cv-philipithomas
Productivity
resume builder
SHOW HN2012
82points
84comments
#285of 1,677 in 2012
Top 17%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
14 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 7 mixed, 19 critical, out of 52 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.
Design: 10 for, 9 againstIdea: 3 for, 5 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Skill progress bars are a clever way to show proficiency.
From 3 comments
I like the way you outlined your skill levels using progress bars. I've always found it tough to describe how good you are with a certain programming language. Saying "proficient…
JCordeiro on HNI love those skill bars. Because they say something meaningful, potentially, namely what you're relatively better or worse at, more or less experienced at. Without committing the…
mkramlich on HNI totally agree. That was the main original thing I saw and I'll be looking through the code to see how those are generated or if they're just static.
miles_matthias on HN
Good design and looks good.
From 3 comments
Nice work, it looks really good. One minor (and I mean really minor) design thought: in the section near the bottom "Selected Projects", there are grey buttons and blue buttons;…
jmitcheson on HNI hope this catches on as a trend. A similar setup has worked great for me for some time now. Don't forget your print media specific styles though...
sainttex on HNThis is awesome!
dylanhassinger on HN
Keeping a resume under version control is a good idea.
From 2 comments
As a programmer, it never occurred to me that you would not keep your resume, be it online or on paper, under version control. Your resume looks good, but I have some (personal)…
eamsen on HNThe part I like is version-controlled on GitHub. Now if I can just 'git log' my employment history ...
realguess on HN
Objections
Skill bars are arbitrary and unclear what they measure.
From 4 comments
I like mostly everything I see, but I have one criticism. The bars in the technical section seem arbitrary. It seems that a person viewing this CV wouldn't know quite what to…
jbranchaud on HNCool idea. This is something I've wanted to do for a while. I'll have to fork this later for my own use. Few things I noticed that could be improved. Your technical section isn't…
TannerLD on HNI disagree, because they're completely arbitrary and a full bar can suggest that you either know everything, or you can't improve any more. Trying to represent knowledge or skill…
FuzzyDunlop on HN1) If you're in the US like you say you are, this is a resume, not a CV. 2) The "website" link for Food Trucks Near Me does not work. Also, I'm a bit baffled by these graphs.…
imjared on HN
Too long and wall-of-text; resumes are usually one page.
From 2 comments
Really cute, props on the originality. The general design is good (I loved the skills bars!), but your Experience sections looks a bit too wall-o-text. I can't imagine reading…
flyinglizard on HNThis is very long and there is a lot of white space (hard to skim). I honestly would not enjoy having to read this, and the lengthy anti-skim style comes off as somewhat arrogant…
ceras on HN
Not really interactive; looks like a regular resume rendered as HTML.
From 2 comments
I'm sorry but I don't get it. What's interactive about it? It looks like a fairly regular resume to me except for the fact that it's rendered as HTML, but that's not really…
Timothee on HNLike a few others, I too found it an average CV (It is something very similar to what I myself have, and I consider myself an average (-; ). To be honest, there are a few others…
Surio on HN
Index.php mixes presentation with content.
From 2 comments
I'm sorry but I don't get it. What's interactive about it? It looks like a fairly regular resume to me except for the fact that it's rendered as HTML, but that's not really…
Timothee on HNIf you are really that far along with your PHP skills, I don't think presenting an index.php as embedded HTML with a few string assisting PHP functions grants a lot of confidence…
debaserab2 on HN
Requests
Add a PDF export.
From 2 comments
Great to see a fellow Wash U student on here - nice work. One thing - is there any way to export it as a pdf? I know this kind of defeats the purpose, but some people/companies…
alexholehouse on HNawesome job! Looks great, just forked :) Also I was looking at the upcoming features list, and I think definitely the pdf functionality would be cool (I'm thinking the fpdf lib -…
jfaucett on HN
Add a print stylesheet.
From 2 comments
Cool idea. This is something I've wanted to do for a while. I'll have to fork this later for my own use. Few things I noticed that could be improved. Your technical section isn't…
TannerLD on HNI hope this catches on as a trend. A similar setup has worked great for me for some time now. Don't forget your print media specific styles though...
sainttex on HN
Add project logos or modals for companies and projects.
From 2 comments
This is a nice start but you're missing a huge opportunity to show off your sites in a visual way. Why do you think outbound links are the best way to represent your work?
danso on HNThanks for the feedback. I want to have better info on the individual companies by somehow incorporating their logos - I'm considering a modal or a popover at the moment. The…
philip1209 on HN
Provide a REST API returning JSON or XML.
From 1 comment
awesome job! Looks great, just forked :) Also I was looking at the upcoming features list, and I think definitely the pdf functionality would be cool (I'm thinking the fpdf lib -…
jfaucett on HN
Questions
What does the interactive part do?
From 2 comments
I'm sorry but I don't get it. What's interactive about it? It looks like a fairly regular resume to me except for the fact that it's rendered as HTML, but that's not really…
Timothee on HNI don't get it why you said it's interactive. But I like the simplicity of the design. I also built mine, but not in Github, well here http://jpbalb.in/resume.html Just a thought…
MojoJolo on HN
Is the code public for forking?
From 1 comment
+2 (Figuratively, of course!) Fantastic! Now, that's an interactive CV! Lovely! Wishlist: I want to play with the code. Any plans to make it public? ;-) NitPick: the action film…
Surio on HN
Alternatives named
Jekyll with Markdown for resume sites.
From 1 comment
I'm sorry but I don't get it. What's interactive about it? It looks like a fairly regular resume to me except for the fact that it's rendered as HTML, but that's not really…
Timothee on HN
cvstash.com for generating resume sites.
From 1 comment
I have my resume like this but I also made sure it is easy for others to make their own at my site's expense: http://www.cvstash.com
phektus on HN
hResume microformat resume sites like judy.github.com.
From 1 comment
If we're doing feedback on version-controlled-via-Github "interactive" resumes, my I present mine? http://judy.github.com/ - It parses via the hResume microformat, although I've…
creativeembassy on HN