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As usual with quirky resumes, I think a lot of people are missing the point. Nobody is suggesting that we all start using rustdoc for our resumes. It's a fun,

by paulgb 5y ago

As usual with quirky resumes, I think a lot of people are missing the point. Nobody is suggesting that we all start using rustdoc for our resumes. It's a fun, different way of presenting a resume. The fact that it made it to the front page of HN means it worked at what it was intended to do: be seen by a bunch of prospective employers and stand out.

PragmaticPulp 5y ago
> Nobody is suggesting that we all start using rustdoc for our resumes. Maybe nobody is suggesting it, but these clever resume formats tend to inspire a lot of copycats in my experience. When infographic resumes went through waves of popularity on social media I started receiving a lot of poorly constructed infographic-style resumes. Most of them came from junior candidates who thought they were going to stand above the crowd and impress us with their ingenuity. Maybe 1 out of every 10 was actually well-designed. The rest were just needlessly cryptic and failed to deliver the information I actually needed to see in a resume format. For example, I don’t want to see that someone rates themselves as 4/5 stars in Python. I need to see some text that explains their Python experience. After reading 50 resumes in a row, the last thing I want to do is parse my way through non-standard resume formats. This Rustdoc resume comes close to looking like a normal resume, which is good, but I would strongly suggest the author add a link at the beginning to a regular PDF resume that can be downloaded and shared. The full resume should expand on the normal resume points, such as explaining their role and responsibilities at their current job and adding dates to employment ranges.
- chc 5y ago
  Like 90% of the job interviews I've been to have asked me something along the lines of "rate yourself on a scale of 1-10 on these technologies," so maybe you don't want to see 4/5 stars in Python, but it does seem to be a pretty common wish.
  - teddyh 5y ago
    The interviewer asking the question and the person reading the résumé are not looking for the same information, and may often be entirely different people.
    - paulgb 5y ago
      IMHO as an interviewer, when I see these: the rank-order is useful, so that if you put C++ first I might ask you a different question than if you put Python. But the absolute star ratings are just noise; most candidates just use an implicitly-ranked list which is a more concise way of communicating the same information. I've never asked a candidate to rank themselves on a skill out of 10, that seems like a low-signal way to filter for overconfident people.

by paulgb 5y ago

PragmaticPulp 5y ago

> Nobody is suggesting that we all start using rustdoc for our resumes. Maybe nobody is suggesting it, but these clever resume formats tend to inspire a lot of copycats in my experience. When infographic resumes went through waves of popularity on social media I started receiving a lot of poorly constructed infographic-style resumes. Most of them came from junior candidates who thought they were going to stand above the crowd and impress us with their ingenuity. Maybe 1 out of every 10 was actually well-designed. The rest were just needlessly cryptic and failed to deliver the information I actually needed to see in a resume format. For example, I don’t want to see that someone rates themselves as 4/5 stars in Python. I need to see some text that explains their Python experience. After reading 50 resumes in a row, the last thing I want to do is parse my way through non-standard resume formats. This Rustdoc resume comes close to looking like a normal resume, which is good, but I would strongly suggest the author add a link at the beginning to a regular PDF resume that can be downloaded and shared. The full resume should expand on the normal resume points, such as explaining their role and responsibilities at their current job and adding dates to employment ranges.

chc 5y ago
Like 90% of the job interviews I've been to have asked me something along the lines of "rate yourself on a scale of 1-10 on these technologies," so maybe you don't want to see 4/5 stars in Python, but it does seem to be a pretty common wish.
- teddyh 5y ago
  The interviewer asking the question and the person reading the résumé are not looking for the same information, and may often be entirely different people.
  - paulgb 5y ago
    IMHO as an interviewer, when I see these: the rank-order is useful, so that if you put C++ first I might ask you a different question than if you put Python. But the absolute star ratings are just noise; most candidates just use an implicitly-ranked list which is a more concise way of communicating the same information. I've never asked a candidate to rank themselves on a skill out of 10, that seems like a low-signal way to filter for overconfident people.