I like your sense of humor, even if we're in d...

2015-04-27T10:00:39.338-07:00

I like your sense of humor, even if we're in disagreement on this. And I haven't posted all my thoughts yet, so it's too early to tell. But, let's not exaggerate here. All academics have resumes like this. And, stripping away the irrelevancy, such as number of pizzas you've eaten, I think it's a very worthwhile exercise to catalog the details of your career. It forms a basis from which to summarize and make some coherent sense of a "direction" your career took. And so, I'd agree with you that you could "write a damn autobiography" as a substitute for this! Of course, your autobiography would need to be slanted entirely toward your career, and leave out the girlfriends!

Donald Knuth's CV is straight up nasty! Honest...

2015-03-10T12:36:02.558-07:00

Donald Knuth's CV is straight up nasty! Honestly, I didn't expect a man of his caliber to write such a ridiculous resume. If I should follow suit, and put all the comments I've ever written on the Web, all the blog posts I've ever published, all the programs I've ever written, all the people I've taught them something, all the places I've traveled, all the girlfriends I've had, and the number of pizzas I've eaten, then my CV will fill the whole world. Mr, Dr, Prof, .* Knuth, ain't nobody interested in the microscopic details of how you've lived your life; you should write a damn autobiography for that!

And then I remembered: these people are academics. It's all about status, prestige, and class. But did you know that Google returns about 455,000 for "Donald Knuth" and 517,000 for "Charlo Greene," that KTVA reporter who only got known since late last year? Can I at this point conclude that, if it was about recognition, then Knuth would have been better off being a television anchor?

Comments on TheHackerCIO [TheH4ck3rC10]: The Longer the CV, The Better

I like your sense of humor, even if we're in d...

Donald Knuth's CV is straight up nasty! Honest...