Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested? • Hacker News Board

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

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Post by patio11 » Sat, Dec 03, 2011, 4:40 AM UTC

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #28

Rob -- you're like Superman. Could Superman have a resume? Seems like you'd just give them a card that said "I'm f*cking CmdrTaco, damnit!" (The reference here is to a famous fake letter said to be from Sean Connery to Steve Jobs http://www.exophrine.com/2011/06/sean-connery-to-steve-jobs-... ) Seriously, it brings up a good point. If you have lots of name recognition, what's the best way to look for work? I'd sugges…

Actual famous people have agents. For mere mortals who are very well known in a niche, put out the word that you are looking for work and work will find you. Resumes are not an accelerant for this process, since as soon as you're a resume you're competing with other resumes. Everyone in the market has a resume, but rather less people have a career that needs no introduction. I would not suggest downgrading yourself from that status (exception: post-offer pro-forma resume for HR after you have agreement in principle from decisionmaker).

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

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Post by loceng » Sat, Dec 03, 2011, 4:40 AM UTC

cmdrtaco wrote: post #46

cmdrtaco wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My joke resume that I made a month ago: http://cmdrtaco.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Joke-Resume.p...

Whatever resume gets me the best job is my favorite.

What kind of job are you looking for, would make you happy?

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

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Post by larrys » Sat, Dec 03, 2011, 4:47 AM UTC

blhack wrote: post #2

It might be worth adding: "I'm Rob Malda. When you hire me, it's going to be the best advertising money you ever spend when every tech outlet in the world covers the story about where I am now working."

Linus Torvalds and Transmeta come to mind.

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

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Post by wmoxam » Sat, Dec 03, 2011, 5:00 AM UTC

No Github profile. Less relevant buzzwords than a resume on Monster.com. Lame.

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

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Post by spydum » Sat, Dec 03, 2011, 5:03 AM UTC

cmdrtaco wrote: post #34

scorxn wrote: post #32

No indent below Education is killing me!

College is left leaning.

Is that a double entendre?

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

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Post by kls » Sat, Dec 03, 2011, 5:07 AM UTC

huhtenberg wrote: post #96

SODaniel wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can throw in my 3 number ICQ id :)

Woah, really? Try auctioning it off in Russia. As of few years ago the going rate for 4 digit UIDs was in tens of thousand dollars.

No doubt that is crazy, I created an ICQ account back in the 90's, and used it probably 2 times, maybe I need to go digging through my old email archives to dig some of that stuff up, I don't know if it is a low number, but they where not around long when I created it, I remember that much. It seems strange to me to pay that kind of money for just a low number. Whats the deal, does it give you some kind of street creds or something. I have been on Skype since it came out, 2003, if I recall correctly, so I am not too up on things like ICQ numbers being worth money.

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

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Post by kls » Sat, Dec 03, 2011, 5:18 AM UTC

mixmastamyk wrote: post #81

pork wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To continue the analogy...do you feel that /. is wasting away, or is it just attracting a different demographic these days?

Why is that? I've been reading it for years (given at a high threshold) and it seems like the same old slashdot to me. It's also a great deal friendlier place than this one.

It's also a great deal friendlier place than this one

My experience has been the the opposite, I stopped contributing to user forum based sites after I left /. and did not do so for a long time. I read HN for a while before deciding that it was home, and it was, because in my perception, there was a lot less "I'm the smartest guy in the room" conversations. Take that with a grain of salt though, because it has been a long long time since I have been over there. Things almost assuredly have changed since then. Has anyone else had the same positive impression of the exchanges over there? Most the posts I see on the subject tend to complain that there is still a lot of it going on.

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

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Post by kls » Sat, Dec 03, 2011, 5:33 AM UTC

blacksmythe wrote: post #92

thiagofm wrote: post #80

You are very good sir, and also lucky. You are talented and hardworking, but, still lucky. There's a lot of talented and hardworking people here, like you, not as lucky tho.

>> There's a lot of talented and hardworking people here, like you, not as lucky tho. Not denying a significant random component to success, but success does not seem to follow a random distribution. If given a choice between picking someone coming off a big success, or someone who looks equally smart but was only moderately successful, many would choose to bet on the person who was successful last time.

The initial success though given all parts being equal is just as random, so you still have the same odds starting out. It's the same concept as what Buffett calls the *Lucky sperm club". His concept was just applied in the other direction, being born into success.

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

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Post by kls » Sat, Dec 03, 2011, 5:42 AM UTC

hemos wrote: post #17

kls wrote: post #16

So is this a legit account, it was created 99 days ago which seems kind of short for someone as wired in as Rob should be, can anyone on this site confirm that the account is indeed Rob? I don't mean to be skeptical but it's the kind of thing that could kill the credibility of the site. A site full of people that pride themselves on being critical (polite but critical, I remind you) being duped does not bode well for…

I can absolutely confirm that it is him. Although you have to trust that I am in fact, hemos, but the other folks I know on here can attest to that.

BTW, as an aside, I am really happy to see that both of you guys are over here.

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

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Post by kamaal » Sat, Dec 03, 2011, 6:11 AM UTC

patio11 wrote: post #121

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #28

Rob -- you're like Superman. Could Superman have a resume? Seems like you'd just give them a card that said "I'm f*cking CmdrTaco, damnit!" (The reference here is to a famous fake letter said to be from Sean Connery to Steve Jobs http://www.exophrine.com/2011/06/sean-connery-to-steve-jobs-... ) Seriously, it brings up a good point. If you have lots of name recognition, what's the best way to look for work? I'd sugges…

Actual famous people have agents. For mere mortals who are very well known in a niche, put out the word that you are looking for work and work will find you. Resumes are not an accelerant for this process, since as soon as you're a resume you're competing with other resumes. Everyone in the market has a resume, but rather less people have a career that needs no introduction. I would not suggest downgrading yourself f…

put out the word that you are looking for work and work will find you.

Just curious to know, I am normal person or a mere mortal as you described.

How do I get hired without the normal Resume, Recruiter, HR, Interview process?