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Sounds like an excellent in-comment writing exercise. Zack's Resume (ala Justin Kan): If I could, I would spend all day rolling around in data. I have fond me
by zackzackzack 14y ago
Sounds like an excellent in-comment writing exercise.
Zack's Resume (ala Justin Kan):
If I could, I would spend all day rolling around in data. I have fond memories of spending a weekend graphing the comments of top posters on Hacker News[0]. In the next week or two, I will be opening a pull request for d3.js for an easy way to do fisheye distortions on geographic maps[1]. I got a beating over winter break trying to convert the R project into JavaScript via emscripten[2].
Hire me so I can make your data beautiful[3].
[0]https://github.com/zmaril/HN-Visual-Comments https://github.com/zmaril/HN-Visual-Comments
[1]http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ http://mbostock.github.com/d3/
[2]https://github.com/zmaril/emscripten/tree/herecomesdrtran https://github.com/zmaril/emscripten/tree/herecomesdrtran
[3]https://www.odesk.com/users/~~80bea7ba2750c34b https://www.odesk.com/users/~~80bea7ba2750c34b (Shameless misdirecting plug)
- mattdeboard 14y agoThat's a cover letter. You're not helping an overworked/exasperated resume reader by writing prose in your resume, IMO (for what it's worth...). Resume should be bulletized chronological work history with most relevant/interesting stuff getting a sentence or two of explanation. Leave long-form prose to the cover letter. And that is a pretty good cover letter, zackzackzack.
- jsprinkles 14y agoSometimes I'd much rather have a little bit of detail on an accomplishment or point than a couple sentences of a bullet point. If I end up confused because of someone sticking to this rule, I get annoyed.
- mattdeboard 14y agoYeah but it's so hard to tell when it's appropriate. It's subjective. I think everyone just has to find what works for them and go with it, hopefully achievements speak for themselves (with the help of a good cover letter).