Ask HN: Selling one's self 2 by it_is_beautiful | 1 comments on Hacker News. I'm having a hard time. I lack the skills to sell myself. I have a hard time communicating, even this post. It feels like I'm looking through 100x zoom, I can't find a clarity of message. I used to sit to write résumés for hours and hours, to come up with nothing of value. Lack of schooling and lack of real-world experience contributed. I didn't get interviews, and when I did, they weren't impressed. Mia culpa. --- While others worked publicly and sent out hundreds of résumés, I worked privately and sent nothing for years. Years! Now I'm trying to be practical and freelance, which I've tried twice before. There are a lot of jobs that I have the skills for easily, but when I try to write my profile, or my past projects, I spin out endlessly. --- Concretely, although I don't have any major projects shipped, I do have a lot of previous software with relevant problems I solve...