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This may be the best resume I have ever seen
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Re: This may be the best resume I have ever seen
#52Not good. * Has a graphic which must be interpreted simply to find the last few projects the candidate worked on. * Uses a proportional diagram scheme that is (a) worse than pie charts (an achievement) and (b) requires a color coded legend to illustrate the simple clause: "[Project Name]: Rails, CSS, jQuery". * Straightjackets the candidate's work experience into "technology used" instead of "accomplishments earned".…
Sorry, this is not your type then. I would definitely spend some more time to look into the applicant. Yes, for pure coders, this is a terrible resume. It looks like she is using the right side of the brain for something left-sided. But, that's the point. How many coders do you know can show an interest in both design and code (same for designers)? To have an aptitude and interest in both code and design is something…
But isn't "maker of beautiful things" what designer/developers are really aspiring to? And in light of that, isn't recognizing the division just as silly as drawing a venn diagram with yourself in the middle?
I'd suspect anyone who calls themselves a designer/developer is probably good at other things to, like writing, designing meaningful infographics, and playing the resume game with subtlety.
Re: This may be the best resume I have ever seen
#53Not good. * Has a graphic which must be interpreted simply to find the last few projects the candidate worked on. * Uses a proportional diagram scheme that is (a) worse than pie charts (an achievement) and (b) requires a color coded legend to illustrate the simple clause: "[Project Name]: Rails, CSS, jQuery". * Straightjackets the candidate's work experience into "technology used" instead of "accomplishments earned".…
Sorry, this is not your type then. I would definitely spend some more time to look into the applicant. Yes, for pure coders, this is a terrible resume. It looks like she is using the right side of the brain for something left-sided. But, that's the point. How many coders do you know can show an interest in both design and code (same for designers)? To have an aptitude and interest in both code and design is something…
>Its easy to see if she has Ruby skills, for instance - but its hard to see the overall picture of what skills she has without spending a lot of time on it.
One can take her resume idea even further and create a CV in an interactive form, so it could meet everyones needs.
The issue of thinking in pictures versus words has always interested me. Wiki says[1] 30% of us are explicitly picture thinkers, 25% think in words and the rest combine both methods. Most entrepreneurs (not sure about the ones dealing with start-ups) tend to drift towards the right, because it's usually easier to generalize your idea by visualizing it, rather than coming to a logical conclusion by using words only. Which, I think, would be slower in this case. So, how come are most (if not all?) of the current cv-websites featuring only long walls of text?
Re: This may be the best resume I have ever seen
#54Not good. * Has a graphic which must be interpreted simply to find the last few projects the candidate worked on. * Uses a proportional diagram scheme that is (a) worse than pie charts (an achievement) and (b) requires a color coded legend to illustrate the simple clause: "[Project Name]: Rails, CSS, jQuery". * Straightjackets the candidate's work experience into "technology used" instead of "accomplishments earned".…
Sorry, this is not your type then. I would definitely spend some more time to look into the applicant. Yes, for pure coders, this is a terrible resume. It looks like she is using the right side of the brain for something left-sided. But, that's the point. How many coders do you know can show an interest in both design and code (same for designers)? To have an aptitude and interest in both code and design is something…
> I would definitely spend some more time to look into the applicant.
So would I.
> Yes, I would never hire her for algorithm optimization, but if she was building a website that doesn't innovate technologically but rather creates social, cultural, aesthetic or other value (which the majority of startups do) - I would take a second look.
She'd also probably be good at doing design / front-end parts of a website while communicating with back-end developers (who might be doing algorithm optimisation).
I expect she'd be good at talking to designers from a coders point of view too.
Re: This may be the best resume I have ever seen
#55I couldn't take it seriously because of how popular(cliché) infographics are. The first thing that came to mind was that satire on infographics which included the text:
2: The number of cats I own.
Re: This may be the best resume I have ever seen
#56Not a fan of this. Not because of the garish colors and graphics (though I don't really care for those), but because of the implication that there is a "perfect sweet spot" between a "developer" and a "designer". Copying and pasting shit from a Ruby on Rails tutorial does not make you a good developer.
Why the assumption that she's not a good developer? Was it the choice of emphasized technologies (e.g., terminal, text-editor) or the focus on web development tools (e.g., jquery, rails)?
I suspect she can program better than you give her credit for (better than straight copy/paste/tweak from tutorials), but probably won't be straying far from straightforward use of rails. Perhaps that level of programming coupled with design ability is a sort of "sweet spot" for many projects?
I'm certainly far more on the programming side of this continuum (and so would never attempt a CV like this), but I can believe this resume might persuasively communicate her combination of skills to her intended audience.
Re: This may be the best resume I have ever seen
#57Not good. * Has a graphic which must be interpreted simply to find the last few projects the candidate worked on. * Uses a proportional diagram scheme that is (a) worse than pie charts (an achievement) and (b) requires a color coded legend to illustrate the simple clause: "[Project Name]: Rails, CSS, jQuery". * Straightjackets the candidate's work experience into "technology used" instead of "accomplishments earned".…
I think its a terrible infographic, to be sure, but I also think its good enough to stand out from a pile of resumes on the HR or hiring manager's desk. Probably good enough to get an interview out of it.
Re: This may be the best resume I have ever seen
#58I can't help but think of my long-standing opinion of infographics- they are often just a way to make a tiny little bit of largely inconsequential information take up a lot of space.
Re: This may be the best resume I have ever seen
#59Incidentally, to see this style executed (from a designer perspective) competantly, check out: http://feltron.com/
You like his style; I'm afraid I don't. To me, he comes across as "up his own arse" i.e. his website is a bit too overdone stylishly.
Which doesn't mean that either Kite or Felton are bad designers; I'm sure both are competent. What it does mean is that different readers like different styles.
Re: This may be the best resume I have ever seen
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
a) Not a problem. Same here, or why else would I embark on a journey to slay a >50k karma dragon. ;) b) I don't disagree with most of the formal concerns that you listed in the top comment. I'm just saying that I think you're judging her too hard. The goal of a resume is to score an interview. I do think that this one is well enough executed to score above average. Case in point, so far it's been good enough to score…
For what it's worth, I reread my comments, reconciled them with the fact that I'm just here to kill time today, and zapped most of them. Thanks for calling me out for them.
This needs to happen more on the internet.