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Re:Interactive Resume by sliverstorm on Saturday October 19, 2013 @02:34AM (#6575571)
Fact: a resume can have the form of a portfolio piece and vice versa

I see you like to play it fast and loose with the meaning of words. A quick review:

A résumé is a document used by persons to present their backgrounds and skills. A typical résumé contains a summary of relevant job experience and education.

An artist's portfolio is an edited collection of their best artwork intended to showcase an artist's style or method of work

-- Wikipedia

In summary, a resume cannot be a portfolio, and vica versa, because a resume is an executive summary while a portfolio is a showcase.

Re:Interactive Resume by lhnz on Saturday October 19, 2013 @12:15PM (#6576873)
Right, very condescending....

1. At no point do either of your definitions mention that the properties or terms are mutually exclusive.

2. You made a comparison between a resume and a portfolio, as opposed to a resume and a portfolio piece. The difference is crucial because the definition you provided mentioned the word collection - and because the "interactive resume" couldn't have been considered a collection of portfolio pieces.

3. In real life words often don't have such rigid boundaries. and thank god because otherwise the portfolio-resume would only be able to be discussed by people that have property-level understanding of the world and you would be the slack-jawed fool of the conversation.

Re:Interactive Resume by sliverstorm on Saturday October 19, 2013 @01:58PM (#6577192)
My apologies, I misread you earlier, thinking you meant a "resume" and a "portfolio" were interchangeable.