Thanks for sharing! I love the idea and did something similar, but with Jekyll on GitHub Pages. I like that it's mobile-friendly but I can print off the PDF as well. https://github.com/pglevy/resume
Building My Resume in HTML Using Eleventy
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Re: Building My Resume in HTML Using Eleventy
#12Points for originality, but it does seem a little complicated. I did something like this about six months ago, but in HTML, CSS, and zsh. As a next step, try testing your output with a free ATS parser.
Re: Building My Resume in HTML Using Eleventy
#13But why ?
Author here—Two reasons, mainly. HTML+CSS is a great layout engine, and Eleventy is a good tool for making development more pleasant. While I have a lot of experience using other tools, e.g., LaTeX, I think they're not as well suited to laying out simple documents.
Re: Building My Resume in HTML Using Eleventy
#14Over engineered. Just write it in pure HTML/CSS. It's a resume, you don't need anything more advanced.
Author here—This is fair criticism, but _for me_, the overhead of a simple static site generator is worth all the benefits I get from being able to e.g., separate my data from my styles and so on.
Re: Building My Resume in HTML Using Eleventy
#15Over engineered. Just write it in pure HTML/CSS. It's a resume, you don't need anything more advanced.
Author here—This is fair criticism, but _for me_, the overhead of a simple static site generator is worth all the benefits I get from being able to e.g., separate my data from my styles and so on.
You mean like ?
I mean I personally would use a static site generator too, but objectively speaking: for a single page (no navigation, not printed page)... It really is overkill
Re: Building My Resume in HTML Using Eleventy
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Author here—This is fair criticism, but _for me_, the overhead of a simple static site generator is worth all the benefits I get from being able to e.g., separate my data from my styles and so on.
You mean like ? I mean I personally would use a static site generator too, but objectively speaking: for a single page (no navigation, not printed page)... It really is overkill
It's definitely overkill! Fun, though :)
Re: Building My Resume in HTML Using Eleventy
#17I've been using LaTeX for mine for years and never looked back. I have it setup in such a way that I just comment or uncomment a few lins at the start and can easily include or exclude, or adjust, types of skills, work experience, length, etc. Always produces a nice, easy to clean minimal pdf that has some protections against recruiters trying to copy and paste and change things.
I agree, but it can be useful to produce html and plain text versions of your resume and cover letter too. Per-job customization, and adding custom metadata for cover letters, is also useful.
What worked for me was I creating a simple python script that uses json files with custom data as input, and uses mako templates to create latex, html, and text output.
Re: Building My Resume in HTML Using Eleventy
#18But why ?
Author here—Two reasons, mainly. HTML+CSS is a great layout engine, and Eleventy is a good tool for making development more pleasant. While I have a lot of experience using other tools, e.g., LaTeX, I think they're not as well suited to laying out simple documents.
Disagree. A resume needs to be a professional-looking document, not necessarily a simple one. LaTeX is much better as the primary format, with plan text and html serving as backup.
Re: Building My Resume in HTML Using Eleventy
#19Over engineered. Just write it in pure HTML/CSS. It's a resume, you don't need anything more advanced.
The cynic in me says you're missing the ulterior goal - which was to get the equivalent of product placement for one's resume on Hacker News. :)
Re: Building My Resume in HTML Using Eleventy
#20Over engineered. Just write it in pure HTML/CSS. It's a resume, you don't need anything more advanced.
I do mine in markdown and then use pandoc to convert it to whatever i want