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Re: My dad’s resume and skills from 1980

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Post by znpy »

iforgotpassword wrote: post #262
ilaksh wrote: post #219

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He has severe dementia unfortunately. I just thought it might be interesting to people to see what technologies were in use at those times. My dad loves to play catch with his stuffed doggie (or whatever you will throw to him) but activities more complicated than that are not feasible.

> I just thought it might be interesting to people to see what technologies were in use at those times. It definitely is, not just to see what technologies were in use, but what an exemplary career in that field looked like, so thanks for sharing. It's just that the first thing that went through my head was this joke, since it's really something that isn't too far fetched situation wise (see that one longer reply). F…

Lol. I guess this qualifies as "unethical life hack" ?

Re: My dad’s resume and skills from 1980

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Post by Torwald »

andrewmweaver89 wrote: post #272
MaggieL wrote: post #108

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Real 1980s programmer: sits down at IBM 3278 mainframe terminal, edits resume into text file containing DCF/Script markup. Prints mailing copies on IBM 3800 laser printer using typewriter font, hoping operations staff running printer doesn't notice (unlikely considering speed printer runs at). --signed, real 1980s programmer (also 1970s programmer, 1990s programmer, 2000s programmer, 2010s programmer) current resume…

You worked at Andesa, weird .. I work there now

This is not weird. The fact you both have worked for the same place makes it more likely that you end up in the same online community as well, not less likely.

Re: My dad’s resume and skills from 1980

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Post by Bahamut »

pseingatl wrote: post #72

Poor guy was trying to find a new job at 54. He had been out of work for a month. Wasn't easy then, isn't easy now. As to the discussion about 1 page v. multi-page c.v.'s: a c.v. is ADVERTISING. If you get the interview, you bring along a more comprehensive document in which you can go into detail about subject areas which may be relevant but don't merit inclusion on a one-pager. As to his height: he worked on B-29's…

It's more than just pride with security clearances - they're minimum requirements for a lot of federal government work.

Re: My dad’s resume and skills from 1980

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Post by dang »

zerr wrote: post #166
el_don_almighty wrote: post #120

Your dad was an American hero, please thank him for all his hard work on my behalf. Men like him built this country by living their lives and raising their children. I'm sure he wasn't perfect, but he's still your dad and I'm sorry you've moved him to a home. Please take good care of him.

Yes, that sounds strange to me - the family of two generations programmers can't afford in-house nursing? I can't imagine putting my parents or grannies in "home" unless I am really poor.

I realize there's no mechanism in the text box that prevents people from posting to HN like this, but can you please restrain yourself? What a horrible position you put the other person in, to have to defend their most intimate family situation in public or else leave a gossipy slur like this unanswered.

I'm sure you didn't mean it that way, but that's the form it congeals into once you post it. Users need to do better than this here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: My dad’s resume and skills from 1980

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Post by dang »

ilaksh wrote: post #237
zerr wrote: post #166

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, that sounds strange to me - the family of two generations programmers can't afford in-house nursing? I can't imagine putting my parents or grannies in "home" unless I am really poor.

I am pretty sure my siblings may not appreciate my discussing our business in public, but just to be clear. My sister and I have been living in his house for the past six months in order to care for him. It had become increasingly difficult to feed or move him because of his dementia and things like compression fractures in his back. After I was unable to get him out of bed last week we decided we were no longer qual…

I'm really sorry that part of this thread turned into a thoughtless public prodding of your family situation. It pains me to see HN being used that way, especially when your intention was obviously to honor your father. It was a fine submission, and I hope the nastier end of the responses won't spoil how you feel about HN.

Re: My dad’s resume and skills from 1980

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Post by juancb »

So if that's the resume then why does that letter have a line at the end asking that the reader of the letter read the enclosed resume? Looks more like a cover letter to me given the way it's addressed and signed. Very neat indeed, but op may yet come across another document.

"May I ask that you read the enclosed, resume. Thank you very much."

Re: My dad’s resume and skills from 1980

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Post by jliptzin »

juancb wrote: post #316

So if that's the resume then why does that letter have a line at the end asking that the reader of the letter read the enclosed resume? Looks more like a cover letter to me given the way it's addressed and signed. Very neat indeed, but op may yet come across another document. "May I ask that you read the enclosed, resume. Thank you very much."

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Re: My dad’s resume and skills from 1980

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Post by ChuckMcM »

Thanks for posting, there is a huge life lesson in there for this audience. It is these lines:

1951 - Graduated SD State.

1964-1965 UC Extension Cobol

1968 UC Extension Fortran

1968-1969 UC Extension Systems and Procedures/Data Processing

1968-1969 IBM 370 Assembler Language

The message is always be learning, never just get a degree and then never go back to learning something new. It helps with neural plasticity and it keeps you engaged and employable.

Re: My dad’s resume and skills from 1980

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Post by jliptzin »

larrywright wrote: post #263
metaphor wrote: post #55

If I lived through 3 wars and had a strong career alignment with major defense contractors, I suppose I'd be inclined to disclose health and height out of habit...but was this generally expected on a resume back in the 80s?

I've never seen health and height before, so that might be specific to military folks, but I know that in that era and earlier it was very common to include personal details such as your marital status, number of children, even your religion and what church you attended. I saw something recently about how in the 1950s/1960s, if a man were interviewing for an executive position with a company, part of the hiring proce…

And I can imagine that must have put some kind of unnatural pressure on which women the men decided to pursue.

Re: My dad’s resume and skills from 1980

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Post by phyller »

metaphor wrote: post #55

If I lived through 3 wars and had a strong career alignment with major defense contractors, I suppose I'd be inclined to disclose health and height out of habit...but was this generally expected on a resume back in the 80s?

He worked on planes, it may have been an important factor for fitting into some space, and working in remote desolate places with a small crew of other people. Basically, you could probably send this guy to a dry lake bed in the desert for testing for a couple weeks if you needed to, and he could hop in and out of a cockpit to do some work, or sit for hours in a truck with equipment inside it because he wasn't 6'8".

Or else he hasn't written a resume in 25 years because he's worked for the same company and just wrote it like the last time he did coming out of the military :D

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