Comment by edw519 | Hacker News Reader

Comment by edw519 | Hacker News Reader

Original author here.

This was a little side project to have some fun and maybe spread a little value.

I frantically threw this together over the weekend to be ready for the traffic Marc Cenedella (CEO of TheLadders.com) promised me today. His posts:

http://twitter.com/cenedella/status/57759591789887489#

and

http://www.cenedella.com/job-search/leonardo-da-vincis-resum...

Thank you, Marc.

As many of you know, I spend most of my time writing software and generally resist spending time writing other stuff (even though I always find time to say something here). So in typical hacker fashion, I "launched" what I had with the intention of accepting feedback and iterating. You guys have always been really good at that.

I originally planned on a Kindle ebook, but Scribd was just so much easier for me. I didn't realize that others had problems viewing or purchasing. If you're outside the U.S. or have any other problems reading the sample, just email me and I'll send you a free pdf.

All of your feedback is greatly appreciated. I'll keep updating the content as I go and will gladly accept help with typesetting or distributing. I plan to follow up with some of you during one of my breaks today.

If you buy the book and don't like it, I will buy you a cup of coffee the next time we are together. If you buy it and do like it, make that a beer.

@edw519: send me an original editable format of the book and i'll typeset it for you.

james@imaj.es

edw, do this and give this guy some cut. The scribd version is awful (at least on my screen: http://i.min.us/iksKDk.png

I just bought the book, but would like a readability upgrade :D

I'd like to typeset the document for you. I'm planning on printing this out for a paperback myself and will be doing it anyways.

If you can send me an editable document (ajai@ajaimk.com - I've already bought a copy too on scribd), that would make it a lot easier. I'm a college student who ran the layout and design department for a magazine, so I have some experience in this.

Also, find it amusing that 1 of the first questions in this book was a comment for a question I had asked on HN ;-)

Glad you put in the work to organize your comments. I've only caught a tiny slice of your input, but it's clear you really love what you do.

I hope you reconsider your ideas on code sharing, it's amazing how much one can learn on blogs and github. I started doing a little part time web programming in 2009 after a decade of strictly c++ simulation and analysis and would be lost without experienced folks (many teenagers) sharing their insights on practical web development.

I just bought the book, but really dislike the formatting. Some suggestions:

- use portrait instead of landscape format

- use typical US Letter (8.5 x 11) or A4 size.

- typeset with nice fonts

- remove the "customize", "free license", and advertising for your conversion software

I'd love an upgrade if you get around to doing this.

Thanks,

Great idea. I've looked into it and there are little gems down there.

Yes, this provides value. Thanks, edw519!

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