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This infography resume scores high points for standing out and being memorable, which is important as many companies receive many CVs. It completely fails as a
by Maro 16y ago
This infography resume scores high points for standing out and being memorable, which is important as many companies receive many CVs.
It completely fails as a tool for communicating how good she is at what she "does". I guess it's Rails? The CV is confusing.
Also, it gives the impression that the person is more interested in style than substance. I guess that's okay if you're an artist/designer (?), not so good if you're a programmer. The CV gives me the feeling this person is a programmer, but probably not a good one, she should really be a designer.
Overall, I think the problem is what's communicated in the programmer /\ designer Venn-diagram. She's trying to communicate that she's a designer programmer, but it comes across "forced". Her designer part made this infographic, which isn't very good, and we can't really tell if she's a good programmer, and suspect that she's not.
- mnutt 16y agoAre you arguing that it shouldn't have been an infographic, or that the infographic should have been better? Other than the list of tools, I thought it was well done and showed she had an eye for aesthetics, which most developers either lack or actively shun. Which is not to say that some people don't absorb the information better in different ways. That's probably why there's a "Plaintext" link at the top.
- chc 16y agoI don't know what he meant, but I can imagine how an infographic could demonstrate both her skill at design and her skill at programming — it's just that this one only really even tries for the former.