Ask HN: Is my 'blog' worth putting on my CV?

5 points by skytbest 12 years ago | 3 comments

http://int-a.github.io

I started this blog a bit ago while I was taking an Android Dev coursera course. I'm looking for some criticism on it. I'm trying to get started with Android Development. Right now I feel like there is no "meat" to it, not much in the way of technical content. Do you think it is worth putting on my CV? Any feed back is appreciated!

patio11 12 years ago |

a) Don't call it a blog. Cite the important essays as essays, probably by name. If your blogging does not result in individual essays important enough to cite by name, revise your strategy. b) It is absolutely the case that at least some CVs created for some purposes are improved by the addition of things which feel blog-y in character. I don't know how far it would get you if you were looking to get an academic appointment (likely less than having an article in the Journal Of Nobody Reads This Ever), but there are many people whose professional reputations are enhanced quite a bit through their writing platforms.

switch33 12 years ago |

Fix the design at least. The pictures are huge, the format is really off. Not much content would be ok, but the utter design of it is less than appealing.

As for content. You can definitely improve it if you spend more time on it.

The people who get hired for having good blogs have one of two things(sometimes both): good design or good content

Since your blog appears to have neither, I'd side with just listing your github, but not your blog unless you fix more of it.

argonaut 12 years ago |

Since it's just a personal blog, I would just add it as a link in your contact info. In other words, just link to it next to where you put your github link / email / phone number.

The design is fine.