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Re: Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional profiles

#71

This seems very useful, but one question I have is how suitable is this for freelancers? Not everyone is looking for a full-time Job or wants to present a CV as such but still wants to showcase their work and what they've achieved but your site seems a little more Cv oriented? I hope it makes sense what I'm getting at?

For sure get what you mean. I actually wanted to give equal weight to things like projects and side projects for this very reason (instead of purely work experience and education). I'm hoping this can be seen a little bit less like a formal CV, and sort of a easy to share link you can throw in your bio or even use as a personal website.

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional profiles

#72
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Maybe try some screenshots that imply the target use cases? IE: Why would I use this when I have a profile on LinkedIn? Why would I use this when I could just put a resume up on my website?

Vs. LinkedIn: I started using it in 2009, but it's become virtually unusable for me. The only reason I haven't deleted my account is it has up to date contact information for my 1,300 LinkedIn connections.

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional profiles

#73

Apologies for being off topic, but the side project you link - https://andychung.me/self-portrait - is absolutely awesome. Runs like butter in the browser and I absolutely love the art style. Kudos to you!

Yes it's great. But why does he wear slippers outside?

Those aren't slippers. Those are birkenstocks!

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional profiles

#74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you fellow Andy — Hear you about the homepage, hoping to completely redo it soon and create more abstracted visuals. In terms of the pointer, my current logic is to use cursor: pointer on anything that visually looks like a link (e.g. unstyled text), and to leave it as default for components that have a visual affordance that they are clickable (e.g. buttons or tabs). I realize this might not be the most web-li…

Yes please; personally, I've had couple of decades of training and habits that a change in cursor indicates clickability; without my cursor changing, it feels like a static image, not interactive page. Otherwise, awesome sauce :)

No cursor on mobile, so it's not enough.

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional profiles

#75

There are 27 photos at the bottom on mobile? Who are these people? If these are example profiles I would try to get a more diverse and inclusive grouping. There is not a woman in the 27 and ideally it would be 50/50

These are simply the most recent users who have signed up, and unfortunately the the HN demographic is pretty male...

“Unfortunately”.

What a ridiculous culture we’ve built if this sentiment is widely accepted. Just bizarre.

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional profiles

#76

I started read.cv when transitioning from full time to freelance design in July. I wanted an easy to update 'about me' page to link from my website and bio – something simpler than LinkedIn and more dynamic than a PDF. Design wise I focused on legibility and tried to give projects/side projects equal weight to things like education and work experience. A few unique features: tagging collaborators in your experiences,…

How was the experience with setting up a Cape Verde business entity for the domain? Any issues or regrets?

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional profiles

#79

Apologies for being off topic, but the side project you link - https://andychung.me/self-portrait - is absolutely awesome. Runs like butter in the browser and I absolutely love the art style. Kudos to you!

Yes it's great. But why does he wear slippers outside?

Birkenstocks + white socks, classic.
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