I chose LaTeX for my PhD (~25 years ago in physics, I was working in IT at the same time) for that exact reason: that I could write and not wory about how this

I chose LaTeX for my PhD (~25 years ago in physics, I was working in IT at the same time) for that exact reason: that I could write and not wory about how this will end up. I was happy with the extreme complexity to change things (for me at least) because it means I will not spend time to modify the defaults which are correct typographically speaking. I only compiled the text when I wanted to pat myself on the shoulder about how great job I was doing. This is why LaTeX is well suited for something longer (memoir, thesis, book, larger documentation that will end up printed or in a file) and not that mush for one pages (a CV in LaTeX looks dull and you need to have at least something that will make it stand out). An exception would be exercises in math or similar, where the power of equations is primordial.