I’ve had long hair for about 20 years. Hair tie is number 1, in a pinch though I just grab a locke of hair and wrap it into a ponytail. For the last 6 or so years I’ve had dreadlocks and it’s about the same, but I have way longer dry and wash times lol.
Before dreadlocks though, I found that more oils and products I used the more my hair fell flat, so for about 6 or 7 years I did the no-poo method and my hair liked it quite a lot. My hair was very curly and full, and could pretty quickly tell when my hair had too much sebum and other oils building up
Not entirely sure how you’d go about getting slicked back hair that also isn’t flat etc, but from what I know of my hair, I would try a good deep clean and trying a small amount of pomade just at the roots/scalp. Seems like you’d most likely end up in a cycle of having to wash a lot though, but not really sure
No. Put real world examples of your work. Homelab shit, word some shit you did for friends or family as work experience. Anything that isn’t just an outright lie.
Just to help make you feel a bit better about your job hunt, I finally got a position with AWS after some 6 years of actively sending out applications and resumes to anyone and everyone. In the end what got me the job (I think) is real experience and good understanding of the basics needed for my position. No real experience in my new role but a lot of related experiences in previous. Also a lot of practice with Amazon’s STAR method of story telling, it really helps lay down the information that interviewers want to get out of you, even if they aren’t Amazon.
It also doesn’t hurt to find and get certifications! There’s quite a few out there and can be gotten fairly easily and cheaply (and some not so cheaply lol)