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Re: Show HN: Built my resume as an interactive website, version-controlled on Github

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Post by Timothee »

I'm sorry but I don't get it. What's interactive about it?

It looks like a fairly regular resume to me except for the fact that it's rendered as HTML, but that's not really something new. Sure, it's actually built dynamically with a few PHP functions, but the way each element is built could be smarter (e.g. you have HTML markup in the function's arguments sometimes which seems to beat the purpose a bit).

I'm not trying to be a downer but I was expecting something different and I feel I'm missing something.

If I were to do something like that, I would probably do it in Markdown with Jekyll. Right now, your index.php mixes a lot of presentation with content and I feel that one benefit of Markdown+Jekyll is that you have a readable Markdown file that can be made into a nice looking static HTML page.

Re: Show HN: Built my resume as an interactive website, version-controlled on Github

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Post by philip1209 »

danso wrote: post #23

This is a nice start but you're missing a huge opportunity to show off your sites in a visual way. Why do you think outbound links are the best way to represent your work?

I'm planning on tweaking with modals that show logos and descriptions of specific projects and companies. The other option is having logos appear on over of the names.

I really wanted content to be king, so I didn't include the immediate clutter of a bunch of logos and galleries. The modals make it more interactive.

Re: Show HN: Built my resume as an interactive website, version-controlled on Github

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Post by v33ra »

Good one.

Sometime back, I designed my resume on similar lines. I used hResume microformats and some CSS goodies too.

Here's the live resume: http://veerasundar.com/resume/ and a blog post explaining the design: http://veerasundar.com/blog/2012/06/redesigning-my-resume-wi...

Re: Show HN: Built my resume as an interactive website, version-controlled on Github

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Post by philip1209 »

flyinglizard wrote: post #14

Really cute, props on the originality. The general design is good (I loved the skills bars!), but your Experience sections looks a bit too wall-o-text. I can't imagine reading through all that. If I were you I'd try reducing the word count as much as possible as well as applying a very very subtle background shade for each position to set them apart (or something similar to that). Anyway, awesome stuff.

Thanks for the feedback. I want to have better info on the individual companies by somehow incorporating their logos - I'm considering a modal or a popover at the moment.

The subtle grey background is a good suggestion. I'll experiment with some things, and if you do anything cool on a fork, please put in a pull request!

Re: Show HN: Built my resume as an interactive website, version-controlled on Github

#29

Post by philip1209 »

noinput wrote: post #27

Congrats on making Eagle. There are so few of us out there.

Thank you! Justifiable contentiousness of the parent organization aside, I am proud of the achievement. In terms of a resume, the Eagle award is unique as the one part of pre-college life that will stay on the resume forever.
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