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        "duration_months": 3
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        "duration_months": 6
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        "duration_months": 22
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        "institution": "Bharati Vidyapeeth",
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        "title": "Content Writer",
        "company": "Hooli",
        "industry": "Software",
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        "duration_months": 18,
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        "industry": "IT Services",
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        "name": "Object Detection",
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        "endorsements": 13,
        "duration_months": 4
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        "duration_months": 28
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        "endorsements": 6,
        "duration_months": 13
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        "endorsements": 5,
        "duration_months": 3
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        "industry": "Software",
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        "title": "Content Writer",
        "company": "Stark Industries",
        "industry": "Manufacturing",
        "company_size": "1001-5000",
        "duration_months": 44,
        "description": "Operations management role at a logistics company. Owned daily fulfillment operations across 3 warehouses, managing a team of 80 across receiving, picking, packing, and outbound. Built and tracked the"
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        "title": "Mechanical Engineer",
        "company": "Hooli",
        "industry": "Software",
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        "duration_months": 30,
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        "name": "Apache Beam",
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        "endorsements": 15,
        "duration_months": 23
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        "name": "Tally",
        "proficiency": "intermediate",
        "endorsements": 14,
        "duration_months": 24
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        "endorsements": 6,
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        "endorsements": 5,
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        "tier": "tier_4"
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        "degree": "M.Tech",
        "field": "Statistics",
        "institution": "Lovely Professional University",
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        "industry": "Food Delivery",
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        "duration_months": 31,
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        "title": ".NET Developer",
        "company": "Globex Inc",
        "industry": "Manufacturing",
        "company_size": "501-1000",
        "duration_months": 14,
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      },
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        "title": "DevOps Engineer",
        "company": "Hooli",
        "industry": "Software",
        "company_size": "1001-5000",
        "duration_months": 34,
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      }
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        "name": "Weaviate",
        "proficiency": "advanced",
        "endorsements": 37,
        "duration_months": 27
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      {
        "name": "PowerPoint",
        "proficiency": "beginner",
        "endorsements": 15,
        "duration_months": 9
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      {
        "name": "Agile",
        "proficiency": "intermediate",
        "endorsements": 14,
        "duration_months": 24
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        "name": "Azure",
        "proficiency": "intermediate",
        "endorsements": 14,
        "duration_months": 27
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        "name": "GraphQL",
        "proficiency": "intermediate",
        "endorsements": 13,
        "duration_months": 27
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    "education": [
      {
        "degree": "B.Sc",
        "field": "Computer Engineering",
        "institution": "VIT Chennai",
        "tier": "tier_3"
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    "current_title": "Marketing Manager",
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    "summary": "Professional with 3.9+ years of experience. My professional background is in marketing manager — I've built and led teams, owned KPIs, and driven business outcomes in this domain. Lately I've been curious about how AI tools could augment my work — I've experimented with ChatGPT and a few other tools for productivity and content creation, and I think the space is exciting. Open to roles where I can",
    "career": [
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        "title": "Marketing Manager",
        "company": "Acme Corp",
        "industry": "Manufacturing",
        "company_size": "201-500",
        "duration_months": 22,
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      },
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        "title": "Mechanical Engineer",
        "company": "Stark Industries",
        "industry": "Manufacturing",
        "company_size": "1001-5000",
        "duration_months": 24,
        "description": "Brand design and creative direction at a consumer-products company. Owned brand identity (logo, visual system, typography), packaging design, and digital creative across web and social. Led the recent"
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        "name": "Hadoop",
        "proficiency": "intermediate",
        "endorsements": 15,
        "duration_months": 26
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      {
        "name": "REST APIs",
        "proficiency": "beginner",
        "endorsements": 15,
        "duration_months": 12
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      {
        "name": "Microservices",
        "proficiency": "intermediate",
        "endorsements": 13,
        "duration_months": 19
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      {
        "name": "CI/CD",
        "proficiency": "intermediate",
        "endorsements": 11,
        "duration_months": 35
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        "name": "Spark",
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        "endorsements": 9,
        "duration_months": 15
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    "education": [
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        "degree": "B.Tech",
        "field": "Electrical Engineering",
        "institution": "Chandigarh University",
        "tier": "tier_3"
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      {
        "degree": "M.E.",
        "field": "Artificial Intelligence",
        "institution": "Chandigarh University",
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    "current_title": "Customer Support",
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        "name": "Spring Boot",
        "proficiency": "intermediate",
        "endorsements": 15,
        "duration_months": 27
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        "name": "Accounting",
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        "endorsements": 15,
        "duration_months": 16
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        "name": "SAP",
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