Re:The difference between a programmer & a hacker
by kstenerud on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @12:07PM
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Do a CV even if you're not applying to a HR contact. The CV has one purpose: To give the salient points of why you are the right person for the job.
A good startup is absolutely swamped by resumes. The less I have to hunt around for info about you, the better (remember: I don't know you from crappy-developer-x. Make it easy for me to differentiate!). I want to know what skills you consider relevant to the job, and how proficient you are in them. I want to know where you've worked before, what you did, and for how long. I don't want a bunch of URLS I have to click through, then navigate a bunch of sites, only to discover that you're a web developer with no Objective-C experience applying for an iOS position.
Once I have the essential info to decide that you at least have the basic skills for the job, THEN I want to see blogs, github accounts, etc.
A good startup is absolutely swamped by resumes. The less I have to hunt around for info about you, the better (remember: I don't know you from crappy-developer-x. Make it easy for me to differentiate!). I want to know what skills you consider relevant to the job, and how proficient you are in them. I want to know where you've worked before, what you did, and for how long. I don't want a bunch of URLS I have to click through, then navigate a bunch of sites, only to discover that you're a web developer with no Objective-C experience applying for an iOS position.
Once I have the essential info to decide that you at least have the basic skills for the job, THEN I want to see blogs, github accounts, etc.