If you can't find a job without a snazzy online resume, then you do not have saleable skills.
This undoubtedly seems harsh, but go do something useful and live your life.
Show HN: Pitchdeck Inspired Resume
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#22Tim it looks like you used our (Dress Rush) online pitch deck as inspiration... very cool.
http://investors.dressrush.com
Did you use the jQuery plugin we built too?
http://dressrush.com/blog/post/12506021124/dressrush-online-...
Good luck with the job hunt!
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#23There is something about the progress bars (in the 'languages/syntax expertise levels' section) that just doesn't work visually. Actually it does work, but I just had to find one area for your improving it - as to offer some feedback.
Very clean and good job.
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#24I built mine the other week, my first time building a website: http://www.angusthompson.com/
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#25If you can't find a job without a snazzy online resume, then you do not have saleable skills. This undoubtedly seems harsh, but go do something useful and live your life.
From his listed skills he clearly can find a job, it's a matter of finding a job you want to work at with a culture that will let you enjoy the life you live. You have that option when you are in high demand.
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#26Tim it looks like you used our (Dress Rush) online pitch deck as inspiration... very cool. http://investors.dressrush.com Did you use the jQuery plugin we built too? http://dressrush.com/blog/post/12506021124/dressrush-online-... Good luck with the job hunt!
Yes Aaron, thanks for the inspiration and the great plugin. I hope you guys do great!
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#27If you can't find a job without a snazzy online resume, then you do not have saleable skills. This undoubtedly seems harsh, but go do something useful and live your life.
From his listed skills he clearly can find a job, it's a matter of finding a job you want to work at with a culture that will let you enjoy the life you live. You have that option when you are in high demand.
Thanks loceng, that's exactly right. I haven't applied for a single job yet but just thought I'd try something a little different this time around. I currently manage a team of software architects and I've probably conducted over 100 phone and in-person interviews in the last 2 years. I can tell you that the resume (online or paper) never means that much.
Until you talk to someone you just never know. I've seen crappy resumes that turned out to be strong candidates and great resumes where they didn't make it past the first 5 basic questions.
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#28Apart from "Oh Hai" I like it. Do you really need to associate yourself with a meme like that? In my experience, meme-loving people aren't very interesting to be around in real life, and that opening statement caused me to instantly jump to a lot of conclusions about you that are most likely incorrect.
Agreed. If I were an HR guy, I'd reach for the X in the corner the moment I saw "Oh, Hai!".
Yeah, that was sort of the point of that. I wanted to scare off certain types of companies. I may end up removing it though just to clean things up a bit. The feedback I received on it was about 50/50.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agreed. If I were an HR guy, I'd reach for the X in the corner the moment I saw "Oh, Hai!".
Yeah, that was sort of the point of that. I wanted to scare off certain types of companies. I may end up removing it though just to clean things up a bit. The feedback I received on it was about 50/50.
Definitely understandable. To me, "Oh Hai" comes across as unprofessional, not laid back (which is what I assume you're going for.) The "Hi; I'm Tim." seems to work a lot better in that regard.