VisualCV
Productivity
resume builder
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
2 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Execution: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstPricing: 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
Good idea and execution
From 1 comment
What a great idea & execution. As a programmer, I manage my resume on my github pages where can bring many benefits. - eg. make a new branch for a new company, easily add/remove…
xissy on HN
Looks good, could replace About.me
From 1 comment
My About.me just expired, I think I just found my replacement. Looks good so far.
collin128 on HN
Objections
Line breaks lost and UTF-8 encoding errors in rendered CVs
From 2 comments
Just duplicated the resume I've been passing around to people that was generated with Word (bad idea, I know) A few issues I noticed: * Line breaks are not kept in a few areas…
zifnab06 on HNThis example: https://www.visualcv.com/robcraig Has UTF-8 encoding errors: http://i.imgur.com/H0ko8iT.png
cr3ative on HN
Pricing unclear before sign-up
From 1 comment
@TOS linked from sign up page (https://www.visualcv.com/www/site_information/professional_terms_of_use.html): 404... @CV samples…
Legendin on HN
Broken terms-of-use link and mobile layout issues
From 1 comment
@TOS linked from sign up page (https://www.visualcv.com/www/site_information/professional_terms_of_use.html): 404... @CV samples…
Legendin on HN
Requests
HTML import option
From 1 comment
Portfolio aspect could be slightly better. I'd like to add links to open source projects of mine but it doesn't look like you support links with descriptions as portfolio items.…
dkarapetyan on HN
Portfolio links with descriptions
From 1 comment
Portfolio aspect could be slightly better. I'd like to add links to open source projects of mine but it doesn't look like you support links with descriptions as portfolio items.…
dkarapetyan on HN
Remove header or footer branding from designs
From 1 comment
Just duplicated the resume I've been passing around to people that was generated with Word (bad idea, I know) A few issues I noticed: * Line breaks are not kept in a few areas…
zifnab06 on HN
Questions
How does the company make money?
From 1 comment
So how do you make money?
hoodoof on HN
Who owns the resulting CV and can data be exported?
From 1 comment
So who owns the resulting CV? Are users free to export their data or have some third party service import it? Or is it more of a roach motel?
hoodoof on HN
Alternatives named
About.me
From 1 comment
My About.me just expired, I think I just found my replacement. Looks good so far.
collin128 on HN
LinkedIn
From 1 comment
What a great idea & execution. As a programmer, I manage my resume on my github pages where can bring many benefits. - eg. make a new branch for a new company, easily add/remove…
xissy on HN
GitHub Pages resume
From 1 comment
What a great idea & execution. As a programmer, I manage my resume on my github pages where can bring many benefits. - eg. make a new branch for a new company, easily add/remove…
xissy on HN
LaTeX
From 1 comment
Just duplicated the resume I've been passing around to people that was generated with Word (bad idea, I know) A few issues I noticed: * Line breaks are not kept in a few areas…
zifnab06 on HN