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Re: Show HN: I made a resume generator for developers

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Post by udayrddy » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 8:19 PM UTC

vilvadot wrote: post #76

udayrddy wrote: post #71

So, I'm looking into your sample resume at https://bytevitae.com/cv/bytevitae_sample.pdf . Unsure, if I understood "OPEN SOURCE" section means. Also, when I tried to copy your previous company name "Influencity" it is copied as "Inbuencity". Care to see what I did with this resume using https://notyce.me ? I validated it to check the resume's suitability in job market . Have a look https://ibb.co/sqqQ1yb

Wow, that "Inbuencity" bug is a weird one O_o, just tried it myself and same happens. Don't even know how it is possible, something about the font maybe? Open source represents open source contributions (aka repos). Well that looks cool and apparently its spot on!

Yay, on that "its spot on" although I do not understand on 16.6% Mobile App developer. Not sure what AI looked in there.

btw, you may need to look into https://notyce.me/resources/sometimes-its-not-you.html tells on the font types you should consider.

Re: Show HN: I made a resume generator for developers

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Post by udayrddy » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 8:32 PM UTC

avaika wrote: post #41

vilvadot wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Completely see your point in the privacy aspect, but it is really difficult to offer a good user experience with a project like this without storing data. I don't even consider selling data as part of a business model for my projects but I understand that is opaque to the user and not everyone is like this. On the second argument, I assume recruiters are seeing tons of resumes presented in the same package daily. I d…

Moreover, as a person who participated in hiring a lot, a unique design for every CV isn't something I'd be happy with. The more it unified, the easier to scan the paper for the things I'm looking for.

(because you being a recruiter/recruited a lot) Out-of-context, shamelessly plugging https://nextRound.ml to consider your feedback. To keep the thread precise to the OP, drop an email at uday@notyce.me (just in case you want to feedback) .

Re: Show HN: I made a resume generator for developers

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Post by jedberg » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 8:34 PM UTC

djsumdog wrote: post #44

A friend of mine had a graphical resume she made in Illustrator and it inspired me to learn Illustrator myself and make this: https://penguindreams.org/files/2018-SumitKhanna-Resume.pdf I like it, and it's got me some good roles (probably also kept me from some roles as I'm sure some threw it in the trash thinking it smelled of marketing rubbish; but I still like it so whateves), but it's also a pain to update. I loo…

As someone who has read a lot of resumes, I really like this! It gets to the core points quickly.

My only suggestion would be to put the names of the companies in italic or differentiate it in some way.

When I read a resume, the very first thing I do is scan the name of the companies you've worked at to see if I recognize any of them as either a place known for great hires or somewhere I've actually worked. I had to go down to your "normal resume" to do that easily.

Edit to clarify: I don't ever cut anyone because of where they worked or went to school. I'm only looking for a signal in the noise or some common experience for us to discuss.

Re: Show HN: I made a resume generator for developers

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Post by blackbrokkoli » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 8:43 PM UTC

robohoe wrote: post #48

djsumdog wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But there are markets where they are expected. In Germany, your resume has a good chance of being discarded if it doesn't display a photo. That has to be kept in mind when making tools like this. They seem to have templates both with and without photos.

Is there a reason why a photo should be included?

Everybody here is drowning in their conspiracy theories...it's just culture.

Why do we shake hands, other than to give the other person our germs so that if I have a deadly disease the other guy will die too? Well maybe because it's just established. To show that you have respect for the other party, even that you are willing to follow customs. Calm down everyone!

Re: Show HN: I made a resume generator for developers

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Post by sambroner » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 8:50 PM UTC

hkai wrote: post #62

mfoy_ wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You get a lot of weird stuff from overseas resumes: photos, religion, gender, marital status, father's name, etc...

Asking for father's name is pretty much India's equivalent of Americans asking "what's your current salary", you use it to judge the person's situation.

Wow. Can you share more about this? Is it due to names being stratified by income/background?

Without knowing more, this seems both easy to cheat and biased towards... people with father's with certain names?

Re: Show HN: I made a resume generator for developers

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Post by ryandrake » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 8:55 PM UTC

jedberg wrote: post #113

djsumdog wrote: post #44

A friend of mine had a graphical resume she made in Illustrator and it inspired me to learn Illustrator myself and make this: https://penguindreams.org/files/2018-SumitKhanna-Resume.pdf I like it, and it's got me some good roles (probably also kept me from some roles as I'm sure some threw it in the trash thinking it smelled of marketing rubbish; but I still like it so whateves), but it's also a pain to update. I loo…

As someone who has read a lot of resumes, I really like this! It gets to the core points quickly. My only suggestion would be to put the names of the companies in italic or differentiate it in some way. When I read a resume, the very first thing I do is scan the name of the companies you've worked at to see if I recognize any of them as either a place known for great hires or somewhere I've actually worked. I had to…

> When I read a resume, the very first thing I do is scan the name of the companies you've worked at to see if I recognize any of them as either a place known for great hires or somewhere I've actually worked.

Ughh, as someone who went to a state school and spent most of his career toiling away at non-name brand companies, please allow me a moment to shake my fist angrily at you over the Internet!

You’ve probably already considered this and accept the trade off, but I can’t help but think that these kinds of filters result in many false negatives and contribute to some of the monocultures we find inside tech companies (everyone here is ex-Microsoft, everyone here is from Stanford or MIT, etc.) When building the content for a resume, Shouldn’t the work content be more important than name dropping celebrity companies? Am I being too naive?

Honestly I wish there was a norm of not mentioning specific companies on resumes, letting your actual skills and experiences speak for themselves, but that ship sailed long before I was born.

Re: Show HN: I made a resume generator for developers

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Post by ribrars » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 8:56 PM UTC

I like this. Small bug: dates for "experience" are showing up incorrect when rendering to pdf.

Re: Show HN: I made a resume generator for developers

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Post by grenoire » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 8:58 PM UTC

vilvadot wrote: post #24

user_50123890 wrote: post #20

the problems with resume generators are * privacy: if it's not client-side only, how do I know you're not saving all my data and selling it to advertisers recruiters spammers etc? * popularity: a random recruiter pulls up two applications and they both have the exactly same template. this is probably a bad thing. best case scenario you become less unique and more forgettable, worst case scenario they think you're a l…

Completely see your point in the privacy aspect, but it is really difficult to offer a good user experience with a project like this without storing data. I don't even consider selling data as part of a business model for my projects but I understand that is opaque to the user and not everyone is like this. On the second argument, I assume recruiters are seeing tons of resumes presented in the same package daily. I d…

You could always do it the Europass way and embed the metadata in the PDF. Their system can read back its own exports into the interface and allow you to edit the contents. Would still work with your subscription model too.

Re: Show HN: I made a resume generator for developers

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Post by strunz » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 8:58 PM UTC

rileyt wrote: post #29

Photos should not be included on resumes sent to most American companies. They are a huge source of bias in the the hiring process and will either be rejected or have the photo removed immediately.

I think this is actually pretty rare...

While it may be true for some companies, I've never seen a company do this.

Re: Show HN: I made a resume generator for developers

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Post by johnisgood » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 9:03 PM UTC

Without having checked it:

1) Does it use templates? If so, resumes will probably look similar to each other, and not stand out from their competition. Is this assumption incorrect?

2) In my opinion, a developer using a resume generator sounds kind of unprofessional or even lazy ("highest quality developer resume in less than 5 minutes"), in contrast to say, using LaTeX (without templates).