Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000 • Hacker News Board

Re: Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000

#11

Post by joeld42 » Fri, Apr 06, 2012, 11:05 PM UTC

Hey just a free idea if anyone want to build it, I think a web app that generated stylish resumes automatically from your LinkedIn profile would be great. It could make watermarked ones for free preview and then charge you a few bucks if you wanted to download a real one.

I can't tell you how many times I've heard "Well, my resume's a bit out of date, but here's my linkedin.."

Also, if you are LinkedIn, you could do this.

Re: Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000

#12

Post by GuiA » Fri, Apr 06, 2012, 11:06 PM UTC

joeld42 wrote: post #11

Hey just a free idea if anyone want to build it, I think a web app that generated stylish resumes automatically from your LinkedIn profile would be great. It could make watermarked ones for free preview and then charge you a few bucks if you wanted to download a real one. I can't tell you how many times I've heard "Well, my resume's a bit out of date, but here's my linkedin.." Also, if you are LinkedIn, you could do…

>Also, if you are LinkedIn, you could do this.

I think they already do?

Re: Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000

#13

Post by zschallz » Fri, Apr 06, 2012, 11:09 PM UTC

GuiA wrote: post #12

joeld42 wrote: post #11

Hey just a free idea if anyone want to build it, I think a web app that generated stylish resumes automatically from your LinkedIn profile would be great. It could make watermarked ones for free preview and then charge you a few bucks if you wanted to download a real one. I can't tell you how many times I've heard "Well, my resume's a bit out of date, but here's my linkedin.." Also, if you are LinkedIn, you could do…

>Also, if you are LinkedIn, you could do this. I think they already do?

Not stylish ones. You can generate a PDF resume off of your linked in profile, but really it's not very good.

Re: Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000

#14

Post by toyg » Fri, Apr 06, 2012, 11:09 PM UTC

vaksel wrote: post #6

andre wrote: post #4

Are you producing the resumes manually? or do you have software that handles it?

i'd say manually, since part of their job is to put the resumes together.

So it's basically just a specialized design agency.

Re: Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000

#15

Post by davidwparker » Fri, Apr 06, 2012, 11:09 PM UTC

Congrats!

I think your designs are beautiful, and you're definitely fulfilling a need. I'll be sending a link to those who I know are looking for a job.

Re: Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000

#16

Post by toyg » Fri, Apr 06, 2012, 11:15 PM UTC

MitziMoto wrote: post #5

Love the idea, and your products look amazing. I've definitely got the site bookmarked if (when?) I ever need to hit the job market again. My only concern with these types of resumes is that I've heard stuff like this can't be read by automated resume parsers used by some companies. I don't know how true that really is, does anyone know?

Do you really want to work for a company that uses automated resume parsers?

I would understand if they asked for one of the various specialized XML dialects out there (HR-XML, XMLResume etc), but in my (limited) experience, nobody does.

Re: Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000

#17

Post by ryanglasgow » Fri, Apr 06, 2012, 11:17 PM UTC

joeld42 wrote: post #11

Hey just a free idea if anyone want to build it, I think a web app that generated stylish resumes automatically from your LinkedIn profile would be great. It could make watermarked ones for free preview and then charge you a few bucks if you wanted to download a real one. I can't tell you how many times I've heard "Well, my resume's a bit out of date, but here's my linkedin.." Also, if you are LinkedIn, you could do…

I had this exact same idea few months ago but LinkedIn already has a nice resume generator:

http://resume.linkedinlabs.com

Re: Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000

#18

Post by dcaldwell » Fri, Apr 06, 2012, 11:20 PM UTC

andre wrote: post #4

Are you producing the resumes manually? or do you have software that handles it?

We have graphic artists that custom typeset the resumes manually. There are 2 revision rounds included in each purchase (additional revisions/edits/versions can be purchased) so there's back and forth with our artists.

Re: Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000

#19

Post by dominikb » Fri, Apr 06, 2012, 11:27 PM UTC

Make it automated and mobile: build a beautiful CV from an iPhone app, pay via in-app purchase and get 5 physical printouts delivered (also PDF in email and HTML version hosted for sharing).

Your sales will jump from $10,000 to $100,000.

Re: Side Project: 1 Month, $10,000

#20

Post by LiveTheDream » Fri, Apr 06, 2012, 11:30 PM UTC

The templates look great, congrats on the success. How did you arrive at the $99 price point?

Also: the submission title implies the project earned $10k in a month, but I didn't see that in the blog post itself. Where did that number come from? Is it accurate?