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> would you put something on your resume as a job if you had built it over the weekend and had only worked on it for a few days Absolutely! When I interview p

by bhousel 16y ago

> would you put something on your resume as a job if you had built it over the weekend and had only worked on it for a few days Absolutely! When I interview people, I love finding out what they work on in their spare time. I don't care whether they are "projects", "startups", or whatever. Of course, only include it if it's something impressive that you hacked together in a few days. My take on it is this: "Projects" are for fun. Projects may become elevated to "startups" only if they make money.

asanwal 16y ago
By that definition, Quora is still a project, I guess?
- bhousel 16y ago
  Hehe, actually yes. Don't get me started on Quora. :)
- zbruhnke 16y ago
  really? didn't read the article too well I guess? Quora has two founders who left jobs at facebook and dedicated themselves to it ... how would that fit the definition of a project in this article exactly?
  - jarek 16y ago
    Grandparent said: ""Projects" are for fun. Projects may become elevated to "startups" only if they make money." Does Quora make money?
  - zbruhnke 16y ago
    whoops ... thought you were talking about my definition in the article!
  - asanwal 16y ago
    Easy there turbo. Was responding to 'bhousel' who wrote -- "Projects" are for fun. Projects may become elevated to "startups" only if they make money.
biot 16y ago
Employment History: http://randomurlwithnorevenue.com/ March 18 - 20, 2011 (2 days, 18 hours) I absolutely would love to see stuff like this on someone's resume, but it should not be listed under the employment section. To me, startup implies company. You can't be CEO of a landing page, website, nor project. But if there's a separate corporate entity then you can be CEO of that. Titles and entities aside, if someone can credibly list their venture as work history, I would consider that a bona fide startup even if the other factors weren't there.
jrussbowman 16y ago
I put unscatter.com, my open source projects and my blog on my resume to show I play with technology even outside of work.

by bhousel 16y ago

asanwal 16y ago

By that definition, Quora is still a project, I guess?

bhousel 16y ago
Hehe, actually yes. Don't get me started on Quora. :)
zbruhnke 16y ago
really? didn't read the article too well I guess? Quora has two founders who left jobs at facebook and dedicated themselves to it ... how would that fit the definition of a project in this article exactly?
- jarek 16y ago
  Grandparent said: ""Projects" are for fun. Projects may become elevated to "startups" only if they make money." Does Quora make money?
- zbruhnke 16y ago
  whoops ... thought you were talking about my definition in the article!
- asanwal 16y ago
  Easy there turbo. Was responding to 'bhousel' who wrote -- "Projects" are for fun. Projects may become elevated to "startups" only if they make money.

biot 16y ago

Employment History: http://randomurlwithnorevenue.com/ March 18 - 20, 2011 (2 days, 18 hours) I absolutely would love to see stuff like this on someone's resume, but it should not be listed under the employment section. To me, startup implies company. You can't be CEO of a landing page, website, nor project. But if there's a separate corporate entity then you can be CEO of that. Titles and entities aside, if someone can credibly list their venture as work history, I would consider that a bona fide startup even if the other factors weren't there.

jrussbowman 16y ago

I put unscatter.com, my open source projects and my blog on my resume to show I play with technology even outside of work.