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Use white space and minimal typeface variation in all your written materials.

Describe past work in terms of what was made, not tech used to make it. Relegate tech buzzwards to a minimal "skills" section of your resume.

Use the words "make," "things," and "world" liberally. Say you got into programming to make the things that you wanted to see in the world.

Have examples of things, especially small things, that a non-technical person could use or see.

Have a BFA in some quasi-technological process like stone lithography or ceramics. Describe approaching software with a similar sense of craft.



Don't forget to make sure your minimal skills section includes at least one language or framework that requires a Mac to use.




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