You might undersell yourself by giving yourself the wrong title

Did you know that calling yourself something like “Junior JavaScript Developer” on your CV and socials is one of the worst things you can do for your career?

It immediately strips away a lot of your credibility and can often even close some doors.

What is wrong with this title?

It might seem perfectly fine to call yourself what you think you actually are, but it is not. It describes yourself too specifically, and it shuts some doors for you.

This title is one of the first things a recruiter or an interviewer sees on your CV, and it already tells them a lot about you. This is your description. It is a short, concise statement about who you are and what you do. It should state: “This is who I really am.”

Ask yourself the following questions:

1. Your current job title might indeed be “Junior JavaScript Developer,” but is this everything you are capable of?
2. Are you really a junior skill-wise, or is it simply because you only do this job for a year now?
3. Is professional experience everything? Is there nothing else that defines your skills and capabilities?
4. Is JavaScript really the only programming language you know and can…