| Right now, your LinkedIn profile looks like it belongs to a new on the market 20-year-old, which I'm assuming is accurate. If your're looking to upsell, go for these: * Go to local Meetups, and start getting more people linked to your profile. The same for any classmates you're still in touch with who want to be professionals. * Get a better picture, like everyone has said. * Bullets with good descriptions under each job, with keywords that match the positions you want in the future. * Instead of "freelancing", come up with a company name, even if it's just Parsons Development Consulting, build a site for the company, and if you can get recommendations from customers. I know this won't impress a lot of tech people, but it does impress HR. * Add more groups, preferably local meet-ups, your current company, and at least one non-profit. * Take your high school off your profile. Right now. Nothing says "I'm a kid you can underpay" quite knowing when you graduated high school. * ABOVE ALL ELSE link to your GitHub, and make sure your GitHub shows off your skills. Hope this helps. |
One more thing I'd add: Tell a story. Even something like "I started developing for the Web because..." is much more compelling than "I develop for the Web". Narratives stick with people.