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10points
14comments
#2,468of 3,109 in 2023
Top 80%of 2023 by points

How HN took it

RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.

Privacy: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Good idea for a resume tool that people hate writing

    From 2 comments
    • I hate writing resumes and love the idea, but unfortunately I had issues using the site - I couldn't enter my own options for job titles etc, as pressing enter wouldn't make it…
      WherePixel on HN
    • Looks great
      on-call_guy on HN
  • Suggestions for machine-readable and structured output

    From 1 comment
    • Really nice. Two thoughts: - generation of machine readable output too, jsonresume for example (https://github.com/jsonresume/resume-schema) - use of normalized, structured…
      matthewmcneely on HN

Objections

  • Signed users up and emailed them without consent or an option to choose email

    From 3 comments
    • Uploaded my resume and without any prompt received an email saying that I've just signed up. Yuck!
      id00 on HN
    • Yeah this is not a nice experience I have to say... 100% needs an option to provide which email you want to use (which maybe it could pre-fill with the one it found by default)…
      WherePixel on HN
    • I hate writing resumes and love the idea, but unfortunately I had issues using the site - I couldn't enter my own options for job titles etc, as pressing enter wouldn't make it…
      WherePixel on HN
  • Keeps emailing after unfinished signup; account removal unclear

    From 1 comment
    • I didn't finish the process, but I keep receiving emails from you trying to get me back without wvwn a link to unsubscribe from this. Btw I also sent you a request to remove my…
      id00 on HN
  • Android site bugs: cannot enter custom job titles, download hangs

    From 1 comment
    • I hate writing resumes and love the idea, but unfortunately I had issues using the site - I couldn't enter my own options for job titles etc, as pressing enter wouldn't make it…
      WherePixel on HN

Requests

  • Let users choose the email address and make signup optional

    From 1 comment
    • Yeah this is not a nice experience I have to say... 100% needs an option to provide which email you want to use (which maybe it could pre-fill with the one it found by default)…
      WherePixel on HN
  • Export machine-readable resume formats such as JSON Resume

    From 1 comment
    • Really nice. Two thoughts: - generation of machine readable output too, jsonresume for example (https://github.com/jsonresume/resume-schema) - use of normalized, structured…
      matthewmcneely on HN
  • Use normalized structured values for skills and platforms

    From 1 comment
    • Really nice. Two thoughts: - generation of machine readable output too, jsonresume for example (https://github.com/jsonresume/resume-schema) - use of normalized, structured…
      matthewmcneely on HN

Questions

  • How long until account removal requests are processed

    From 1 comment
    • I didn't finish the process, but I keep receiving emails from you trying to get me back without wvwn a link to unsubscribe from this. Btw I also sent you a request to remove my…
      id00 on HN

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