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Re: Show HN: Open-sourcing my CV template [Helvetica, XeTeX, TikZ & Biblatex]

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Post by levesque »

orky56 wrote: post #17

Here's my resume: http://www.ideaember.com/resume It's important to stick to the constraints of the medium. Lots of whitespace and visuals for online and one page for print. Also important to stay consistent with the rest of the site. Still looking for a clever way to integrate my portfolio directly into the resume without making the resume too cluttered. P.S. In the market for a product management opportunity

Not a chance to make an academic resume one page long, even for print. There are too many publications to list, and they should all be there.

Re: Show HN: Open-sourcing my CV template [Helvetica, XeTeX, TikZ & Biblatex]

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Post by levesque »

arnarbi wrote: post #14

Flashy. Mine's also on github: https://github.com/arnar/cv PDF: http://www.hvergi.net/arnar/public/cv.pdf

I think you should put journal publications before conference publications, as they are generally regarded as more important.

Re: Show HN: Open-sourcing my CV template [Helvetica, XeTeX, TikZ & Biblatex]

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Post by sanderjd »

orky56 wrote: post #17

Here's my resume: http://www.ideaember.com/resume It's important to stick to the constraints of the medium. Lots of whitespace and visuals for online and one page for print. Also important to stay consistent with the rest of the site. Still looking for a clever way to integrate my portfolio directly into the resume without making the resume too cluttered. P.S. In the market for a product management opportunity

Looks great! Do you generate all the versions of your resume from the same data, but with different presentation layers? Or do you keep each of them up to date manually?

Re: Show HN: Open-sourcing my CV template [Helvetica, XeTeX, TikZ & Biblatex]

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Post by orky56 »

sanderjd wrote: post #23
orky56 wrote: post #17

Here's my resume: http://www.ideaember.com/resume It's important to stick to the constraints of the medium. Lots of whitespace and visuals for online and one page for print. Also important to stay consistent with the rest of the site. Still looking for a clever way to integrate my portfolio directly into the resume without making the resume too cluttered. P.S. In the market for a product management opportunity

Looks great! Do you generate all the versions of your resume from the same data, but with different presentation layers? Or do you keep each of them up to date manually?

I keep them up to date manually. Honestly, I update the resume page every 3-4 months so it's not too necessary to automate it yet. As they say, fake it till you make it.

Re: Show HN: Open-sourcing my CV template [Helvetica, XeTeX, TikZ & Biblatex]

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Post by orky56 »

levesque wrote: post #21
orky56 wrote: post #17

Here's my resume: http://www.ideaember.com/resume It's important to stick to the constraints of the medium. Lots of whitespace and visuals for online and one page for print. Also important to stay consistent with the rest of the site. Still looking for a clever way to integrate my portfolio directly into the resume without making the resume too cluttered. P.S. In the market for a product management opportunity

Not a chance to make an academic resume one page long, even for print. There are too many publications to list, and they should all be there.

I completely agree. However for purely professional resumes, one page is more than enough, especially when it is complemented by an informative portfolio/blog.

Re: Show HN: Open-sourcing my CV template [Helvetica, XeTeX, TikZ & Biblatex]

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Post by vog »

If would be great if there was a small comparison with the standard packages (currvita, moderncv). What's similar? What's different? Why writing an own package instead of building upon the existing ones? Just for fun, or are there technical or organizatorial reasons?

Re: Show HN: Open-sourcing my CV template [Helvetica, XeTeX, TikZ & Biblatex]

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Post by justinph »

Designer here. I'd add more leading (line-spacing). More spacing between sections, too. It needs to breathe.

I'd drop the exclusive use of grey and use black for the body text, at least. Grey might look nice on your screen because it's very bright, but not everyone's is, and when printed, can look washed out and like a mistake. Contrast in body text is good.

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