Show HN: Open-sourcing my CV template [Helvetica, XeTeX, TikZ & Biblatex]
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Re: Show HN: Open-sourcing my CV template [Helvetica, XeTeX, TikZ & Biblatex]
#2Hey,
Liked the template, has a unique design while keeping all the relevant information in the right places. Thanks.
Reading on your work, you have developed some interesting stuff.
Re: Show HN: Open-sourcing my CV template [Helvetica, XeTeX, TikZ & Biblatex]
#3Link to PDF preview:
https://raw.github.com/afriggeri/cv/master/cv.pdf
Thanks for sharing.
I wonder how it would look if the name and title in the header were left aligned with the left side of the primary column content column? My eye kinda wants it that way.
Re: Show HN: Open-sourcing my CV template [Helvetica, XeTeX, TikZ & Biblatex]
#4Link to PDF preview: https://raw.github.com/afriggeri/cv/master/cv.pdf Thanks for sharing. I wonder how it would look if the name and title in the header were left aligned with the left side of the primary column content column? My eye kinda wants it that way.
I toyed with that idea but ultimately I wanted something in the same vein that my website (http://friggeri.net) so I centered the header. But then, feel free to fork and experiment ;)
Re: Show HN: Open-sourcing my CV template [Helvetica, XeTeX, TikZ & Biblatex]
#53 pages is too many!
Re: Show HN: Open-sourcing my CV template [Helvetica, XeTeX, TikZ & Biblatex]
#6For the header: don't you feel it's somewhat awkward when the background shows where printable surface ends? Or is it possible, to find a printer that can print up to the border of the page?
Re: Show HN: Open-sourcing my CV template [Helvetica, XeTeX, TikZ & Biblatex]
#73 pages is too many!
Nope, it's perfectly expected to see an academic CV with multiple pages of publications.
Re: Show HN: Open-sourcing my CV template [Helvetica, XeTeX, TikZ & Biblatex]
#83 pages is too many!
For researchers it's a fairly common number, though it depends on what kind of place you're applying to. If it's an academic position, it can be much longer than 3 pages since you'd list all your publications/projects/service/etc.; if it's a place that doesn't care at all about publications, you can cut them down to a selected two or three and get the CV into 1-2 pages. But three pages seems to be a common compromise when you aren't sure how much the place you're applying to cares about research.
For academics there seems to be a slow move towards the website-CV, though. You still send in a "proper" CV on paper or in a big PDF, but what people will actually do is pull up your website, where they can navigate more interactively (click on "Publications" or "Projects", click on a specific project page or the PDF of a paper to browse it, etc.).
Re: Show HN: Open-sourcing my CV template [Helvetica, XeTeX, TikZ & Biblatex]
#9For the header: don't you feel it's somewhat awkward when the background shows where printable surface ends? Or is it possible, to find a printer that can print up to the border of the page?
Yes it might, I usually print it up to the border, but in case I can't, I have implemented a printer friendly option. When compiled with the `print` option, this is the output: https://raw.github.com/afriggeri/cv/master/cv_print.pdf
Re: Show HN: Open-sourcing my CV template [Helvetica, XeTeX, TikZ & Biblatex]
#10For the header: don't you feel it's somewhat awkward when the background shows where printable surface ends? Or is it possible, to find a printer that can print up to the border of the page?
Yes it might, I usually print it up to the border, but in case I can't, I have implemented a printer friendly option. When compiled with the `print` option, this is the output: https://raw.github.com/afriggeri/cv/master/cv_print.pdf
Yeah, that's real nice. I think I'll use your class as base for my next CV. Thanks for sharing :)