Markdown -> PDF, HTML, and more http://github.com/mwhite/resume

Interests

• Creating beautiful resumés from simple Markdown documents

Work Experience

• 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

Education

• Github University (World Wide Web)

  B.S. in Submodules, May 2012

Skills

• Very experienced with Python, Markdown, \LaTeX

• Familiar with GNU Make, bash