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Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

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Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

#101

Post by 8ig8 »

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #28

Rob -- you're like Superman. Could Superman have a resume? Seems like you'd just give them a card that said "I'm f*cking CmdrTaco, damnit!" (The reference here is to a famous fake letter said to be from Sean Connery to Steve Jobs http://www.exophrine.com/2011/06/sean-connery-to-steve-jobs-... ) Seriously, it brings up a good point. If you have lots of name recognition, what's the best way to look for work? I'd sugges…

Not really a fan of this, but made me think of Matt Mullenweg's business card: http://paulstamatiou.com/im-2-on-google

The card reads: 1. Go to Google. 2. Type 'Matt.' 3. Click 'I feel lucky.'

Edit: Added what the card reads instead of just the article link.

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

#102

Post by j_baker »

Since nobody is playing devil's advocate, I suppose I have to. :-)

Have you done anything that doesn't fall under the "slashdot" header? If I saw this resume, my first instinct would be to say "Yeah, he made slashdot, but how do I know he's not a one-trick pony?"

Might I suggest a couple of open source projects or something to suggest that there's more to you than a degree and slashdot?

I like the nice, simple, and to-the-point layout. But I think it might be a bit extreme.

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

#104

Post by shawnee_ »

Personally posted over 15,000 stories, rejecting a million more.

Although 15K is not a small number, for some reason seems like it should be more. I guess that makes every user submitted slashdot story that was posted by cmdrtaco himself that much more cool.

An oldie but goodie: http://slashdot.org/story/05/03/02/1456237/yahoo-turns-10-fr...

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

#105

Post by brianwillis »

Objective: To use all of my skills to change the world for the better. Again.

I normally glance at career objectives, sigh, roll my eyes, and move on to the the meat of the resume, but this one is actually good. Anyone searching for a job, do yourself a favor and follow CmdrTaco's lead. Your career objective shouldn't be long or full of bullshit corporate speak, and if it is that will hurt you more than it helps.

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

#106

Post by traemccombs »

hemos wrote: post #63
cmdrtaco wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Someone else can link the joke version and try to get HN karma... I felt dirty just posting the first one.

ON IT.

Lawl, you goobers. :)

waves

/trae aka: OcToBrX MyCaPsRsTuCk

FrAnTiC fOr CaKe

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

#107

Post by bane »

Rob, if you are still interested in the social media space, have you thought about:

a) applying at reddit

b) starting up a reddit competitor (your karma system is still among the best I've seen)?

If not, what kind of area are you thinking of? I'd imagine your varied skillset would be awesome at a very small startup.

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

#108

Post by sp332 »

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #47
dchest wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(Note: the letter is fake http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/06/23/connery-jobs )

Edited to fix. Damn it, I rather liked the thought that Connery would write that. It fits the legend of both men very well. My comment works either way, fortunately.

Um, of James Bond maybe. Sean Connery has a reputation for being a very nice guy.

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

#109

Post by philwelch »

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #28

Rob -- you're like Superman. Could Superman have a resume? Seems like you'd just give them a card that said "I'm f*cking CmdrTaco, damnit!" (The reference here is to a famous fake letter said to be from Sean Connery to Steve Jobs http://www.exophrine.com/2011/06/sean-connery-to-steve-jobs-... ) Seriously, it brings up a good point. If you have lots of name recognition, what's the best way to look for work? I'd sugges…

> If you have lots of name recognition, what's the best way to look for work?

Well, you could just submit your resume to Hacker News, and it would get upvoted a lot.

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

#110

Post by markkat »

cmdrtaco wrote: post #30
hemos wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I should get him to the post his joke resume. It's not even just one page, it's two lines on one page.

My joke resume that I made a month ago: http://cmdrtaco.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Joke-Resume.p...

Dexter? Why didn't I know that? A2 here, but Hi5.

I think this one is almost more effective. Maybe a mix between the two.

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