Yes, it's basically being in college - while being paid. If your resume is full of those kind of roles, I'd disregard your resume and many experienced managers will as well.

Remember that your resume will not hold much value, when you give off "we built this thing with friends in a garage" in your resume and little else.

Have you supported anything in production? No? Explain why should you be a candidate for anything other than an entry level position as a SwE.

> If your resume is full of those kind of roles, I'd disregard your resume and many experienced managers will as well.

That's why you lie about it.

"lie" is a strong word but my resume is always optimized for the role i'm applying for. If I have experience in a technology that's not relevant then i leave it off and use the space/attention for something better matching the role.

I had a job like this for a while. My boss always wanted to be involved in the new stuff and I was the one he threw it at to kick the tires.

Some stuff got done, but nothing too mission critical that kept me up at night and it was pretty relaxed.