INeedAResume
Productivity
resume builder
SHOW HN2015
23points
17comments
#1,115of 2,565 in 2015
Top 44%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 5 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score -0.35.
Design: 1 for, 2 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clean, polished UI and styling.
From 2 comments
Pretty neat, big fan of the clean UI, and I am always impressed by people why have the patience to hand make things in JQuery. I am curious how you are doing the PDF generation,…
posnet on HNThere is no visual element to go back, only to loop through the category again. I can go back using arrow keys after making an error, but I didn't even know that was an option…
serf on HN
Simple, clean form.
From 1 comment
Hi Mitchas. I've not used the service yet - I'll be using it tomorrow - but as a prospective user the big thing that is missing is the example! I know you have one, but it is…
personalcompute on HN
Objections
Arrow-key navigation hijacks form input and is frustrating.
From 3 comments
Fantastic work. Two suggestions: 1. I found having the navigation mapped to my arrow keys super frustrating. 2. Embedding your URL into the finished product is unnecessary and as…
Peroni on HNHijacking the left and right arrow keys turns filling out forms into a frustrating experience.
nmj on HNThere is no visual element to go back, only to loop through the category again. I can go back using arrow keys after making an error, but I didn't even know that was an option…
serf on HN
Generated PDF includes the site URL and date in headers and footers.
From 2 comments
Fantastic work. Two suggestions: 1. I found having the navigation mapped to my arrow keys super frustrating. 2. Embedding your URL into the finished product is unnecessary and as…
Peroni on HNIt looks to me like it was a mistake to have the url embedded into the finished product. I don't know if it possible to exploit browser page printing as a means to convert the…
personalcompute on HN
Editing earlier employers after preview is broken.
From 1 comment
If I add 3 employers, I am not able to go back and edit the first two after reaching the preview stage.
rahij on HN
No .doc export, which some European users need.
From 2 comments
As I keep saying on all these sites, looks good but without a .doc export it is worthless in Europe. Pro-tip if you are unemployed, send in a Word document and not a PDF and you…
Numberwang on HN.doc is a must but only because of the technology being used. CV Parsing / Previewing is a lot more mature of .doc format.
iqonik on HN
Geolocated area code prefill feels creepy.
From 1 comment
There is no visual element to go back, only to loop through the category again. I can go back using arrow keys after making an error, but I didn't even know that was an option…
serf on HN
Requests
Add a visual thumbnail of an example resume.
From 2 comments
Hi Mitchas. I've not used the service yet - I'll be using it tomorrow - but as a prospective user the big thing that is missing is the example! I know you have one, but it is…
personalcompute on HNNeeds a preview with dummy text.
nodata on HN
Use Tab for moving between form fields.
From 2 comments
It looks to me like it was a mistake to have the url embedded into the finished product. I don't know if it possible to exploit browser page printing as a means to convert the…
personalcompute on HNHijacking the left and right arrow keys turns filling out forms into a frustrating experience.
nmj on HN
Add .doc export.
From 1 comment
As I keep saying on all these sites, looks good but without a .doc export it is worthless in Europe. Pro-tip if you are unemployed, send in a Word document and not a PDF and you…
Numberwang on HN
Remove the embedded URL from the finished product.
From 1 comment
Fantastic work. Two suggestions: 1. I found having the navigation mapped to my arrow keys super frustrating. 2. Embedding your URL into the finished product is unnecessary and as…
Peroni on HN
Questions
How is PDF generation done?
From 1 comment
Pretty neat, big fan of the clean UI, and I am always impressed by people why have the patience to hand make things in JQuery. I am curious how you are doing the PDF generation,…
posnet on HN
Alternatives named
wkhtmltopdf
From 1 comment
Pretty neat, big fan of the clean UI, and I am always impressed by people why have the patience to hand make things in JQuery. I am curious how you are doing the PDF generation,…
posnet on HN
pandoc
From 1 comment
It looks to me like it was a mistake to have the url embedded into the finished product. I don't know if it possible to exploit browser page printing as a means to convert the…
personalcompute on HN