Word Processor (Redmond, WA)
Junior Resumé Maker, 2006 - 2007
- Intermingled presentation and content
- Styling was a pain, so either didn't do it or found a half-decent template and didn't mess with it
LaTeX + pdflatex
Senior Resumé Maker, 2008 - 2010
- Edited verbose LaTeX documents in a text editor
- Mixed content and presentation to achieve pixel-perfection
- Installed and configured the unusual TeX setups required by the best-looking LaTeX resumés
LinkedIn, StackOverflow Careers, vizualize.me, etc
Web Resumé Intern, August 2010
- Entered data, adapting to different data models and formatting limitations
- Attempted to customize PDF exports and remove default resumé elements, to no avail
Markdown with Pandoc
Resumé Architect, February 2011 - present
- Write in one format (Markdown), convert to many formats (PDF, HTML, ODT, DOCX, and more)
- Style HTML output with CSS and PDF output with a custom LaTeX header
- Use a simple pre-processor to define per-format operations on the Markdown input or its parts, such as moving contact information to the top right of the page in both HTML and PDF output.
- Use a text-based resumé when needed in a pinch
- Use version control, including free hosting on Github