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

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

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Post by DavidChouinard »

kamaal wrote: post #130
patio11 wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Here's what I sent to the Khan Academy for a job: http://davidchouinard.com/khanacademy/

In my experience, anything that gets around the formal hiring process is a win. Finding a way around the application process is the application process.

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

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Post by vidarh »

kls wrote: post #127
mixmastamyk wrote: post #81

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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…

Hackernews is a lot less tolerant of digressions, jokes etc. It ends up being a much more "serious" place, for both good and bad.

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

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Post by jpulgarin »

DavidChouinard wrote: post #141
kamaal wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Here's what I sent to the Khan Academy for a job: http://davidchouinard.com/khanacademy/ In my experience, anything that gets around the formal hiring process is a win. Finding a way around the application process is the application process.

No idea why you're getting downvoted. (ex-Khan Academy intern here, good luck!)

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

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Post by human_error »

cmdrtaco wrote: post #30
hemos wrote: post #19

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I should get him to the post his joke resume. It's not even just one page, it's two lines on one page.

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

This looks more like a gravestone.

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

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Post by calibraxis »

27182818284 wrote: post #84
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…

I greatly prefer Norvig's resume: http://norvig.com/resume.html Tons of amazing feats with lots of details while still feeling normal and pleasant.

That's funny, Norvig's papers on Scheme-on-Java are co-written by Tim Hickey. Including "SILK: a playful blend of Scheme and Java".

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

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Post by Kuiper »

vidarh wrote: post #142
kls wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Hackernews is a lot less tolerant of digressions, jokes etc. It ends up being a much more "serious" place, for both good and bad.

HN seems to have a different set of values. While there's less tolerance for jokes and culture references for the sake of culture references, HN tends to house a lot of intellectually frank discussion that a lot of other sites discourage.

A good example is this post from several weeks ago on the subject of denying blood donations from donors with a history of male-to-male sexual contact: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3237895 It's very fact-centric, to the exclusion of any sort of pandering or apology. When I read this post several weeks ago, I immediately thought, "this would never fly on reddit; people would quickly downvote it for being 'insensitive' or similar."

This also reminded me of PG's essay "Persuade xor Discover." http://www.paulgraham.com/discover.html HN users seem to care less about "persuasion," which can lead to perceptions of "unfriendliness" because things aren't written to please people. However, it does lead to a lot of interesting discussion that couldn't take place on a site more concerned with being "nice."

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

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Post by lionhearted »

I'm sure you've gotten tons of interest and I'm not 100% sure what we'd do, but I'll fly you out to Beijing and put you up somewhere nice if you want to see if there's a fit. A many-hats-wearing-change-the-world type person can do just about anything they want, when they find the right mix of something that excites them and good people to work with.

My finance guy who raises money for projects is here Dec 13th to 23rd so it's particularly a good time, but I'm flexible. Could also meet in Taipei around New Year's if you like. You might want to check up on my crazy antics before you throw in with me though, in the last couple weeks I've gotten a lot of comments ranging from "a literary hero" for the open letter I wrote to S&S to complete maniac, jerk, dick, etc.

Anyways, who knows, maybe nothing's there. But we can definitely watch some Cowboy Bebop, check out the Forbidden City, and see if there's anything worth changing in the world. Email in profile if it's interesting to you.

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

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Post by larrys »

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…

Agree. I would add (if I understand your point and I think I do) that putting a resume out is somewhat deprecating to a famous person. If Rob doesn't land a job, as happens with unsold real estate, potential employers (aware of the public search) will wonder why he hasn't been snapped up by someone else quickly. By going public you run this risk. But doing the search in private (or as they say "quietly shopping") you avoid some (but not all) of the risk. If nothing materializes you can go public later.

"you're competing with other resumes"

Very true. One of the best ways to not be compared is to approach things in a way that there is no competition. Approach employers when they are not advertising. I did this once and got a job that in no way I was qualified for resume wise. Once a job is advertised or with a headhunter you're being compared to someone else. (Same with dating most of us would rather not have to compete head to head with 20 other people and hope to be chosen the best of the lot.)

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Post by sliverstorm »

sontek wrote: post #111
sp332 wrote: post #108

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Um, of James Bond maybe. Sean Connery has a reputation for being a very nice guy.

A very nice guy that supports hitting women ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FgMLROTqJ0

An important corollary would be his views on a woman slapping a man. There was a time when slaps directed at either gender were both acceptable.

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

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Post by Craiggybear »

sliverstorm wrote: post #149
sontek wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A very nice guy that supports hitting women ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FgMLROTqJ0

An important corollary would be his views on a woman slapping a man. There was a time when slaps directed at either gender were both acceptable.

As the stylish Mr. Noël Coward (a friend of Mr. Connery) once said: "Women should be struck regularly. Like gongs."
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