3 ms·
> It feels more like "I built it using LaTeX to try and impress you" It's not meant to impress you, a resume writer. It's meant to impress other techies.
by sampo 5y ago
> It feels more like "I built it using LaTeX to try and impress you"
It's not meant to impress you, a resume writer. It's meant to impress other techies.
- fecak 5y agoCorrect. The "you" here isn't actually "me" (the writer), but rather the decision maker (the recruiter or hiring manager).
- teakettle42 5y agoWell, I can tell you that, relying on the experience of my own 30 year career using and reading LaTeX resumes, you're quite wrong. I appreciate a LaTeX resume because: 1. It's almost always much more readable than a Word document. 2. It's not about impressing people. It's about readability for the reader, and maintainability (by avoiding finicky and annoying WYSIWYG editing) for the author. If using a LaTeX resume means self-selecting out of resume-grinding HR departments that require Word documents — and/or annoying entirely useless tech recruiters — that's a feature, not a bug.