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My resume is a website/page, how exactly do I submit that in this resumator thing? Reformatting a website as DOC/DOCX/PDF is a bit absurd.

drwxrwxrwt 16y ago
you can probably just send a link in a cover letter
- alnayyir 16y ago
  No, no you can't. It requires an upload of a PDF/DOC/DOCX in order to submit the form.
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  - mike-cardwell 16y ago
    Just an idea, but you'll probably find your time better spent building and submitting a doc, than complaining to your potential future employer.
    - alnayyir 16y ago
      An employer that only accepts word and PDF documents for my 'resume' isn't one I want to work for. You'd think that'd be clear from my displeasure with their rather factory-oriented submission process. I'm not in need of a job right now, I am poking around because I'd like to have some side work for when I leave the country. Not mandatory by any means. Just an idea, but you may want to get off your high horse and go do something useful other than criticizing people trying to discuss something.
      - mike-cardwell 16y ago
        Wow
      - mistermann 16y ago
        Is it safe to assume you won't be using your posting history on HN as a form of character reference? :)
      - red_malang 16y ago
        " I am poking around because I'd like to have some side work for when I leave the country" so you do need a job then, eh?
    - reinhardt 16y ago
      I've passed job ads and headhunter calls that require resumes in Word only or just ignore it and submit in pdf/html/text.
      - alnayyir 16y ago
        See? I'm not the only one.
        kevinelliott 16y ago
        You are handling this differently in that you're having a fuss over it instead of just ignoring it.
        alnayyir 16y ago
        It started with my making a note of it. It's other people that inflated the balloon with hydrogen, now I'm just riding it into the volcano.
    - kevinelliott 16y ago
      I think the minute he starts complaining about the company, is the minute it's no longer appropriate to call it his future company! Academically, he's trying to serve up a point. But he's potentially doing more damage to himself by doing so.
      - alnayyir 16y ago
        "Damage" I don't need a job right now and as I mentioned elsewhere, this kind of thing usually takes a company out of the running for me anyway.
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epoxyhockey 16y ago
Honestly speaking, if you are getting hung up on a problem as simple as this and can't seem to find a creative solution, YC may not be the best place to look for jobs. I know this sounds harsh, but I really feel compelled to type it.
- alnayyir 16y ago
  You've missed the point. I can generate a PDF/DOC in a minute. I can do it programmatically using a parser and a lib. That's not what I'm getting at. The resumator thing is annoying. People make note of far less serious UI mea culpas on here all the time. But when they want a job, they're suddenly willing to tolerate anything. The hypocrisy here is astounding.
  - jrockway 16y ago
    Gainful employment is all about trading your tolerance for various things for money.
  - bmelton 16y ago
    I feel like I'm being helpful if I point out a UI bug in another HNer's product, because that might help them to correct it and make it better. I feel like it might be necessary to point out a bug in a product I've tried to use, as explanation for why I don't use that product (when the discussion is topical.) I might be inclined to complain about the Resumator bug, if it so affected me, but only after I've used it to apply to the job I wanted, and definitely not instead of. Regardless of exactly who is being hypocritical, the message you're sending is that the annoyance of using Resumator (a service that DeviantArt did not build) is greater than your desire for this job. If I were the potential employer, I would assume that means one of a few things, all of which are harsh: - You're too lazy to submit your own resume, and would prefer someone contacted you in whatever manner most convenient to you - You're too good to submit your resume, and would prefer someone contacted you in whatever manner is most convenient to you - You don't like the job that much, but would definitely take a paycheck if someone who was willing to do the job for you would also pay you as though you'd done it - You're FAR too detail-oriented, refusing to lower yourself to the standards of a poorly designed resume submission method. You can extrapolate out the rest if you like, as an exercise to the reader. For what it's worth, I don't necessarily believe any of those things, but one of those is the impression I got reading your previous posts in this thread. Yes, submitting for a job is an annoyance, and can be time consuming. It's part of the process.
fletchowns 16y ago
File->Print->PDFCreator. Takes like two seconds. Maybe 20 seconds if you don't already have PDFCreator installed.
- ciupicri 16y ago
  And lose the links.

drwxrwxrwt 16y ago

you can probably just send a link in a cover letter

alnayyir 16y ago
No, no you can't. It requires an upload of a PDF/DOC/DOCX in order to submit the form.
- deleted 16y ago
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- mike-cardwell 16y ago
  Just an idea, but you'll probably find your time better spent building and submitting a doc, than complaining to your potential future employer.
  - alnayyir 16y ago
    An employer that only accepts word and PDF documents for my 'resume' isn't one I want to work for. You'd think that'd be clear from my displeasure with their rather factory-oriented submission process. I'm not in need of a job right now, I am poking around because I'd like to have some side work for when I leave the country. Not mandatory by any means. Just an idea, but you may want to get off your high horse and go do something useful other than criticizing people trying to discuss something.
    - mike-cardwell 16y ago
      Wow
    - mistermann 16y ago
      Is it safe to assume you won't be using your posting history on HN as a form of character reference? :)
    - red_malang 16y ago
      " I am poking around because I'd like to have some side work for when I leave the country" so you do need a job then, eh?
  - reinhardt 16y ago
    I've passed job ads and headhunter calls that require resumes in Word only or just ignore it and submit in pdf/html/text.
    - alnayyir 16y ago
      See? I'm not the only one.
      - kevinelliott 16y ago
        You are handling this differently in that you're having a fuss over it instead of just ignoring it.
        alnayyir 16y ago
        It started with my making a note of it. It's other people that inflated the balloon with hydrogen, now I'm just riding it into the volcano.
  - kevinelliott 16y ago
    I think the minute he starts complaining about the company, is the minute it's no longer appropriate to call it his future company! Academically, he's trying to serve up a point. But he's potentially doing more damage to himself by doing so.
    - alnayyir 16y ago
      "Damage" I don't need a job right now and as I mentioned elsewhere, this kind of thing usually takes a company out of the running for me anyway.
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epoxyhockey 16y ago

Honestly speaking, if you are getting hung up on a problem as simple as this and can't seem to find a creative solution, YC may not be the best place to look for jobs. I know this sounds harsh, but I really feel compelled to type it.

alnayyir 16y ago
You've missed the point. I can generate a PDF/DOC in a minute. I can do it programmatically using a parser and a lib. That's not what I'm getting at. The resumator thing is annoying. People make note of far less serious UI mea culpas on here all the time. But when they want a job, they're suddenly willing to tolerate anything. The hypocrisy here is astounding.
- jrockway 16y ago
  Gainful employment is all about trading your tolerance for various things for money.
- bmelton 16y ago
  I feel like I'm being helpful if I point out a UI bug in another HNer's product, because that might help them to correct it and make it better. I feel like it might be necessary to point out a bug in a product I've tried to use, as explanation for why I don't use that product (when the discussion is topical.) I might be inclined to complain about the Resumator bug, if it so affected me, but only after I've used it to apply to the job I wanted, and definitely not instead of. Regardless of exactly who is being hypocritical, the message you're sending is that the annoyance of using Resumator (a service that DeviantArt did not build) is greater than your desire for this job. If I were the potential employer, I would assume that means one of a few things, all of which are harsh: - You're too lazy to submit your own resume, and would prefer someone contacted you in whatever manner most convenient to you - You're too good to submit your resume, and would prefer someone contacted you in whatever manner is most convenient to you - You don't like the job that much, but would definitely take a paycheck if someone who was willing to do the job for you would also pay you as though you'd done it - You're FAR too detail-oriented, refusing to lower yourself to the standards of a poorly designed resume submission method. You can extrapolate out the rest if you like, as an exercise to the reader. For what it's worth, I don't necessarily believe any of those things, but one of those is the impression I got reading your previous posts in this thread. Yes, submitting for a job is an annoyance, and can be time consuming. It's part of the process.

fletchowns 16y ago

File->Print->PDFCreator. Takes like two seconds. Maybe 20 seconds if you don't already have PDFCreator installed.

ciupicri 16y ago
And lose the links.