Show HN: Pitchdeck Inspired Resume
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Show HN: Pitchdeck Inspired Resume
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#2I've been debating leaving my current job (4 years post acquisition) for a smaller startup. I decided to create something a little different after all of the talk recently of resumes no longer being relevant. I'd love any feedback.
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#3I like it, good job!
p.s. you should use a bigger macvim image http://macin.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/macvim-7-2-icon.png
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#4Apart from "Oh Hai" I like it. Do you really need to associate yourself with a meme like that? In my experience, meme-loving people aren't very interesting to be around in real life, and that opening statement caused me to instantly jump to a lot of conclusions about you that are most likely incorrect.
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#5Hey Tim,
I'm a little confused by the two different colored bars (blue and gray) in the skills section of your resume. What is the difference between them?
Also, it may be nice to include your name in the fixed header on the page. I think it's more important to constantly see your name rather than the navigation circles, especially if some people will simply scroll down the page rather than click on each circle.
Although people have said that resumes are no longer relevant, I'd still offer the viewers the option to print or download a standard resume from your site. Just cover your bases.
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#6Personally I'd go with a somewhat better photo. It doesn't need to be a standard resume picture with you in a suit. Just something that isn't clearly cropped from a random party snapshot.
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#7Nice job on the resume. It's unfortunate the applicant systems preferred by big companies (Taleo, Brassring, etc) do not give candidates a channel through which to differentiate themselves in a creative way as you have done. Of course there are ways to bypass the process entirely using social channels, but that doesn't scale from a systemic standpoint. I'd love to see someone invent a better system.
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#8Hey Tim, I'm a little confused by the two different colored bars (blue and gray) in the skills section of your resume. What is the difference between them? Also, it may be nice to include your name in the fixed header on the page. I think it's more important to constantly see your name rather than the navigation circles, especially if some people will simply scroll down the page rather than click on each circle. Alth…
I was also confused by the bar colours.
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#9I think resumes like this are nice to show off your front-end design capabilities, but it takes a long time to get relevant information out of them, as opposed to glancing at a black-and-white single-sided 8x11 sheet of paper. You still need something that people can look at and instantly make a decision as to whether or not they want to dig deeper into you.
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#10Hey Tim, I'm a little confused by the two different colored bars (blue and gray) in the skills section of your resume. What is the difference between them? Also, it may be nice to include your name in the fixed header on the page. I think it's more important to constantly see your name rather than the navigation circles, especially if some people will simply scroll down the page rather than click on each circle. Alth…
The top is "expertise" and the bottom is "how often I use it". Not clear, for sure.