have a job because I needed more clarity and some stability in life. I ended up spending the last 2-3 years exploring a few things and building some essential skills of a founder like sales, marketing, talent acquisition, leadership etc, apart from my day job.

My dilemma is that while I have big goals and dreams, I also want to support my family financially. Want to back up my family when it comes to medical emergencies or any financial emergencies at all.

This could mean committing my current and upcoming savings to my family, while in order to be an entrepreneur you have to commit your money to the startup and you have to burn a lot of money.

I have such strong will to build something of my own, and yet I am feeling afraid to pursue it because it feels like it would take away my opportunity to serve my family financially. But I am pretty sure many other aspiring entrepreneurs might have been in the same situation as me, and wondering how did they navigate it.

So, all people who read my post and might have a clue about this - how do people become entrepreneurs when there might be big financial and family responsibilities with them? Your perspectives would be very helpful to me