Well whaddaya know

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My updated command line essay is being used as official reading material by the CS 151 class at Albion college in Michigan. That essay really seems to get around. I think that's pretty cool :)

Comments

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Holy crap! Are you serious??

[maggiedacatt.livejournal.com]

Well, I think it's definitely worth mentioning on a resume that people are using your essay to teach.

[ex-zeugma416.livejournal.com]

She's 100% right!

It's self-published to be sure, but the fact that it has become so popular makes it quite resume-worthy.

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How's this? (Near the bottom)

[ex-zeugma416.livejournal.com]

Ay ay ay ... that's a really over-stuffed resume.

I like the stars and stuff at the top, though -- that's a good idea to have if you're going to include everything you've ever done below.

Um, as far as the essay goes, if I were you I'd play up its popularity a little bit.

BTW, shouldn't the zip code at the top be 95060?

Wow, if you are mailing or faxing resumes out to people I'd really encourage you to create a new version, tailored to the position sought, including only the most impressive and relevant stuff. It's great that you've been keeping track of all your projects over the years -- it'd be really cool if I had one of these for myself -- but it's too much to show prospective employers. This much stuff in a resume == an ignored resume, for the most part.

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I agree 100% about this resume being overstuffed, but that's intentional. When I apply somewhere I take this resume as a template and butcher it down to size. :) It's why I don't have it linked from anywhere.

Zipcode: indeed it should!

The stars were the subject of debate a couple years ago between Jack, Alex, and I when I put this resume together. HR people in the tech field love buzzwords, but they also need some coherent structure so they can find what they need, but a specific recruiter definitely wants more. Thus the coloring, to group the buzzwords into IT / multimedia / programming / web crap, roughly. :)