Do you have X number of years of non-programming related roles on your resume? Do you list the year of your college degree? These things might signal your age/over-experience/lack of programming experience enough to get your resume culled.
There's also the fact that most jobs are looking for exact matches rather than someone smart enough to get up to speed on their tech stack. So they want to see X years with Y technology. If you're coming from a different field it can be hard to check those boxes.
There's also the fact that most jobs are looking for exact matches rather than someone smart enough to get up to speed on their tech stack. So they want to see X years with Y technology. If you're coming from a different field it can be hard to check those boxes.