Recruiters (internal and external) rarely actually look at any of your personal projects. The more experienced you are, the less relevant your personal projects are to a recruiter unless you've created some well known OS work. For less experienced engineers, the approach is relatively similar.
It's difficult to put much value in your personal projects without some form of social or commercial validation. Essentially, personal projects that aren't being used by anyone but you hold little to no value in terms of resume content.
None of these matters.. job market decides if you'll have a job. Layoff is happening everywhere, thanks to AI these days and it'll get worse. So it doesnt matter anymore.
The recruiters I know haven't changed their methods that much. They understand AI and some of the implications but at the end of the day it's the end client who has a job spec and they still follow whatever is in that spec.
Recruiters (internal and external) rarely actually look at any of your personal projects. The more experienced you are, the less relevant your personal projects are to a recruiter unless you've created some well known OS work. For less experienced engineers, the approach is relatively similar.
It's difficult to put much value in your personal projects without some form of social or commercial validation. Essentially, personal projects that aren't being used by anyone but you hold little to no value in terms of resume content.
As a programmer with 10+ years of experience, this question gave me a lot to think about.
I have to admit to myself that programming skills alone are no longer what makes me valuable.
If I switch my role to that of a boss or manager, what kind of people would I hire?
My answer: those who show the ability or potential to deliver good results even in the face of significant non-technical difficulties.
None of these matters.. job market decides if you'll have a job. Layoff is happening everywhere, thanks to AI these days and it'll get worse. So it doesnt matter anymore.
The recruiters I know haven't changed their methods that much. They understand AI and some of the implications but at the end of the day it's the end client who has a job spec and they still follow whatever is in that spec.
Look at what people have built not the tools they list out. How mattter even less now in 2026