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Databese should be an alternate term for big data.
This needs to happen.
New CV item: coined the avant garde term "databese".
Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship
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Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship
#52FYI in the US it is considered inappropriate to have your picture on a resume.
If he were sending a standard printed resume through the mail then you might have a point. This online version is something different and I doubt that anyone looking for talent would disqualify him for having his picture on there.
I'll be completely honest and say that it makes me feel slightly awkward because it's a major component of the resume and yet is completely irrelevant for deciding if he's qualified or not. To me, it's distracting and actually makes me feel slightly pressured to cut him some slack because he put in extra effort on making the resume pretty.
All that said, for someone who hasn't even started college yet, I think every little extra bit helps. I would never recommend this for an experienced hire or someone who's had several internships already in college, but for someone trying to break in for the first time any way you can find of displaying your interest and passion is going to help some.
Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship
#53FYI in the US it is considered inappropriate to have your picture on a resume.
As noted above, it's not a traditional resumé, and at least one study[1] has shown that attractive men benefit by attaching a photo.
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#55Brilliant work. I wish I had your skills at 19. The photography and design mesh perfectly well together.
I bet you will have no problem getting to the USA to study and work.
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#56and they say geography isn't destiny. a design like this can get a solo founder a $2M valuation on an idea in the valley (making him an instant millionaire), whereas a slovakian is trying hard to close an internsihp (meaning he hasn't gotten $8/hr, or 1/250000th of that amount.)
1/250000th.
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seriously, that's a great looking resume - though it would be nice if i could click on one of the skills (e.g., Print Design) and see some examples
Thank you guys! :) I will probably add this feature or just send people more detailed portfolio via e-mail.
you are getting feature requests. Are you getting serious offers?
Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship
#58Since he's from Slovakia, does he have the visa status to work in the US? Will a startup go through H1-B process for a summer intern? Also, if he doesn't go through the formal visa process and tries to do his summer internship with a visitor visa, he may be banned from the US for 10 years. Given that he's publicly publicizing coming to the US to work, it would be very easy for USCIS to block his entry into the US.
Having just got a J1 visa myself, he'd be well served with J1. It lets you work in the US for up to 6 months in an internship. Might still be time!
But will it cause him any problems if he wants to come to the US to work or go to school in the near term after his internship? From what I remember, don't J1 visas require you to return to your home country for a certain period of time? It was something we (in the US) worried about when thinking about having an intern from India who was planning to attend graduate school in the US in a year or so...
Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship
#59Did you steal some of that code from Visual Idiot instead of creating your own version?
http://www.hostmeinca.com/assets/js/animated-background.js
http://vaguelyexciting.com/js/site.js
Edit: Thanks HN; I wasn't aware the code was from Codrops. Move along, folks, nothing to see here.
Sorry dude! Nice site. Don't go for an internship though. You command an escalation of experience that opens doors to regular full time positions. You clearly don't know what you've got.
Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship
#60Why do you want to intern? Seems like with your skills you could just work (and get paid for) a real job.
I don't know if that's the case here, but a lot of European colleges require summer internships. Compensation is sometimes permitted, but status of employment must be an internship.
He may be implying that he might as well work now and do college later if he feels like it.
I went this course. I started working in my current office as a high school co-op and 4-5 years later I'm still here. I might as well work now earning a good salary and go to college whenever I feel like it.