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I'm guessing this tactic was a means to an exit for individual developers looking for the door?

One of the things that bothers me about resumes that cross my desk is the emphasis on skills over projects. I blame linkedin since it allows HR (generally, not the most innovative or thoughtful people I've dealt with, especially at the banks) to half-ass their job to the Nth degree with filters begging to be reverse engineered by a job seeker.

I think there is value in building towards a goal skillset (I do the author's resume goal setting myself, actually), but I generally never share my resume and if I do, I am completely legit in what I present).