I want feedback/constructive criticism from HN community. I know it should've been plain text/markdown; I actually wanted to write in in markdown, parse it, and display in HTML5 + hcard + hcal + hresume. But didn't have enough time :(<p>Here's the PDF - http://advancewith.us/stuff/Resume.pdf<p>Anyways, from today I am starting being active on HN. Hello, people!
Let's start with the critique, then move on to the compliments.<p>I'm not sure that the icons in your introductory statement help your cause. They look cool and professional, but make reading the statement a little disjointed. Sometimes you're using the icons like a noun ("Thumbs Up" is smart, and gets things done), while other times they seem to be just images off to the side. I would put one (1) icon per sentence, at the end of the sentence so as not to make the paragraph seem disjointed.<p>You should read your resume aloud so that you catch any typoes. For example, you say 'having wore multiple hats,' but that should really be having <i>worn</i> multiple hats.<p>You say 'he' a lot, while speaking about yourself in third person. If this is supposed to be an 'objective' statement, it's okay to actually make it about you.<p>I like the nice layout of skills and interests, but some of them seem totally pointless. Freenode does not need to be on your resume. Unless you're working on or with them, neither do the plethora of blogs and people you have listed (Joel on Software, Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, <i>Steve Jobs?!</i>). Honestly, all of those things that aren't a skill you have or a tool you use shouldn't be there. A hiring manager does not care that you like xkcd or read <i>How to Win Friends & Influence People</i>.<p>The 'Experience' section, however, looks great! I love the little skill buttons that you put under each position: great call! It might not hurt to have a small blurb about what exactly you did there, but with the buttons I'm not even sure that that is necessary.<p>The tl;dr here is that you have way too many gimmicks and unnecessary information on the first page (although it <i>does</i> look pretty, you UX Engineer, you), but the second page is almost perfect.<p>Good luck in your job search!
You have cool ideas for your cv. There is style. I like your idea of the icons and the writing style you have there.<p>From a purely graphical point of view, you may want to check spaces and line.For instance, looking at vertical lines from the right side, you may notice that the codebar is not aligned with the right border of text, or with the border of titles on the second page. Also, the second page give me a different stylistic feeling. Took me a little while to figure out that it is because there is no black used there. There is some green used, but this green cant be found on the first page.
I think that by looking at that kind of things (line, colors, spaces between paragraphs) you can make sure that you design is more homogeneous.
Oh and i did not know that you are a motorcycle maintainer. I'll probably ask you a few questions in the future..<p>-olivvv
Seems simple to me: the major issue with this resume is the amount of <i>noise</i>. If you're submitting this via email or through online application forms you should stick to one page. If this is to be displayed on your website then I would just reduce the number of images(possibly all of them), and do a spelling check. Objective statements should be short and to the point. Same with descriptions... I really don't see the need for the long paragraphs and the bloated number of tags you're using. Whether it's a site or as a printout on paper, the hiring manager is limited on time.<p>Take a look at some of these examples, a lot of them are ideal in terms of efficiency and noise. Best of luck.<p><a href="http://microformats.org/wiki/hresume-examples-in-wild" rel="nofollow">http://microformats.org/wiki/hresume-examples-in-wild</a>
Bonus points for going outside of the stock resume and trying something new.<p>I really like that you're thinking out of the box - that gets noticed - but a lot of what you're forcing into the resume format should be in your cover letter: your objective, the tag cloud, and the icon-centered text at the top.<p>That said, I can't read this. Keep in mind that in a lot of places you may be applying a non-technical person may be reading the resume, so having it built in a certain way can work against you.<p>Rand's has a great article (<a href="http://bit.ly/hd7fRt" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/hd7fRt</a>) on resumes and their function that can help focus you.