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My dad’s resume and skills from 1980

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Re: My dad’s resume and skills from 1980

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"CDC Cyber" made me laugh. Marketing seemed to be on point Almost 40 years later, phone numbers are on the way out, DOBs are "illegal" and github and email are more important information on a CV.

date of birth is illegal? Probably one of the more irrelevant things, as it is easily deductible from the rest of the entries.

Not always. Folks can obtain a degree later in life to throw off the ageism detector.

Re: My dad’s resume and skills from 1980

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Contemporary programmer: spends a whole weekend tweaking CSS parameters, asking web forums for LaTeX templates, finding a cool fresh font pairing on Google Fonts.

1980s programmer: sits down at the typewriter and bangs out a fixed width table, finishes with a signature.

Re: My dad’s resume and skills from 1980

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post #12

One Page resume was still the style in 1980, that's cool. Really well written cover letter as well, hard to see that come by these days.

I am still trying to stick to that. No one has time to read multipages resumes (and I think most interviewers read the resume on the way to the interview room anyway).

Re: My dad’s resume and skills from 1980

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post #9
post #3

Isn't this a misuse of Github? Surely there's a more suitable website for hosting a page with text and pictures than a source control system? I don't mean to pick on this guy - I've seen an several repositories like this recently.

No annoying ads, opens picture, allows comments, thematic. I'd say that this is good cause

Plus, GitHub is a Microsoft property now, and I believe that on some fundamental level, Microsoft is happy to be in command of social web properties that still see avid use, and aren’t being stifled by Microsoft’s otherwise domineering reputation.

Re: My dad’s resume and skills from 1980

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post #3

Isn't this a misuse of Github? Surely there's a more suitable website for hosting a page with text and pictures than a source control system? I don't mean to pick on this guy - I've seen an several repositories like this recently.

Yes, clearly this is a misuse of a platform that offers GitHub pages with custom domain support so that users can host their own static sites or blogs.

I mean, it’s a also a platform with an embeddable “gists” feature ostensibly for code snippets, but frequently used to access notes of all types. Clearly anyone who has ever typed a plaintext gist is also misusing GitHub.

/s

Dude, why do you care? It’s not a “project” in a traditional sense but it’s not hurting anything and if someone wants to store a cool readme in their account, why does it matter?

Re: My dad’s resume and skills from 1980

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"CDC Cyber" made me laugh. Marketing seemed to be on point Almost 40 years later, phone numbers are on the way out, DOBs are "illegal" and github and email are more important information on a CV.

I didn't realise the word "cyber" had been around that long... As much as I (have to) use the word, I didn't know it's background.
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