cv-maker
Productivity
resume builder
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
3 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 14 critical, out of 33 comments about the project. Thread score -0.34.
Design: 0 for, 8 againstIdea: 2 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
Objections
Rendered layout looks cluttered; blockquote bars and grey lines hurt readability
From 3 comments
Yeah I think it's due to the (mis)use of quoted text to indent some paragraphs, which means there are vertical bars all over the place. The additional horizontal lines don't help…
laurent123456 on HNIt's not really that simple. I'm not trying to be dick about, because I do think that resumes from markdown is a good idea. The grey borders/lines, they need to go. They serve no…
mrweasel on HNApparently we have very different opinions as to what constitutes elegant. I would call the example messy and confusing.
mrweasel on HN
Recruiters find the non-standard format hard to scan
From 1 comment
Echoing what a lot of other folks are saying the design of the resume isn't great. Note I don't work hiring programmers but a portion of my job is in recruiting. - It is hard to…
thenipper on HN
Markdown source is messier than it should be
From 1 comment
Agreed. Plus the source is an even bigger mess, which negates one of the biggest benefits of using markdown in the first place (ie, if you can't easily parse it in Notepad then…
laumars on HN
Requests
Output to JSON or YAML for reuse with other rendering engines
From 2 comments
I really wish this would just output to a json string. Then we can put it through whatever engines we want.
nickthemagicman on HN>the same markdown looks much better in stackedit's rendering Link to that one as the example then ;) I think it's down to different markets wanting different things. A cool…
mrweasel on HN
Server-side implementation
From 1 comment
A server side implementation(C#) would be nice. I am considering to add this for an angularjs job board [1] [1] https://angjobs.com/#!/jobs/inbox/hn
victorantos on HN
Questions
Is there an example resume to view before trying it?
From 1 comment
Please excuse my questions, I'm old and slow... I see where I can try it myself, can I see one already done (before investing the time to download and try it myself)? As an…
mbrutsch on HN
Alternatives named
JSON Resume
From 2 comments
Looks good, I wonder how it compares to https://jsonresume.org/ One of the things I liked about jsonresume is I could separate the data from the layout.
dkhenry on HNHey, guys! I'm one of the core collaborators for JSON Resume[0], an alternative to this project. Markdown is cool, but as scrollaway said, > JSON Resume wants to standardize CV…
chrisdotcode on HN
Europass
From 2 comments
For those in Europe this is already a solved problem: Europass [1] A service kindly provided by the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training [2] a European…
luso_brazilian on HNhttps://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/home you can export it as xml and you can upload it later to update. It sends you a pdf or word file to your email if you want.
darkhorn on HN
LaTeX resume templates
From 2 comments
When I think "elegant text", I think Tex. My resume is in Tex (fork it and your may be too). And do not forget to use Sharelatex and you are not installing any software to get a…
cies on HNThe site is broken for me in Chrome. Though in any case, I prefer to use LaTeX for my resume -- can't imagine markdown beating that.
jcadam on HN
Markdown Resume Builder
From 1 comment
I've used Markdown Resume Builder before (http://there4development.com/markdown-resume/) and aside from sometimes fighting with a few layout issues it is great. From a markdown…
ryan42 on HN