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His Careers 2.0 CV includes this: "Confessions of your worst WTF moment: I shipped my administrator password for an FTP site inside an open source project I wa
by calpaterson 15y ago
His Careers 2.0 CV includes this:
"Confessions of your worst WTF moment: I shipped my administrator password for an FTP site inside an open source project I was working on. ;)"
Everyone's made mistakes, but I don't know whether I would like to put them on my CV.
- AndrewDucker 15y agoSaves them asking you in the interview!
- bad_user 15y agoSince everybody makes mistakes, would you throw that resume in the trash? IMHO, the best people are the ones that learn from their mistakes and being honest about it in a public way goes a long way towards that. In my own resume that I send out whenever I'm required I am listing some thoughts on a project that was an utter failure. My online resume also contains a couple of words about it, but less explanations. I like it like that and it doesn't really bother me since: 1) I never apply through recruitment agencies, unless contacted with a concrete offer that stands out (and in such a case, the recruiter is already interested in me) 2) Failing to answer about your failures really stands out in an interview, catching you unprepared. By putting a failure on your resume, you're the one leading the conversation (the interviewer will either ask you about it or not ask you about your failures at all) 3) You don't want to work for companies with brain-dead filtering mechanisms Personally, I also hate bullshit. I used to interview people and it's a good thing I haven't done so in a long time, because I hate it. I hate listening to people about how awesome they are, while being incapable of writing a FooBar sample.