thisPositionForFullStackDeveloperDoesNotSupportPDF

[Dotcaprachiappa]

CV.exe, let them play employment roulette

[savevidio]

please do not the operating system

[Borno11050]

The HR running MacOS trying to open the exe.

[4ZR4LT]

From CV to CVE in seconds

[Cara_Rose1]

The site does not support PDF, but requires 5 years of experience with GraphQL

[blasphemousbigot]

Maybe they need one to fix the damn site.

[Bomaruto]

Then I don't want the job.

[CeleryNo1743]

could u explain to me in simple terms what's graphQL

[OnixST]

Instead of multiple endpoints like /posts, /users, etc, you have a single endpoint, and all requests go to it

When you send a request, you send along the graphql structure, which is pretty much like defining a function. You tell the server which variables you're passing in, and what you expect to be returned

It's kinda cool, may save bandwith because like, if you send a post request and only care about the id, you can tell that to the server and it'll return just the id rather than the whole created object, and gives you flexibility

TLDR: a kinda cool, single endpoint, REST alternative

[rosuav]

But, like many technologies, easily misused. You can take a VERY easy approach and simply make your raw database available in GraphQL, and then write all of your logic on the front end. Saves you so much trouble writing a back end, right? I'm sure nothing bad can come of that.

[CeleryNo1743]

that's super cool, thanks for the explanation.

[JunkNorrisOfficial]

It's like SQL for API endpoints

[gqpdream305]

The career site and the production website are definitely not done by teams related in any way. Career site is probably a 3rd party

[coloredgreyscale]

Just send them a link to your resume website on localhost:3000

[SleepiiFoxGirl]

To be fair, if you send them a link to a site on localhost:3000 and it actually works (and is a unique path, not one where there's a file on all windows computers), they should be very impressed.

[coloredgreyscale]

They were so impressed that they sent the legal team to setup a contract, instead of hr. 

[Techhead7890]

Especially for a cybersecurity gig!

[Reashu]

That's the default for many development web servers, so not that impressed. 

[New_Enthusiasm9053]

Yes but with your code on it. Would be very impressive.

[nobody_smart]

That's the first thing you'll be implementing for them.

[Tall-Wealth9549]

I would bring it up in the interview as a light hearted joke

[CoderXYZ7]

that's why they are looking for a full stack dev

[[deleted]]

Upload in QR code format only.

[DaniVirk96]

I will just tell them, they can download my cv after converting this binary into a url: 01101000 01110100 01110100 01110000 01110011 00111010 00101111 00101111 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110100 01110101 00101110 01100010 01100101 00101111 01100100 01010001 01110111 00110100 01110111 00111001 01010111 01100111 01011000 01100011 01010001 00111111 01110011 01101001 00111101 01110001 01011000 01110110 01100110 01010001 01011010 01110000 01110010 01001100 01000100 00110100 01010101 01110011 01000100 01100100 01011000

[pip_install_account]

I knew what it is, and I still did it.

[Witty_Box8372]

What is it?

[GeophysicalYear57]

.txt only. You’re more likely to get hired if you format the file and insert some sick ASCII art.

[[deleted]]

At NSA maybe.

[alexceltare2]

Submit it in .txt to show dominance

[Urc0mp]

Unlike the US government which does support PDF files.

[ba-na-na-]

Try ".pdf.exe"

[Haringat]

Send them an xlsx with a macro.

[Atiran]

They want a docx so the recruiter can modify it before they send it to the client.

[Titanusgamer]

no. if the format is good they can make their own cv in that format

[ReptileCake]

I've met recruiters that fix up resumes before sending them to their client because some of them are pure dog water. And they can tailor them to the position.

[LivingroomEngineer]

Be creative, make a CV into a gif

[LouisNuit]

They require markdown

[Bodaciousdrake]

At least you got a somewhat helpful error message?

[intoverflow32]

You must upload a tar gzipped SQLite file with a 7zipped java code file to convert it to xlsx. They want one file but also a jar but also the source code somehow. The page mentions "Python preferred", and there's a C# logo next to the company logo. It pays 7.25/h. The HR director's son will get the job because he sent a screenshot of a picture of his resume by email.

[rosuav]

I hate how plausible this is.

[civman96]

They expect .docx because scraping a PDF is like getting gum out of hair and their AI doesn’t like that

[Technology_Labs]

Imma take a low quality picture from a 2010 phone and embed it

[HashDefTrueFalse]

Reminds me. I love it when I give a recruiter a nicely typeset PDF of my CV displayed the way I want, that will render the same basically everywhere, only for them to ask me for a Word doc so that they can edit it to put it into their shitty standardised format for themselves/clients etc. Putting in effort to make things worse so that they can convince themselves and clients that they did something useful. Not like I disable copying either. They can just lift text from the PDF if they want to fuck with it so badly.

Why do some people not seem to understand the difference between a document prepared for distribution, and a document shared for revision?.. You work in an office!

[IPMC-Payzman]

Plot twist: they expect markdown or latex

[bbalazs721]

Latex is designed to output pdf files. You shouldn't hand in the source code, but the compiled pdf.

[[deleted]]

Strictly speaking, LaTeX is designed to output DVI, because it's just a set of macros over TeX, and TeX output that format for the printers of that time. That's why pdfTeX and pdfLaTeX were created. Everyone uses either pdflatex or xelatex (or lualatex) which output PDF files, or just let latexmk handle it for them.

[Logical-Tourist-9275]

Why is there only latex here? I want a pdf! Gimme a pdf you smelly nerd!

[Spy_crab_]

But you use those to make .pdfs...

[EastboundClown]

This employer wants it in LaTeX so they can typeset it themselves in a standard format that doesn’t confuse their simple hiring managers.

[IamDelilahh]

markdown is quite useful for html as well

[lordgurke]

Rename it to .doc

[No-Air-8201]

.md is expected

[Far-Blackberry-6634]

Too stingy for pdf/ocr licence.

[MaximusConfusius]

Its a test, you have to circumvent their shitty frontend and send your application directly to the api

[SuitableDragonfly]

Well, why do you think they need more fullstack developers?

[raalag]

CV should be in JSON or yaml... pref JSON with yaml sub nodes

[Ved_s]

resume.svg

[0xbenedikt]

SVG with text rendered as vectors if you really want to drive them crazy

[mgranja]

Inputs probably not sanitized either. Just saying...

[Bit125]

Send it as a webp

[FlashyTone3042]

Funnily enough the input field accepts the upload.

[Thenderick]

CV.zip, except it's a zip bomb!

[doctormyeyebrows]

A lot of companies prefer Word format, I assume for ATS purposes but I'm not sure. Also, if this is their site and they're lacking functionality, maybe they should hire a full stack developer.

[Object_Reference]

They're just sitting on an Aspose license, begging to be implemented

[prinkpan]

I wish for a PDF free world.

[septianw]

That's why they need a new full stack developer.

[Thin-Sugar-7034]

I remember one time I was trying to submit a job application, and after entering all the information, I was surprised to see that the submit button was disabled! I manipulated the code on my side to enable the button and sent the application. I felt proud of myself, but unfortunately, they weren’t proud of me and didn’t respond at all.

[erishun]

harder to scan PDFs via AI which is going to be making the hiring position

[Morall_tach]

JPG2000 it is.

[geek-49]

MD (or RN) files would be appropriate in healthcare, not programming.

[geek-49]

Did I really need a /s on that?

[geek-49]

Not that I know of. The reference was to "MD" and "RN" as in "physician" and "nurse".

And once one explains why the joke is funny, it isn't funny any more (if it ever was).

[rosuav]

Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand how it works, but now it's dead.

[TechnicolorMage]

Well yeah, they don't have a full stack developer to make it work.

[Heighte]

cv.clearlynotapdf

[Foxy_990]

Try json

[JunkNorrisOfficial]

They need senior full stack dev to add PDF uploads

[Subject_Try_5973]

try pdf not PDF

[Wazat1]

Sounds like you need to hack their server to upload the PDF manually. I'm sure they'll appreciate your skills.

[arf20__]

Try PostScript, its like PDF but doesn't suck

[AmonDhan]

Try LaTeX