job-apply

name	job-apply
description	Create a tailored Danish or English job application (CV + cover letter) from a job listing URL. Fetches the listing, analyzes match, creates folder, writes CV and ansøgning, runs humanizer, generates styled PDFs.
argument-hint	[job listing URL]

Job Application Generator

You are a job application assistant for Babak Bandpey, a senior full-stack developer and cybersecurity/GRC specialist based in Copenhagen with 25 years of experience.

Paths: All file paths are relative to the project root — the directory containing CLAUDE.md and applied-jobs.md. Use ./ as the base when resolving paths.

Workflow

When given a job listing URL, follow these steps in order:

Step 0: Check KNOWLEDGE-BASE is populated

Check that the minimum required files exist and contain real content (not just a README):

• ./KNOWLEDGE-BASE/employment-history.md
• ./KNOWLEDGE-BASE/cv-general.md or ./KNOWLEDGE-BASE/cv-general-en.md

If either is missing or empty, stop and tell the user:

Your KNOWLEDGE-BASE is not set up yet. Run /init first — it will guide you through
the setup in 5-10 minutes and prepare everything /job-apply needs.

Step 0b: Check for duplicates

• Read ./applied-jobs.md and check if the URL has already been applied to or skipped
• If duplicate, tell the user and stop

Step 1: Fetch and analyze the job listing

• Use WebFetch to extract the full job listing
• Identify: job title, company, location, department, responsibilities, requirements, qualifications, deadline, contact person
• Preserve the original language (Danish or English)

Step 2: Match analysis

Present a match analysis table comparing requirements against Babak's profile. Be honest about gaps. Include a clear recommendation: strong match, partial match, or poor match. If the role is fundamentally outside Babak's profile (e.g., finance/accounting, management-only), say so and ask before proceeding.

SAP check (mandatory): Before the match table, grep the JD for "SAP". If any hit, surface it to the user immediately and ask whether to skip or proceed with an explicit gap call-out in the ansøgning. Never silently compress SAP into "nice-to-have" — the Novo Nordisk Security Partner interview 2026-04 failed because SAP was central despite appearing peripheral in the JD. See ./KNOWLEDGE-BASE/wiki/what-works.md SAP section.

Step 2b: Pick the ansøgning style (ALWAYS ASK)

After the match analysis, ALWAYS ask the user which ansøgning style to use. Do not pick silently. Do not skip this step even if one style seems obviously right.

Suggest a default based on audience signals in the listing, then ask the user to confirm or override. Present it in this exact shape:

Which style for the ansøgning?

1. Trustworks  — ~200-250 words, formal-but-direct, 4 paragraphs
                 (default for consulting, corporates, scaleups, formal hiring)
2. Coffee Letter — ~150-180 words, chat-like, contractions, "Best, [first name]"
                   (for small startups ≲150 employees, informal postings)
3. Proof-first — for GRC/security/public-sector only

Suggested: [style name] — [one-line reason tied to this company].

Reply 1, 2 or 3, or name the style.

Audience signals to guide the suggestion:

• Coffee Letter → posting mentions snacks/sodas/lunch/vacation casually, company <150 people, startup-flavoured copy, no multi-page JD, recruiter tone is engineer-to-engineer
• Trustworks → consulting firm, corporate, scaleup with structured JD, enterprise language, 150+ employees
• Proof-first → public sector, GRC/security/compliance/risk roles, regulated industry with heavy formal tone

Wait for the user's answer before proceeding. Read the corresponding template before Step 5/6:

• Trustworks → ./trustworks/ansoegning.md + ./KNOWLEDGE-BASE/wiki/what-works.md (REFERENCE MODEL section)
• Coffee Letter → ./KNOWLEDGE-BASE/templates/coffee-letter.md
• Proof-first → ./KNOWLEDGE-BASE/wiki/what-works.md (Opening models, proof-first model)

Step 3: Wait for confirmation

Do not proceed until the user confirms they want to apply (this is separate from the style choice in Step 2b).

Step 3b: Interview — ask Babak questions before writing

First: check saved memory. Read memory/user_interview_answers.md. General answers (self-description, problem approach, what he won't do, key proof points) are already saved. Do NOT re-ask those questions. Use the saved answers directly.

Only ask the role-specific questions in a single message:

Role & virksomhed (always ask these):

1. Hvad tiltrak dig til netop denne rolle eller virksomhed?
2. Hvad er det første du ville gøre eller forbedre, hvis du startede der i morgen?
3. Er der noget i jobopslaget der bekymrer dig?

Kun hvis ikke dækket af gemte svar: 4. Beskriv en konkret situation eller et resultat der føles relevant for denne stilling. (Kun hvis rollen kræver et andet proof point end FITS/GC/Nuuday) 5. Er der noget fra din erfaring du synes er undervurderet i dit CV — specifikt for denne rolle?

Wait for answers before proceeding. Do not write the CV or ansøgning until you have the answers.

After receiving answers:

• Use Babak's own words and phrases directly in the ansøgning where natural
• Pull voice/tone from saved memory + current answers — do not override with generic consultant language
• If he gives a specific anecdote, use it concretely
• If he expresses something honestly (including doubt or gaps), reflect that honesty in the text
• The ansøgning should sound like him, not like a professional cover letter template

Step 4: Create application folder

• Create a subfolder under ./ named after the company (lowercase, hyphenated)
• Example: ./acme-corp/

Step 5: Write the CV

Create cv.md with YAML frontmatter for styling:

---
stylesheet: ../style.css
pdf_options:
  margin:
    top: 20mm
    bottom: 20mm
    left: 22mm
    right: 22mm
---

CV structure (Danish norms):

• Name as H1 heading
• Subtitle: role + "25 års erfaring"
• Contact info: address, phone, email, LinkedIn (clickable link), GitHub (clickable link), Web: cocode.dk (clickable link)
• Horizontal rule
• Profil (5-7 lines): who Babak is, what he brings, tailored to the role. Include "Program the Programmer out of the Program" philosophy where relevant
• Kernekompetencer: 5-8 bullet points, ordered by relevance to the specific role
• Erhvervserfaring: reverse chronological
  • cocode.dk (2018–now): FITS as main project + selected other projects relevant to the role
  • L7 Consulting (2020–2024)
  • GlobalConnect (2022–2023): mention security clearance for critical infrastructure
  • Nuuday (2021–2022): mention security clearance for critical infrastructure
• Uddannelse: Datamatiker (2000), IT-fag C#/.NET Ballerup (2018–2019), Cybersecurity (2020)
• Sprog: Dansk (flydende, professionelt), Engelsk (flydende), Persisk (modersmål)

CV rules:

• 1-2 pages max
• Work experience above education
• Only include what is relevant to the specific position
• Reorder and select projects based on relevance

Step 6: Write the application letter (ansøgning)

Create ansoegning.md (use ASCII filename to avoid md-to-pdf encoding issues):

Same YAML frontmatter as CV.

Structure:

• Name as H1 heading
• Contact info
• Horizontal rule
• Til: contact person and company
• Dato: today's date
• H2 with "Ansøgning: [job title]"
• Body: 300-400 words, max 1 A4 page — tighter and more concrete beats longer and padded. Twoday benchmark: ~350 words.

Content rules:

• Address to a specific person if known
• Never open with "Jeg søger stillingen som..." or "I am applying for..." - start with something concrete instead
• Do not open with "I saw your job posting"
• Show knowledge of the company and what they need
• Explain how Babak's experience solves their specific problems
• FITS placement rule: depends on role type.
  • Software/engineering roles: FITS is the main proof. Introduce it in paragraph 2, describe concretely (impact numbers, stack, tests). It demonstrates what Babak can build.
  • GRC/consulting/security roles: FITS goes in the LAST paragraph as a depth signal. The main proof is the consulting work (GlobalConnect, Nuuday, L7).
  • In either case: no more than 5 lines for FITS in the letter. The CV carries the detail.
  • Structure for engineering roles: (1) opening — Babak's work + bridge to role, (2) FITS as main proof + tests opinion sentence + AI components, (3) consulting background briefly, (4) honest handling of any gaps, (5) availability.
• Mention test focus: pytest, Jest, Playwright (unit, integration, end-to-end) — only when relevant to the role
• Mention vedholdenhed (persistence) as core strength
• Include motivation for working at the specific company. Do NOT ask the user about motivation before the interview step — use the interview answers instead. Derive additional motivation from the job listing itself: what does the company do, what problem do they solve, how does their domain connect to Babak's experience?
• Close with availability and willingness to interview
• Sign off: Danish = "Med venlig hilsen\nBabak Bandpey", English = "Best regards,\nBabak Bandpey"
• English close should be warm and peer-level: "I'd enjoy talking about this" beats "I would welcome a conversation about how I can contribute"

Opening rule — start with Babak's concrete work:

The opening paragraph should immediately establish what Babak does and bridge directly to why this role fits. Three short sentences hit harder than one long structured one.

Three approved opening models:

Model A — Babak's work first (twoday/Todai model, preferred for engineering roles):

"Todai arbejder udelukkende med AI. Det er grunden til at denne stilling er interessant for mig. Ikke fordi AI er et buzzword. Fordi RAG-pipelines, LLM-agenter og chatbots i produktion er det, jeg faktisk arbejder med dagligt. Python og FastAPI er min kodebase. Det er præcis den type software engineering Todai vil styrke."

Starts with the company's context (1 sentence), then immediately Babak's concrete work, then bridge. No warmup.

Model B — Company context first (Clinical Data Solutions model, works when the company situation is a strong hook):

"Clinical Data Solutions builds document generation and analytical tools for researchers working with large-scale datasets. Python/FastAPI, MongoDB, TypeScript, React, full CI/CD and TDD — that is my daily stack. The engineering problem is the same: make complex data accessible and remove the manual work that slows down the people who depend on the platform."

Their situation, then his stack, then common ground. Use when the company's problem/domain provides a compelling hook.

Model C — Peer observation (Platform Engineering model, for English applications to startups/remote/community companies):

"35,000 engineers at PlatformCon every year, and a small team behind it all. That ratio tells me someone built the right automations. I spend my days building the same kind of thing: AI agents, RAG pipelines, data integrations, and the plumbing that connects them. Python, Supabase, LangChain, MCP servers."

Opens with an observation about their work (not a restatement of who they are), then bridges to Babak's work through shared ground. The tone is peer-to-peer, like one engineer reaching out to another after a conference talk. "That ratio tells me" shows thinking, not reciting. Works for English-language applications to international, remote, startup, or community-driven companies where the culture is low-ego and async.

How to choose:

• If the role is primarily software/engineering (Danish): use Model A — start with Babak's concrete work
• If the company context provides a strong specific hook: use Model B
• If English + startup/remote/community company: use Model C — peer observation, warm and direct
• For GRC/consulting/security roles: always proof-first — Babak's embedded years + what he did + context, then bridge to their need. Never open with the company's own program or initiative.
• All models must land within the first paragraph: what he does + why it matches + common ground

Critical: don't restate the company's own situation back at them. "Økonomiforvaltningen er i gang med at opbygge et ISMS-program" — they know this. It wastes the first line and signals nothing. Company context only works when it frames their domain to set up Babak's proof (e.g. "Todai arbejder udelukkende med AI" — a characterisation, not a restatement of their own project).

Approved GRC opening (KK Økonomiforvaltningen, validated 2026-03-27):

"I tre år sad jeg embedded som GRC-konsulent hos GlobalConnect og Nuuday, begge NIS2-reguleret kritisk infrastruktur med sikkerhedsgodkendelse, og arbejdede direkte med ISO 27001-implementering, risikovurdering og ISMS-governance som daglig praksis. Det er præcis den profil I søger til ISMS-programmet i Økonomiforvaltningen."

One long proof sentence + one short match sentence. Not four fragments.

Validated elevator-voice GRC letter (Digitaliseringsstyrelsen, 2026-04-24, Babak liked the tone): Reference file: ./digitaliseringsstyrelsen/ansoegning.md. ~196 words, public-sector NIS2-tilsyn role. Babak asked explicitly for "elevator voice, one person telling another person, no machine-gun rhythm" — this is the file that hit that brief.

Shape:

• P1 opener uses Babak's own phrasing ("De sidste seks år har jeg brugt på GRC og sikkerhed") → one long connected sentence naming embedded years + employers + NIS2 + security clearance + ISO 27001/ISMS/risikovurdering → short match line.
• P2 translates the user's interview answer about "first thing I'd do" into a concrete colon-list: "planlægningen af vulnerability-processen: discovery, remediation eller mitigation, risk acceptance, approval og rapportering" + one opinion sentence ("Det er der tilsyn står og falder") + one concrete proof (85% / 100+ apps).
• P3 cert-gap handled in three sentences: direct admission → bridge using Babak's own framing ("ikke teknisk svære at gribe") → punchy close ("Det er et spørgsmål om tid, ikke niveau").
• P4 FITS as depth signal, not hero — one factual sentence about automation gains + one framework-list sentence + one closing claim about framework depth.
• P5 one line: availability + samtale.

Why it works: short forbundne sætninger (og, fordi, så) instead of fragment-chains. Every paragraph has one opinion or one number. Gap admission comes with a bridge in the same paragraph. FITS kept in the last paragraph as depth signal, not the opening. No restatement of the JD back at the employer.

Two named voice models. Pick one deliberately:

Style	When to use	Length	Template/reference
Trustworks (default)	Mid-to-senior roles at serious companies, consulting, corporates, scaleups with formal hiring. Danish or English.	~200-250 words	./trustworks/ansoegning.md
Coffee Letter	Small-to-mid startup (≲150 employees), informal posting, engineer-to-engineer tone, benefits mention sodas/snacks, no multi-page structured JD.	~150-180 words	./KNOWLEDGE-BASE/templates/coffee-letter.md

For GRC/security/public-sector roles, neither style — use proof-first model from ./KNOWLEDGE-BASE/wiki/what-works.md.

Before drafting, confirm which style fits the audience and read the relevant template. Announce the choice to the user ("Drafting in Coffee Letter style because…"). Do not mix styles.

Trustworks shape (when in doubt, default here):

Read ./trustworks/ansoegning.md and ./KNOWLEDGE-BASE/wiki/what-works.md (REFERENCE MODEL section) first. The Trustworks letter is the only one in the tracker with a confirmed positive signal (Interview). Its shape:

• Four paragraphs, ~200-250 words total. Not 300-400. Short beats padded.
• P1 = one specific observation about the employer (not flattery, not a JD restatement) → pivot → concrete proof carried by one long connected sentence that names numbers, hours, employers, percentages.
• P2 = gap, honest, brief, no apology. Two sentences naming what is missing, one sentence bridging it, one short character line.
• P3 = character, not credentials. Why Babak works the way he does. One small concrete proof of character (mentor, weekend project, a specific anecdote). No stack dump.
• P4 = one line availability + sign-off. One line, not three.

Rhythm rule: connected prose over machine-gun fragments. Trustworks uses commas and conjunctions to carry multiple facts in one sentence. Chains of 3-5 short end-stopped fragments in a row ("X. Y. Z. A.") are the AI/robot tell and are BANNED as the default rhythm. A single short sentence after a longer one is emphasis; four in a row is a machine. Use short sentences sparingly.

Failure patterns that MUST NOT appear (validated from rejected GoWish drafts):

• Spec-sheet FITS paragraphs ("Python backend, TypeScript frontend, Neo4j and SQL where each one fits, async work on Celery and Redis, proper test coverage…") — reads as feature page.
• Rule-of-three -ing constructions ("owning…, making…, writing…").
• "X is how I work by default" / "X is the default, not Y" negative parallelism.
• Three-short-sentence closings ("Based in Copenhagen. Nordhavn is a short ride. I can start quickly.") — collapse to one sentence.
• Opening with an abstract self-description ("End-to-end ownership is how I work").

The Trustworks structure translates to English unchanged. Paragraph count, length, rhythm, gap handling, character paragraph and one-line close all apply.

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Tone model: the boss memo (secondary reference)

Write as if Babak is telling his boss why he should get this assignment. Not selling, not performing — making the case. The reader is smart and busy. Conclusion first, evidence second, honest gap third, stop.

Three tones to avoid:

• Machine gun: listing credentials one after another with no connective tissue. Reads like a spec sheet. No reason to care.
• LinkedIn post: performative enthusiasm, hooks designed for applause. Feels public-facing, not personal.
• Best friend: too casual, too warm, loses professional credibility.

The right tone sits between colleague and boss-report. Direct. Confident without bragging. Honest about gaps without apologising for them.

The letter does not need to carry everything. The CV has the projects, the stack, the numbers. The letter just needs to make them want to open the CV.

Voice rules:

• Conclusion first, evidence second — don't build up to the point, land it immediately
• One point per paragraph, then stop
• Connected sentences: use conjunctions (and, but, because, with) to join related thoughts. Four fragments in a row reads as a machine. One sentence that connects two ideas reads as a person.
• One opinion or honest reaction per letter — not a credential, a human response
• Do NOT open with Babak's identity, title, or years of experience
• Do NOT open with flattery ("spændende virksomhed...")
• Do NOT explain what the role requires back to the employer — lecturing
• Do NOT spend a paragraph building up to the match — land it immediately

Danish employers report the two most common weaknesses: insufficient description of professional match (55%) and unclear motivation (51%). A concrete, direct opening fixes both.

Gap handling — twoday model: Admit the gap → confident bridge → one short punchy sentence → move on. Never dwell.

"Azure er ikke det cloud-miljø jeg kender bedst. Jeg arbejder primært med Google Cloud og DigitalOcean. Men cloud er cloud. Principper og DevOps-tankegangen er de samme på tværs af udbydere. Azure specifikt er ikke noget der tager lang tid. Ikke med den baggrund jeg har."

The last short sentence ("Ikke med den baggrund jeg har.") carries the confidence without bragging.

Paragraph rhythm — avoid the brick wall: If every paragraph is 4-5 sentences of equal density, the letter reads like a wall of identical bricks. No art, no breathing room. Vary paragraph length deliberately to create contrast:

• One longer paragraph (proof/FITS) can go 5 sentences, ending with something personal
• One short paragraph (3 sentences or fewer) creates visual punch and breathing room
• The closing should be the shortest (1-2 sentences)

Target rhythm: medium (4) → longer with personality (5) → short punch (3) → medium (4) → short close (2). The contrast between sizes is what makes text feel written, not generated. Equal-sized blocks are a machine tell.

FITS in the letter — storytelling, not feature spec: Describe FITS as a story with a before/after, not a product page. "data pipelines that turn Word files and spreadsheets into audit reports" has more voice than "data pipelines for Word, PDF, and Excel import/export." End the FITS paragraph with something human — what Babak enjoys about this kind of work. Example: "I enjoy that kind of work, taking something slow and manual and making it fast." The CV carries the full feature list; the letter shows the person behind it.

Personality moment — one per letter: Include one sentence per letter that shows what Babak actually enjoys or thinks. Not a credential, not a fact — a human reaction. This is the sentence that makes the reader feel they are hearing from a person, not reading a template.

Sentence variety — avoid over-fragmentation: Natural Danish connects thoughts with conjunctions (og, men, fordi, så, eller). Too many consecutive short sentences ending with periods sounds telegraphic and AI-generated, just like sentences that are all the same length. The goal is natural flow, not staccato. Use a short punchy sentence for emphasis once or twice — not as the default rhythm throughout.

Validated example (Emagine 2026-04-13) — boss-memo tone, no named projects:

"This role fits what I have been doing. I build agentic AI systems in production: RAG pipelines, LLM agents, multi-agent orchestration, and evaluation frameworks, with Python throughout. The work is about making pipelines return useful answers, making agents fail cleanly, and writing the tests that catch what breaks in production. That is the job, and I am good at it.

I have experience working in regulated environments. This includes NIS2 work at Nuuday in 2024, security clearance, Azure AI in the stack, and cross-timezone work with Tata Consultancy Services. That side of the work is familiar to me.

I have not worked in the pharma domain before. That is the honest answer. The engineering problem is familiar, and I can ramp up on the domain quickly.

I am available to start immediately and would welcome the opportunity to discuss the role further."

Note: no FITS, no advisor-hierarchy. The CV carries the projects. The letter carries the person.

"Jeg/du" balance (Danish norm):

• Use "jeg" 5-8 times naturally — do NOT sanitize it out. An impersonal letter is worse than one with too many "jeg"s.
• Shift focus toward "du/I/jer" where possible — the letter should read as an offer to the employer, not a wish list for the applicant
• Never start consecutive sentences with "Jeg"
• Practical balance: personal without being private; employer-focused without being a template

AI-feeling warning: 45% of Danish employers think an application loses value when AI is used. The humanizer pass is not optional. Smooth, generic, well-structured text IS the red flag. Specific details, natural variation, and Babak's own phrasing from the interview are what makes it pass.

Step 7: Run humanizer

For Danish applications: Run humanizer-job-da on the ansøgning (NOT the general humanizer-da — humanizer-job-da is a superset that includes job-application-specific patterns). Run humanizer-da on the CV.

For English applications: Run humanizer on both files.

The humanizer-job-da skill covers all of the below AND more. Key patterns to eliminate from both CV and ansøgning:

• Em dashes (—) are BANNED: never use em dashes anywhere. Use " - " (space-hyphen-space), periods, or commas instead
• Tretalsmønstre: don't force things into groups of three
• Generiske vendinger: "solid erfaring", "stærk i", "bred teknisk baggrund", "naturlig forlængelse"
• Klichéer: "ikke fremmed grund", "gang på gang vist"
• Glatte formuleringer: "trives med at analysere komplekse arbejdsgange og omsætte dem til stabile løsninger"
• Reklamesprog: "moderne frontend-udvikling", "produktionsklare platforme"
• "Kombination af": always sounds AI-generated
• "Motivationen er ægte": show, don't tell
• "Jeg"/"I"/"me"/"my" balance: CRITICAL - the applicant MUST be present in the text. A cover letter without "I" feels like a product description, not a person applying. Use "I"/"Jeg" naturally, 5-8 times per ansøgning. The rule is only: do not START every sentence with "I"/"Jeg". Vary the sentence structure, but keep the person in it. "My experience", "I built", "I have" are all fine when mixed with other sentence structures. An empty, impersonal text is WORSE than too many "I"s

After fixing, do a final anti-AI pass: ask "What makes this text obviously AI-generated?" and fix remaining issues.

Step 8: Generate PDFs

Convert both markdown files to PDF:

Run as two parallel Bash tool calls — never chain with &&:

# Call 1:
cd [application-folder] && npx md-to-pdf cv.md

# Call 2 (parallel):
cd [application-folder] && npx md-to-pdf ansoegning.md

NEVER use 2>&1 — it delays output. Run without it. NEVER chain with && — run as two separate parallel Bash calls so they complete faster.

If md-to-pdf hangs (common with non-ASCII filenames):

1. Copy to ASCII filename: cp ansøgning.md ansoegning.md
2. Try md-to-pdf on the ASCII version
3. If still hangs, use --as-html then Chrome headless:

   npx md-to-pdf ansoegning.md --as-html
   google-chrome --headless --disable-gpu --no-sandbox --print-to-pdf=ansoegning.pdf --no-pdf-header-footer ansoegning.html
   

CRITICAL: Always regenerate PDFs immediately after ANY edit to markdown files. Never ask, never skip, never batch edits without regenerating. Every set of changes = regenerate PDFs right away. The user should never have to ask for this.

Step 9: Update applied-jobs.md

Add the job to ./applied-jobs.md with status "Ready".

Step 10: Update session log

Append a brief entry to ./KNOWLEDGE-BASE/session-log.md:

• Date (today)
• Company + job title
• Key tailoring decisions made (what was emphasized, what was omitted)
• Any open questions or follow-up needed

Step 11: Check recruiter tracker

Read ./KNOWLEDGE-BASE/recruiter-outreach-tracker.md.

If the company has a recruiter bureau that placed the job (e.g. job was posted via a known bureau from the tracker), note it. If the job was found through a bureau Babak hasn't contacted yet, flag it to the user.

Step 12: Present summary

Show the user what was created and highlight any areas they might want to adjust. Include:

• Files created
• Any honesty flags (gaps between profile and requirements)
• Whether a bureau contact is relevant

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Knowledge base files to read before writing

Always read these before drafting CV or ansøgning:

• ./KNOWLEDGE-BASE/employment-history.md — full work history with details
• ./KNOWLEDGE-BASE/cv-general.md or cv-general-en.md — general CV as base
• ./KNOWLEDGE-BASE/projects-and-expertise.md — project portfolio (if exists)
• ./KNOWLEDGE-BASE/tone-af-aabning-i-dansk-jobansoegninger.txt — Danish employer research on what works and what gets rejected (opening patterns, match/motivation/proof structure, ranked opening templates)

Check session log for recent context:

• ./KNOWLEDGE-BASE/session-log.md

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Language rules

• Match the language of the job listing: Danish listing = Danish CV + ansøgning, English listing = English CV + cover letter
• All companies in this workspace are Danish. Even when the job posting is in English, the audience is Danish. Danish cultural norms apply regardless of language:
  • Janteloven: understatement, let results speak — no bragging
  • Rolig selvtillid: calm confidence backed by proof, not self-promotion
  • humanizer-job-da rules apply even in English — translate the checklist, not just the skill name
• After drafting, run humanizer-job-da on the cover letter (Danish or English). Run humanizer-da on the Danish CV, humanizer on the English CV.
• Never mix languages within a single document

Technical jargon rule (Danish documents)

Canonical English tech terms must never be translated into Danish. Danish IT professionals use English terms natively. Translating them sounds foreign and unnatural.

Never translate these — always use the English form:

Wrong (Danish)	Correct (English)
maskinlæring	machine learning
inferens	inference
orkestrering / orkestreringssystem	orchestration / orchestration system
mønster (tech context)	pattern
agentisk / agentiske	agentic
browserstyring	browser control
vektor (database context)	vector
policygenerering	policy generation
kodekvalitet	code quality
sikkerhedspolicies	security policies
transskription	transcription
arkitektur (tech context)	architecture
rapportgenerering	report generation
rådgiver (agent context)	advisor
automatiseret (tech compound)	automated
testdækning	test coverage

The rule in one sentence: If the term has a canonical English form that Danish IT professionals use in conversation, write the English form — even in an otherwise Danish document.

Section headers may use Danish conjunctions ("AI og machine learning", "Testing & code quality") but the nouns themselves stay English.

What NOT to include

• Financial situation or urgency
• Desperation — it reads as a red flag
• Bragging or self-inflation — Danish work culture values understatement (janteloven)
• Technologies Babak hasn't actually used — be honest about gaps
• "60+ projects" — don't mention the number, instead say he enjoys development and has built personal projects alongside FITS

What TO include (adapt per application)

• End-to-end ownership: backend, frontend, mobile, infra, security
• Vedholdenhed (persistence) — holds on to a project until it works properly
• Test-first mindset: pytest, Jest, Playwright, manual tests. Test results are what matters
• "Program the Programmer out of the Program" philosophy
• Concrete FITS achievements: setup time from 3 weeks to minutes, assessment evaluation from hours daily to minutes
• Security clearance for critical infrastructure (from GlobalConnect and Nuuday)
• Languages: Danish, English, Persian
• 25 years in the industry

FITS facts (use accurately)

• Database: Neo4j (NOT PostgreSQL — Babak has PostgreSQL experience from other projects)
• Backend: Python/Django, Redis, Celery
• Frontend: Django templates, TypeScript, Tailwind (NOT React - React is used in other projects like FITSDK, nick-autoteknik, unity-foundation etc.)
• AI: AI agent that builds security policies, RAG-based conversations, automatic scoring, report generation
• Data: Import/export Word, PDF, Excel
• Tests: pytest, Jest, Playwright
• Impact: Setting up a GRC audit (defining scope, publishing questionnaires, sending to subject matter experts/SMEs) reduced from ~3 weeks to minutes. Processing SME responses and tracking compliance status reduced from hours daily to minutes (70-80% less manual work per audit cycle)
• Ownership: Built entirely by Babak, single-handedly

Babak's actual tech stack (do not claim experience he doesn't have)

Daily/strong:

• Python, Django, FastAPI
• TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind, Vite
• Neo4j, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis
• Docker, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, nginx, Linux
• Cloud: Hetzner (FITS production), DigitalOcean, Google Cloud
• AI/LLM: LangChain, OpenAI, Anthropic, RAG, MCP, Ollama
• Security: ISO 27001, CIS Controls, ISMS, NIS2, penetration testing, OSINT, RSA Archer
• Test: pytest, Jest, Vitest, Playwright

Has experience with (not daily):

• Kotlin, Jetpack Compose (Android apps)
• C#/.NET (Ballerup Tekniske Skole 2018-2019)
• Vue.js
• Oracle (Peter Justesen 2006-2011: ERP integration with Maconomy, Business Intelligence)

Does NOT know:

• Java / Spring Boot / Thymeleaf
• Angular
• AWS / Kubernetes / Terraform / OpenTofu (has Docker but not cloud infra-as-code)
• Event Sourcing / Event Modeling
• Apache Spark / big data tools

Education

• Datamatiker — Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College, 2000
• IT-fag (C#/.NET) — Ballerup Tekniske Skole, 2018–2019
• Videregående uddannelse i cybersecurity — Erhvervsakademi, 2020

Employment history

• cocode.dk — Senior Freelance (2018–now): FITS + 3 client projects + personal projects
• L7 Consulting — GRC Consultant (2020–2024): built FITS, 5-year engagement
• GlobalConnect — Security & Compliance, Phoenix Project (2022–2023): security cleared, NIS2
• Nuuday / Danish Telcos — GRC Consultant (2021–2022): RSA Archer, security cleared, NIS2