The lingua franca of LaTeX

Re:The lingua franca of LaTeX by jedberg on Saturday May 25, 2019 @11:04AM (#20009428)

I used LaTex in college, to typeset all my essays. I also used it in my creative writing class, and people were amazed that I was able to add line numbers to my work so we could easily discuss it by referring to line numbers! I'm pretty sure I got better grades in all my writing based classes based solely on the fact that I used LaTex to typeset my work.

The last time I wrote a resume[0] I used LaTex to do it too, and I provide the LaTex source[1] on my website. I've seen bits of it show up in other people's resumes, which is exactly what I want to happen! But what was funny was how often people would say "boy this looks so clean and professional!". Pretty sure I got some interviews just because of how "pretty" my resume was.

[0] https://www.jedberg.net/Jeremy_Edberg_Resume.pdf

[1] https://www.jedberg.net/Jeremy_Edberg_Resume.tex

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Re:The lingua franca of LaTeX by EliRivers on Saturday May 25, 2019 @11:12AM (#20009472)

Pretty sure I got some interviews just because of how "pretty" my resume was.

Definitely. I've had interviewers start by thanking me for my CV being well-formatted and also short.

Ha. I've just noticed that as I type this, I have literally in front of me on my desk Eijkhout's "Tex by Topic", Lamport's latex book and "The Latex Companion" by Goosens et al. This must be where I do most of my pretty document making.

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