Lucky Resume Maker
Productivity
resume builder
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
6 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score -0.02.
Idea: 3 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple UI
From 3 comments
Very clean, nice work! My main feedback would be to make the photo optional - it's quite culture and job dependent whether a photo is included on a CV.
sparsely on HNI like it. Very to-the-point. One thing that annoys me is when I click "Job #5" it expands a new form and jumps to it immediately. It is very confusing. For me it would be better…
robbiejs on HNThis is a slick tool. I like how the thumbnail and PDF preview is live updating with changes. It'd be a really nice addition if the tool could output the resume data in other…
mccolin on HN
No account creation required
From 1 comment
This looks like a solid tool. Love that there is no mandatory account creation. A couple tiny constructive criticisms: + All instances of "resume" should be "résumé" or at least…
jibbers on HN
Objections
Generated PDF was an image, hurting resume parsing
From 1 comment
Nice UI but the generated PDF is an image?! That's not a good idea... the resume parsers won't be able to parse that.
nacraft on HN
Photo upload is a poor default for bias reasons
From 1 comment
Photos on resumes are never a good idea. They introduce so much possibly for bias, both intentional and unintentional, while adding very little benefit. They also don't print…
notjustanymike on HN
Only one template and PDF-only export
From 2 comments
Just PDF for now. I hope to offer Word format in the future.
tofukid on HNGreat work. Are you planning to offer more than one design to choose from?
kleiba on HN
Requests
Optional photo field
From 1 comment
Very clean, nice work! My main feedback would be to make the photo optional - it's quite culture and job dependent whether a photo is included on a CV.
sparsely on HN
Word or other export formats
From 2 comments
Is it possible to download it in word doc format?
moneywoes on HNThis is a slick tool. I like how the thumbnail and PDF preview is live updating with changes. It'd be a really nice addition if the tool could output the resume data in other…
mccolin on HN
More templates
From 2 comments
This looks absolutely solid, nice work. Super easy to build. Only reason I use latex is for formatting and crappy word indents, this solves that problem. Would be great with a…
catchmeifyoucan on HNGreat work. Are you planning to offer more than one design to choose from?
kleiba on HN
Privacy or data policy disclaimer
From 2 comments
Cool idea, I suggest you add some disclaimer about data policy. My first thought on the landing page was "neat way to gather some personal data" :D
dantodor on HNGreat tool! What's your business model though? Collecting data comes to mind first. If it's not the case, I would recommend to say this explicitly on the page somewhere.
shoto_io on HN
Questions
What is the business model?
From 1 comment
Great tool! What's your business model though? Collecting data comes to mind first. If it's not the case, I would recommend to say this explicitly on the page somewhere.
shoto_io on HN
Can it import from LinkedIn?
From 1 comment
Can you link it to LinkedIn?
esseeayen on HN
Alternatives named
Resumake.io
From 1 comment
Looks good! An alternative is https://resumake.io/, which also allows one to export and then later import the JSON which defines the resume.
nicholasjarnold on HN