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

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

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Post by dandelany »

kls wrote: post #16

So is this a legit account, it was created 99 days ago which seems kind of short for someone as wired in as Rob should be, can anyone on this site confirm that the account is indeed Rob? I don't mean to be skeptical but it's the kind of thing that could kill the credibility of the site. A site full of people that pride themselves on being critical (polite but critical, I remind you) being duped does not bode well for…

Per a recent interview[1]: "I promised my wife that I would take a few months off from work before I began looking for a job. That time is now at an end, so it’s basically time for me to start shoving my resume out there and seeing what my next chapter looks like."

[1] http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/2011/rob-cmdrtaco-malda-inte...

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

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Post by hemos »

nolok wrote: post #14
pork wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Rob, long-time /. fan who migrated over to HN when the signal-to-noise ratio exceeded my threshold. I just wanted to say thank you, and also that it's slightly ironic that you seem to be following the same path over to HN... :)

That's not irony. Also that's probably not even true, I would guess that cmdrtaco keeps reading slashdot for old time's sake if nothing else (you don't erase 14 years easily), and in 2011 it turns out you can visit several websites instead of giving allegiance to the One and only.

Indeed; and I tend to think of visiting HN, Reddit etc as like going to visit my kids/grandkids. They've grown so much!

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

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Post by thomson »

hemos wrote: post #17
kls wrote: post #16

So is this a legit account, it was created 99 days ago which seems kind of short for someone as wired in as Rob should be, can anyone on this site confirm that the account is indeed Rob? I don't mean to be skeptical but it's the kind of thing that could kill the credibility of the site. A site full of people that pride themselves on being critical (polite but critical, I remind you) being duped does not bode well for…

I can absolutely confirm that it is him. Although you have to trust that I am in fact, hemos, but the other folks I know on here can attest to that.

Maybe we should implement a PGP-style circle of trust on HN... =D

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

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Post by kls »

burgerbrain wrote: post #18
kls wrote: post #16

So is this a legit account, it was created 99 days ago which seems kind of short for someone as wired in as Rob should be, can anyone on this site confirm that the account is indeed Rob? I don't mean to be skeptical but it's the kind of thing that could kill the credibility of the site. A site full of people that pride themselves on being critical (polite but critical, I remind you) being duped does not bode well for…

It wasn't Rob, but the account was handed over to him a while ago. You can check his blog to confirm that.

Thanks man, I did not know that info of his story, my knowledge of his adventures stopped when I left /.

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

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Post by kls »

dandelany wrote: post #21
kls wrote: post #16

So is this a legit account, it was created 99 days ago which seems kind of short for someone as wired in as Rob should be, can anyone on this site confirm that the account is indeed Rob? I don't mean to be skeptical but it's the kind of thing that could kill the credibility of the site. A site full of people that pride themselves on being critical (polite but critical, I remind you) being duped does not bode well for…

Per a recent interview[1]: "I promised my wife that I would take a few months off from work before I began looking for a job. That time is now at an end, so it’s basically time for me to start shoving my resume out there and seeing what my next chapter looks like." [1] http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/2011/rob-cmdrtaco-malda-inte...

Thanks, apparently I missed some news.

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

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Post by DanielBMarkham »

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 suggest networking, but it's entirely possible to be hugely famous without a deep contact list. I'm not sure Rob has this problem, but if he did, it would be a difficult one to address.

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

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Post by cmdrtaco »

hemos wrote: post #19
nknight wrote: post #7

I don't think I've ever seen a resumé covering a 14-year tech/tech-related career that fit on one page.

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...
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