cv-maker's Introduction

cv-maker

this app makes a markdown only resume that looks elegant and simple everywhere

try it out here: http://awal.js.org/cv-maker/

see an example CV here: https://gist.github.com/awalGarg/a8e97b27b249f2c94f8e

philosophy

Stackoverflow had a side project called "Careers Stackoverflow". They had a very decent resume builder. The output it produced was elegant, and easy on eyes. It wasn't bloated with ads and didn't look shit on small screens. Unfortunately, it seems that they are converting it to some Facebook timeline like story thing. The community there doesn't like that decision either.

This is an attempt to recreate that editor. One bonus of this is that you don't even have to see that stackoverflow branding.

usage

goto http://awal.js.org/cv-maker (or clone this repo and run locally via a webserver)
fill in the details. see if the markdown and live preview is all fine. (reloading will keep your changes, btw)
download raw markdown file
use it as it is or edit it for more specific customizations

pros

markdown is automatically rendered as html in many places
markdown is readable in plain text as well
easy to edit manually
easy to manage with version control
looks elegant and simple in all browsers, all screen resolutions, and all devices
doesn't require CSS or JS

cons

you have to host it yourself or on github pages

Optional tips

http://stackedit.io/editor is a wonderful editor to further edit markdown
you can also directly copy paste the rendered HTML from there to a github pages repository!
it is not required at all, but would be appreciated if you put a little link to this repository at the bottom