Re-working the resume in LaTeX both makes me wonder why I keep my resume in LaTeX and reminds me why I keep my resume in LaTeX.
@craigmaloney You're not alone 😉
👍 on the LaTeX resume. I always looked for hints of LaTeX when I was in hiring 😏
@tas Pretty sure you'd notice this one; it's about as stock as it gets:
@craigmaloney Looks about right for LaTeX 😁
Job hunting?
@tas Yeah, looking for remote work as a Python back-end developer.
That or a fat wallet on the sidewalk with no ID.
Either will do.
@craigmaloney I don't know many doing remote Python stuff these days 😢
@tas No worries. Seems the world moved on when i wasn't looking. 😁
@craigmaloney @tas @zigg Yeah, I've noticed a lot of places that value polyglots rather than folks who really understand whatever language they have. Not that it's a bad thing, but it also seems the new language hotness is Go or Rust. That's partly why I learned some Scheme: to better understand language fundamentals and functional programming.
I still consider JavaScript as my nemesis, but it seems you can't even get past HR without some JavaScript experience.
@craigmaloney @zigg Where I'm at right now very much prefers polyglots in terms of business workflows / etc (what we model in software) but tends to prefer we know our internal frameworks like the back of our hand.
On one hand it's great: domain expertise. On the other: less broad knowledge of other approaches (sometimes).
I'm with you on JS though. If that's a job requirement I don't think I'd get past 'resume pile'.
@tas @craigmaloney JavaScript in particular is a sore point, and I 100% get why. Until my latest project, I didn't want anything to do with it. We needed to, though, because of the browser, and because of community attention.
But I've been increasingly working with React, Redux, and TypeScript and I think those three together have created a much more workable and solid environment. It's literally the first time single-page apps haven't been something my brain actively fights against.
@craigmaloney @tas @zigg Yeah, ECMAScript 6 is the first time I've looked at JavaScript code and not wanted to throw up.
I'm still on the fence about React. I don't trust Facebook and have been looking into alternatives like Vue.js for learning a front-end framework.
@craigmaloney @zigg +1 for FB distrust.
We need better non-corporate tools 😉
@tas @craigmaloney There's always Preact 😁
@zigg @craigmaloney Now I think you're trying to needle me 😉
@tas @craigmaloney Haha. Nah, actually, some people have discussed using that as an alternative in case Facebook goes nuclear with their patent protection license clause. Apparently it's pretty much a drop-in
@zigg @craigmaloney Wasn't there a recent ripple about the patent protection clause basically trashing the ability to re-use react in other OSS style projects?
I could see some smart people easily arguing that the patent clause is the nuclear option already. 🤔
@craigmaloney @zigg One can hope and 🙏